INFOhio's Core Collection provides state-funded resources free to all Ohio's K-12 students and teachers for the 2011-2012 school year.
A username and password are required for home access; see your school library media specialist
OR complete the username and password request
form.
Funded in part through an Institute of Museum and
Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.
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Homework Help Tools Use
this page for suggested resources to help you help your child with homework, projects and
other activities. In addition to resources from INFOhio's Core Collection of Electronic
Resources, links are included to commercial and other non-INFOhio sites. INFOhio does not
guarantee the reliability of links to other sites. Some non-INFOhio sites include
advertising and e-commerce.
CONTENTS: Almanacs | Atlases and Maps
| Biographies | Bookmark Organizers |Calculators and Conversion Tools | College
Tools | Dictionaries and Thesauruses | e-Books
| Encyclopedias | Foreign Language | General Tools | Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary |
History and Current Events | Images and Pictures
| Mathematics | Quotations | School Projects | Science Tools | Search Engines for Kids | Test Practice
and Tutorials | Timelines | Writing Essays
and Research Papers
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BookmarkTracker.
Free, easy-to-use Web application that allows safe storage and organization of bookmarks
online, with secure access from anywhere on the Internet. This tool also allows to to set
up e-mail notification of any changes to favorite Web pages. |
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iKeepBookmarks.com.
Web-based bookmarks manager to easily upload and keep bookmarks on the Web, allowing
access to favorites links at any time. |
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College
Board for Parents. Tools to apply for loans, calculate college loans and
costs, search for colleges and find career information. |
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EDURegistry.org.
In addition to a national directory of 4-year, 2-year and vocational/tecnhical colleges
and universities, this site provides advice for selecting and paying for the right school
after high school. |
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FinAid.
Tools to calculate college costs, find loans and scholarships, and financial aid
applications. |
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Princeton Review. Tools to
help with college decisions, improving test scores and finding financial aid. |
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Transitioning
to College: Helping You Succeed. Learn how college is different from
high school and strategies to succeed. Produced by Kent State University. |
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Awesome
Library. Evaluation and Development Institute's Parents site
with dozens of helpful links on all subjects. |
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Especially
for Parents. U.S. Department of Education's site with homework help and
advice on many other topics. |
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Parenting Priorities. Tips for parents and
links for students from the Network for Instructional TV, Inc. |
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ProQuest
K-12 Homework Help. Includes sections on Study Skills, Writing
Skills and online references. |
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CIA World Factbook. Lists population,
government, military and economic information for most nations, as collected by the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency. |
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Infoplease
Homework Center. Use History & Current Events to search
historic events by year from 1900-2005 or by a month and day. |
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Library
Spot: Current Events. Headlines, current events, political cartoons and
multimedia shows on current news. |
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INFOhio's Core Collection of
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Other Tools |
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AlltheWeb Image Search. Search by file
format, image type and background; use a filter to turn off offensive content. |
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Google Image Search. Use the Advanced
image search to search images by file type and coloring. |
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Graphic Organizers. Printable worksheets
from Houghton Mifflin's Education Place. |
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NYPL Digital Library. More
than 337,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections
of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps,
vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera and
more. |
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College Writing. Explains why five-paragraph essays
are discouraged in higher education. The Writing Center, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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EasyBib.
Free automatic bibliography and citation maker for 58 types of
publications. Note the All 58 options tab. |
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Infoplease
Homework Center - How to Write a Research Paper. Nine steps, including
suggestions for a bibliography. |
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Internet Public Library for Teens A+ Research and Writing, Step by Step.
A six-step process to help reach an A+ product. |
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MLA 7.0 and INFOhio Resources |
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INFOhio Citation Guide, by
Joanna McNally, Librarian, South Euclid-Lyndhurst City Schools, January
2010. A guide for students preparing Works Cited or Bibliography pages; includes
tips to cite INFOhio's Core Collection of Electronic Resources
and other print and non-print materials. [MS Word OR
PDF 2 pgs] |
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Research and Documentation Online, 5th Ed. Includes
Tips for Evaluating Sources and Glossary of Research Terms. |
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Traditional Five Paragraph Essay, by Kimberly Steele,
Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk, 2007. |
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