Copyright

Fair Use and Copyright for Teachers
This site defines the words copyright and fair use, discusses professional responsibilities, and answers many questions relating to copyright.
Link: home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm

10 Big Myths about copyright explained
Attempts to answer common myths about copyright relating to the Internet.
Link: www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

BibMe
- fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It's the easiest way to build a works cited page.
Link: www.bibme.org

Electronic Reference Sites

Kids Info Encyclopedias
A collection of student-friendly encyclopedias.
Link:www.kidinfo.com/references/encyclopedias.html

Atlapedia
This site contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Link: www.atlapedia.com/index.html

CRC Research Database
As members of the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison School Library System and the Curriculum Resource Center, students and staff have access to these periodical, health and web databases.
Link: crc.ocmboces.org/resources2.html

EBSCO Publishing - Searchasaurus
This magazine database is geared to primary students who are looking for current information on a wide-range of topic. Included at this site are a children's general encyclopedia and an animal search tool.
Link: search.epnet.com

Encyclopedias
A winning combination of encyclopedias published by Grolier: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and The New Book of Knowledge.
Link: http://go-kids.grolier.com/

Student Dictionary
At the Word Central's Student Dictionary, you can look up the definition of unknown words. There are other cool activities, including the opportunity to build your own dictionary.
Link: www.wordcentral.com/aol/index.html

Reference Desk
A great writer's resource site. Information on grammar questions, the Roget's Thesaurus, and even a word of the day.
Link: www.dictionary.com

Picture Dictionary
Little explorers can use this "first dictionary."
Link:www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

Information Please Almanac
This general almanac provides statistical information on many topics
Link:www.infoplease.com/ *See Librarian for passwords to these sources