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Homework Guides

Discovery School Homework Guide from the minds behind the Discovery Channel.

Factmonster Help on lots of different subjects, including science, math, language arts and basic study skills.

Infoplease Homework Guide to different school subjects.

National Geographic Homework Help Guides, pictures and information about the world.

Jiskha Homework Help Post a homework question or see what other people have asked, or go to the subject guides on the right for more help.

History

History, It's Happening! Interactive website with links to events in history

Old Pictures Historic photos

Presidential Speech Tags Most popular words used in presidential speeches throughout U.S. history

Math and Science

Math Cats Math Crafts and lessons for school and home

Dr. Math Answers and explinations of concepts and problems from elementary school to college

AskRose Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Homework Hotline. Free math and science help for grades 6-12. Toll-free hotline staffed 6-9 p.m. CST Sunday-Thursday. Call 1-877-275-7673.

What's That Snake? Identify creatures in your own backyard.

What Tree is it? Identify trees in your own backyard.

Test Helpers

Buddy Project Skills you will use on the ISTEP+

Learning Express Library Practice tests for school with detailed explinations of concepts and answers.

Dictionaries

WordCentral Student edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Wordsmyth Custom search boxes and result pages for older and younger students

Writing

Purdue OWL
Online Writing Lab: guides to writing term papers for high school and college.

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JCPL Databases

Pop Culture Universe

"If it’s…Peachy, The Bee’s Knees, Swell, Nifty, Slick, Mean, Smooth, The Most, Cool, Neat-O, Groovy, Far Out, Dyn-o-mite, Rad, Mint, Stupid Fresh, Dope, Fly, En Fuego, Phat, Off The Hook, Hot, or Awesome…you’ve come to the right place." Search for any popular person or event in recent history (20th and 21st century). Fully citable. Great for school papers, personal research or for settling bets.

Opposing Viewpoints

Download fully-cited source material for school and college-level thesis papers and other research projects on a wide array of current topics. The same material once offered by this publisher in books, now available digitally.

Learning Express Library

Study for and take practice tests for official exams in law enforcement, civil service, real estate, cosmetology, EMS, firefighter, ASVAB, citizenship, basic skills more. You will need to register a user name and password of your choice to use this service.

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