INFOhio's Core Collection provides state-funded resources free to all Ohio's K-12 students and teachers for the 2007-2008 school year.
A username and password are required for home access; see your school library media specialist.
Several resources are 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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Backflip.
Automatically organizes personal
bookmarks into a searchable hierarchical directory. |
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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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College Finder. U.S. Department of Education site to
find the perfect college to suit your needs based on location, cost, campus life and other
factors. |
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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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Kids
Can Learn! Indiana University School of Education clearinghouse of links
that help parents with homework, reference questions and parenting issues. |
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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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SIRS
Discoverer. Current Events selects recent magazine and
newspaper articles on a variety of topics. |
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INFOhio's Core Collection of
Electronic Resources |
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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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AltaVista Image Search. Search images by type, color,
size and source. |
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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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