Ask Us

WNPL Ask Us
 
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/askus/form.htm  

Databases

WNPL Online Databases
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/ReferenceDesk/RefTools/ResearchDatabases.htm
 

Homework Sites by Topic

- Civil War

WNPL Civil War Links
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/SocStud/History/civilwar.htm

- Countries

WNPL Countries Pathfinder http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/SocStud/Countries/index.htm

- Day You Were Born

WNPL Day You Were Born Pathfinder
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/SocStud/History/dayborn.htm

- Debates

International Debate Education Association
http://www.debatabase.org/  

- Elements

Chemicool Periodic Table
Practically everything you want to know about the elements of the periodic table is at this site. Includes information on the general characteristics of the elements, the states, energies, appearance, reactions, radius, conductivity and more.
http://wild-turkey.mit.edu/Chemicool/

Periodic Table of the Elements
An easy to use site for the history, properties, and uses of chemical elements. 
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/

Periodic Table: Webelements
Choose your chemical then find out all about its history, uses, a description, and more. 
http://www.shef.ac.uk/%7echem/web-elements/

- Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology
Find out about the people, gods, creatures and places of Greek mythology. Includes family trees and the full text of Thomas Bulfinch's classic Mythology.
http://www.greekmythology.com

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Each entry features an illustration, pronunciation, and an accurate summary of an ancient Greek myth. http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/

Mythography
Explore the myths of the Greeks and their related art. Not only stories, but famous artwork depicting the stories and gods. http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html

-Insect Identification

Key to the Identification of Insects to Order
Use this key to identify insects by looking at their characteristics. 
http://www.earthlife.net/insects/orders-key.html#key

Iowa State University Entomology Gallery
If you have a good idea what type of insect you have, you can check it against this pictorial database. 
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegallery

 

- Masks (Fraud Assignment)

Faces of Africa: The Collection
http://members.aol.com/jandrea555/collect.htm

Authentic Africa
http://www.authenticafrica.com/art98/

Africa
http://museum.stanford.edu/view/africa.html

Oceania
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva/oceania.html

Abelam Wooden Yam Masks, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/yamwoodo.htm

      Masks from the Middle Sepik River,  Papua New Guinea  
     
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm

      New Guinea Folk Exhibit: Wooden Masks
      http://www.city.tsuruoka.yamagata.jp/Kokusai/english/kokusaimura/NewGuinea-e17.html

      Artic Studies Center: Yup'ik Masks

      
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/index.html

Arctic Studies Center: Shaman's Mask
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/croads/amask4.html
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/index.html

Kwakiutl Masks
http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/posters/lauriec.htm

Tsimshian Masks
http://www.tsimshian-gallery.com/sites/Masks/masks.htm

Tsimshian Art
http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/posters/laurat.htm

Haida Masks
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/haida/haama01e.html

Haida Mask
http://www.joslyn.org/permcol/native/pages/haida.html

Japanese Noh Masks
http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/nohmasks.html

Northwest Coast Native American Masks
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/60-105/finals/Cumming_M/'cumming_m.htm

- Saints

Catholic Online Saints Index
Whether you need to know which saint has which feast day, or want to know a little about the saints, this is an excellent, concise site. 
http://saints.catholic.org/stsindex.html

The Catholic Encyclopedia
This is the place to find historical information on saints and famous personages related to Catholicism.  
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

- Science Fair 

WNPL Science Fair Links
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/Sci/scifair.htm

- Supreme Court Cases

LII: Supreme Court Collection: Historic Decisions
Over 600 historic decisions from the U. S. Supreme Court. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm

National Law Center: Supreme Court
Landmark Decisions. Search for U.S. Supreme Court Decisions from 1893 to the present either by year, case title, or party name. 
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
 

- Testing

Parent Teacher Conference: Testing
Learn all about the ISAT, PSAE, SAT and ACT here.
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/ParentTr/testing.htm

- Victorian England

1876 Victorian England Revisited
Follow a family through a typical Victorian day.

http://www.logicmgmt.com/1876/splash.htm

History in Focus: The Victorian Era
Learn about politics, law and order, asylums and stereotypes of this era.
http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Victorians/index.html

The Victorian Web
One of the most comprehensive sites on this period in time. 
http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/victov.html

Victorian Related Links
A nice alphabetical listing of links on many different topics. 
http://killeenroos.com/link/victoria.htm

- Viruses

Big Picture Book of Viruses
http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/Big_Virology/BVHomePage.html

Reference Tools  

American Heritage Dictionary: http://www.bartleby.com/61/
Atlapedia Online:
http://www.atlapedia.com/
Citation and Style Manuals:
http://www.wnpl.info/ReadersCorner/WritersTools/StyleManuals.html
Currency Converter: http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
Elements of Style: http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

Encyclopedia.com:
http://encyclopedia.com

InfoPlease Homework Central:
http://www.infoplease.com/homework
Litfinder.com:
http://www.litfinder.com
Online Literary Criticism Collection:
http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
Quotation Search: http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
Roget's Thesaurus
:
http://www.thesaurus.com
The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary: http://www.rhymezone.com

Webster's Dictionary: http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster
World Book Encyclopedia: (Available only through library computers.) http://www.worldbookonline.com
WWWDictionary:http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Schools

- Millburn School: http://www.millburn.lake.k12.il.us/
- Viking Middle School: http://www.d56.lake.k12.il.us/viking/
- Warren Township High School:
http://www.wths.net

- Woodland Middle School:
http://www.dist50.net/