Kids Search 
A place for students (elementary/middle school) to find magazine articles, biographies, images and more on a variety of topics.
Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. It covers 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
Contains full text for more than 70 popular elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Searchasaurus
Searchasaurus provides a fun and easy-to-use interface for children to search EBSCO Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and databases that contain articles written for primary grade or middle grade students.
Student Research Center (ELM)
Research help for students in grades 6-12.
*Funding for electronic references is provided by ELM (Electronic Library for Minnesota) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network, MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency) with funding from state and federal revenues, and Washington County.
Authors on the Web
Devoted to contemporary adult, young adult, and children's book authors, provides bibliographies, biographical information, and links to author Web sites, ...
Awesome Library K-12 Education Directory
Organizes the web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources including the top 5 percent in education.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids
Sites are listed by agency, alphabetically or by subject in a variety of areas.
Energy Kid's Page
Energy information for children from the Energy Information Administration.
Fact Monster
Homework help and current events information for children.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Contains a FAQ file, hyperlinked index, and Looksmart search engine. Includes interactive quizzes, and links to other online resources for writing.
History Day Resources
What is History Day?
What are the rules?
Theme info for 2009
Information for students working on a History Day entry
Homework Helper
Part of the Multnomah County Library Homework Center. Consists of Web sites and Web pages that concentrate on K-12 homework-related subjects. Web resources on this site reviewed by librarians from Multnomah County Library.
Internet Public Library Youth Division
A Web version of a public library's children's department. Ask a question, check out science fair projects, read book reviews by children and more.
National History Day
Information for students working on a National History Day entry.
Outline Maps
Maps for personal use available for free printing or downloading.
Research Project Calculator
An online calculator that helps students break the research process into five logical steps: question, gather, conclude, communicate, and evaluate. Students choose the format of their research project, enter the date due for their assignment, and the calculator estimates dates by which each part of the process should be completed and provides a script for the information-seeking process in the form of questions and answers that create a short and simple guide for this complex process.
Science Friday Kids' Connection
Educator guides for middle schoolers; children and parents may want to use as inspiration for science projects.
Virtual Media Center (School District 833)
Learning resources for elementary, secondary, teachers, parents and community.
Ask Jeeves for Kids
First searches a database of selected sites arranged as questions, then conducts a parallel search of Yahooligans and Education World.
KidsClick!
A wonderful guide to age-appropriate sites for children. A great homework/reference tool. You can browse the directory or search by keyword.
One Key
More than 500 categories with all sites reviewed by a human being. Sites must meet Network TV Standards.
Yahooligans-the Web Site for Kids
This version of the popular subject directory of the Web is designed just for children. A good place to start to search the Internet.
