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Atlases and Almanacs

Atlapedia Online is an online atlas. It contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Fact Monster contains an online atlas and map library.

Dictionary & Thesaurus

The Little Explorers Dictionary is an illustrated dictionary with meaningful example sentences.

The online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

The Oxford English Dictionary is the widely accepted authority on the English language. Featuring 600,000 words, it gives the history, pronunciation, and past and present meanings of words. Celebrating it's 90th anniversary of the publication of the first completed Oxford English Dictionary, you can log in using (login is case sensitive):
Username: OED90California
Password: accessCali

One Look Dictionary Search is like a search engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, you will be directed to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word. If you don't know the right word to use, One Look will help you find it. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 1000 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search engine.

The Rhymer Rhyming Dictionary is a simple to use rhyming dictionary. Simply enter a word and click rhyme.

Merriam-Webster's Word Central offers kids a student dictionary, Daily Buzzword, and interactive word games.

Internet Technology Glossary for Kids:become familiar with the words that describe what happens when people use computers to access the internet.

Encyclopedias

Britannica School is the go-to site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases— Elementary, Middle, or High. Usernames and passwords for remote access from home are available in this document. Students must be signed in to their district/school issued Google account to access this information.

Escolar is the leading knowledge-building resource that is universally trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish. Usernames and passwords for remote access from home are available in this document. Students must be signed in to their district/school issued Google account to access this information.

Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects.

The Etiwanda School District has a paid subscription for Scholastic GO! (formerly Grolier Online). This wonderful online research tool provides access to news, images, articles, video, sound, and more. All students in the Etiwanda School District can access Scholastic GO! from school and home for free by clicking on the Scholastic GO! Icon. For home use, you need to obtain the login and password information from your school librarian or you may click here to get the login & password emailed to you.

HowStuffWorks is an award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works. From car engines to search engines, from cell phones to stem cells, and thousands of subjects in between, HowStuffWorks has it covered.

NationMaster.com was created to promote education and understanding about the world and to make it easy to engage with the indicators that shape global commerce, health, politics and ecology.

U.S. government profiles of countries and territories around the world. Information on geography, people, government, transportation, economy, communications ...