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Atlases

Our Databases have excellent atlases and maps. Students should look there first.

Dictionaries

  • Links last checked 14 July 2002

Encyclopedias

 

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Free Encyclopedias on the Internet

 

Flags

  • Flags of all Countries
  • World Flag Database
    Welcome to the World Flag Database, maintained by Graham Bartram . The flag drawings in this database have been used in a number of CD-ROM titles, including 3D Atlas, created by the MultiMedia Corporation and published by Creative Wonders. The originals were supplied by the Flag Institute as EPS files

 

Maps

  • Altapedia Online
    Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
  • Color Landform Atlas of the United States
    For each state there are maps showing the satellite image, 1985 state maps showing railroads, black and white maps, county maps, and shaded relief maps created from arrays of elevation data.
  • Enchanted Learning
    Contains outline/black line maps on geography, science and other subjects.
  • How Far Is It? (to US Cities and Towns)
    This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.
  • MapQuest!
    Provides excellent driving instructions
  • Mapmaker! Mapmaker, Make me a Map
    Explains different maps, their uses, map projections, and the role of atlases and Latitude and Longitude in map making.
  • Maps and References.
    The maps which are listed here have been selected because they are thought to be reasonably useful and/or interesting. They are categorized by geographical region although there are a couple of thematic categories such as Interactive Maps which both highlights the potential of the WWW and are also fun to use. Note that there is some overlap in geographic coverage between these categories.
  • Maps in the News
  • National Atlas of the United States.
    "The National Atlas is being designed to serve the interests and needs of a diverse populace in many ways; as an essential reference; as a framework for information discovery; as an instrument of education; as an aid in research; and as an accurate and reliable source for scientific information."
  • Online Outline Maps.
    This site offers a selection of outline maps for use in the classroom or at home. Feel free to print or download any of these maps for your personal us in activities, reports, or stories.
  • Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin
    Online maps arranged by continent, come in two formats, jpg and pdf. The site includes historical maps, city maps, and includes a section of outline maps with links to other map web sites. Users will need a free plug-in, Adobe Acrobat reader and possibly a graphics program to resize large maps to fit on one page.
  • State Outline Maps
    Blank outline maps of each of the 50 states.
  • Xpeditions Atlas
    This online atlas allows you to select the country and type of map you want to view. There are four types of maps you can see: basic, detailed, borders, or no borders. They come in two formats: GIF and PDF, and most will print on one page.
  • World Factbook Country Maps
    Each country profile on this site contains an excellent public-domain map. Maps are updated each year. Every map is in JPG format so you don't need any plug-ins to view them and is small enough to print on one page.
  • Yahoo Maps

Sky Maps

  • Earth and Moon Viewer
    Students can choose to view the Earth showing day and night regions in real time or any location above the planet by latitude, longitude, and altitude.
  • Home Planet
    Home Planet is a comprehensive astronomy, space, satellite-tracking package for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 and above.
  • Your Sky
    Your Sky is an interactive planetarium that allows students to create star maps for any location on Earth at any date and time.
Magazines

Online News & Newspaper Sources

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Major Indexes to Newspapers Online

  • AJR Newslink
    The best newspaper index on the Net. NewsLink guides visitors to US and non-U.S. online newspapers, plus campus papers and the Web sites of scores of magazines and broadcast stations.
  • Newspapers Online
  • Television News Archive
    Vanderbilt University
  • Ultimate Collection of News Links
    Links to over 7,000 newspapers and other news sources on-line. Arranged Geographically. Many small Washington newspapers are online and can be found here.

 

Local Newspapers

National News Sources

Quotations

  • Bartlett's Quotations, 9th edition
    1911 edition.
  • Project Bartleby
    Project Bartleby is a literary site originating from New York City's Columbia University. All works are searchable and keyed by paragraph or verse. Several different books of quotations are available..
  • The Quotations Page
    This was one of the first and is still one of the better quotations pages on the Web. Allows the researcher to look for quotes in 12 eclectic "collections."

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Ask an Expert
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  • KidsConnect Service
    A special project of AASL with sponsorship by Microsoft. The project is administered by a team of school library volunteers across the country. Children may e-mail their questions to KidsConnect and within 48 hours their questions are answered leading them to resources--electronic and print-to answer their questions. Email to AskKC@iconnect.syr.edu

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