DMOZ - Kids and Teens: School Time: Reference Tools

Reference Tools

This category should provide free educational reference resources for kids and teens from ages 3 to 18. A reference would offer information in a quick and compact writing style. This is the opposite of an online book or detailed essay. Some examples of learning resources include online libraries, dictionaries, encyclopedias, how-to webpages, and directories of public libraries.

Subcategories 14

Almanacs

Sites 12

Bartleby.com

[ Teens/Mature Teens ] Search for famous quotes, classic literature, and nonfictional works. Site also includes dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus.

Ben's Phaster Online Reference Desk

[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] Reference search guide. Research portal covers biography, dictionary, encyclopedia, language translation, thesaurus, world and city maps

Emily Post: Rules of Etiquette

[ Teens/Mature Teens ] Guide to good manners includes thousands of tips on correspondence, party giving, and conduct in every public or private setting.

FactMonster

[ Teens/Mature Teens ] Includes searchable information related to sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.

Finding Data on the Internet

[ Teens/Mature Teens ] A journalist teaches other writers how to use the Internet to find facts.

Internet Public Library Kidspace: Reference

[ Kids/Teens ] General reference, including links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and almanacs.

Martindale's Reference Desk

[ Teens/Mature Teens ] Massive collection of links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and important websites of various countries.

My Virtual Reference Desk

[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] Links to a variety of resources including news, weather, sports, encyclopedias, facts on file, FAQs, and tutorials.

NoodleTools

[ Mature Teens ] A suite of interactive tools designed to aid students with their online research, from selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources.

Research-It

[ Teens/Mature Teens ] Look up the meaning of a word, find out when a famous person lived, or identify a foreign language at this one-stop research center.

Time and Date

[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] Lots of time and date related information, such as yearly and monthly calendars, counters, countdown, and the world clock which shows the current time in cities all over the world.

Virgo

[ Teens/Mature Teens ] Online archive includes over 45,000 classic texts in 12 languages.