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World News Digest
Need an historic document, photograph of a notable person, country profile or map, current or historic events?  Check this database, Facts.com.  Highly recommended by Library Journal & Multimedia Schools.

FACTS.COM (Use this link at home and type in your library barcode number.)

Learn A Test
Want to practice test taking?  Try Learn-a-test, there are selected tests for grades 4-12.  You need a current library card to use this site, but there is no charge.

LEARN-A-TEST (Use this link at home, register the first time, then type in your library barcode number.)

Kentucky Virtual Library
Offers a large selection of resources for your homework needs.  Searchasaurus for elementary and middle school (select "Find Books, Articles, & More" - Searchasaurus is listed at the bottom of the screen).  Locate brief biographies using this database, Biographies (H. W. Wilson), also listed at the bottom of the screen.  Need a magazine/journal article?  Use a KYVL database group or EBSCO, FirstSearch, or ProQuest.  Call the Reference Desk 270.684.0211, ext. 3, for the ID and password to access these databases at home.

700 Plus Websites for Kids
Great Sites for Kids  - ALA
Sponsored by the Children & Technology Committee of the American Library Association.

Ask Jeeves for Kids
Natural language search.  Ask a question, receive a response.

Awesome Library
Dr. R. Jerry Adams & the Evaluation & Development Institute.

BigChalk Search Resources
Search by grade level.
Contains free resources:  homework, lesson plans, virtual field trips.

FirstGov for Kids
Developed and maintained by the Federal Consumer Information Center.

FulBrain.com
Sponsored by the Family Education Network, Inc.

Homework Spot
Sites selected by educators, librarians and journalists.   

Kids Click Search for Kids

KidSpace Internet Public Library

Sponsored by the Un. Of MI
School of Information & Library Science

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