Mifflin County Library

Encyclopedias & Libraries 

• Artcyclopedia
• American Memory Historical Collections
• Biographical Dictionary
• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
• The Catholic Encyclopedia
   An excellent tool for historical and biographical research.

• Dictionary.com

• Encarta Online
  This is a reliable free encyclopedia that is a good starting point for research.

• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• The English Server  a collection of great works of literature and drama
• Highbeam Encyclopedia

• Inet Library
  Educational resources are reviewed by teachers and cataloged by librarians.

• The Inet Library Contents Summary

• Internet Public Library
• Kids Konnect.com
  KidsKonnect is a reference site maintained by educators. It contains close to 300 sites sorted into both alphabetized and subject indexes. All sites are guaranteed to be safe. 
• Kids Web Digital Library
• Library of Congress 
• Thinkfinity
  This is an educational web site with links to The American Association for the Advancement of Science, The National Council on Economic Education, The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The National Geographic Society, and The Kennedy Center for the Arts.
• The Mathematics Virtual Library
• NatureServe an online encyclopedia of life
• Research Library Collections

• Information Please  
• Information Please Kids' Almanac.
  Both almanacs have enormous reference resources. Information Please offers an encyclopedia, dictionary, and continuously updated and organized almanacs.
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
  Since 1972, The Old Farmer's Almanac has published useful information for people in all walks of life.

The Quotation Page
The oldest quotation site on the Web, established 1994 with over 26,000 quotations online from over 3,100 authors, and more are added daily.

Facts on File World News Digest
US and world news from 1940 - present

Online Museums

• American Museum of Natural History
• The Franklin Institute
• The Getty
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of Paleontology
• The National Zoo
• The Smithsonian Institution
• A Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian
  
  

Newspapers and Periodicals

Citing Online Resources

• APA Style - Electronic References
• MLA Syle
• Citation Styles
• How to Cite a Web Resource
• Remember to Cite: lesson plan for citing internet resources
• Citation Machine
• Easy Bibliography: free automatic bibliography composer

• American Library Association The American Library Association provides leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access of information to all.
• Discovery Channel School
• FirstGov for Kids
  This is the U.S. government interagency page of links for kids. It is maintained by the Federal Consumer Information Center and provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.
• The Government Information Site
• The Internet Schoolhouse
• Kennedy Space Center
• Nasa
• Pennsylvania Government Sites
• The U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Federal Government
• Official U.S. Time
• The Weather Channel
• The White House
• White House for Kids

Map Resources

• Google Earth

• Google Maps

• Map Collections

• Outline Maps (Educplace)

• Outline Maps of Everything

• Printable Maps

• Quick Maps
  This site contains world maps, country maps, population maps, coloring maps, country flags, etc.

• Reference Maps (CIA World Factbook)

• State Maps and More

• World Atlas Outline Maps and Map Tests