General Reference Sites for Elementary Students

Ask Jeeves Kids

Ask Jeeves for Kids is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to find answers to their questions online. Designed to be a fun destination site focused on learning and "edutainment," Ask Jeeves for Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to ask questions, such as "Why is the sky blue?" or "What's it like to live in space?" in the same way they would ask a parent, friend or teacher. The service combines human editorial judgment with filtering technology to enable kids to find both relevant and appropriate answers on the Web.

Fact Monster

Fact Monster is a reference site for kids ages 8-14 that provides entertainment and educational resources. It combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you to search all these sources at once.

Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia

Full-text online encyclopedia available through NCLive. Password is required to access this database from outside the library.

Grolier Online for Kids

The New Book of Knowledge and other reference sources provided through NCLive. Password is required to access this database from outside the library.

InfoTrac Kids InfoBits

Designed for grades K-6, Kids InfoBits features a friendly, easy to use visual graphic interface. It contains more than 100 full-text age-appropriate magazines, over 2,500 searchable, indexed images, Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, and full-text proprietary reference content from Blackbirch Press. Password is required to access this database from outside the library.

Kidspace at the Internet Public Library

Here's the place to go for all your general reference needs! There are links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other sites for homework help or just looking things up.

Kid Info

Kid Info is a homework and research assistant that is uniquely different from other homework and research assistant sites because it is organized according to the specific curriculum covered in elementary, middle, and secondary schools throughout the United States.

Kids Click

KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.

New Book of Knowledge

Over 9,000 articles written at the elementary-grade level in which the subject is introduced into the curriculum. Password is required to access from outside the library.

Primary Search - Children's Magazines

Indexing and abstracting of 116 children's magazines from 1984 to present. Includes many complete articles from 35 children's magazines from 1990 to present. Also includes Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, the World Almanac for Kids and the World Almanac of the USA.

Start Squad

The very best place to start for children, parents, librarians, and teachers seeking age-appropriate Web sites selected and organized by professionally trained librarians

Yahooligans! Homework Links

Yahooligans! is a browsable, searchable directory of Internet sites for kids. Each site has been carefully checked by an experienced educator to ensure the content and links are appropriate for kids aged 7-12.