@ The Library:
Story & Craft Hour for Kids age 3-5
Join us for an hour of stories and crafts at 10:00 Mondays and 1:00 Tuesdays. All are welcome. Call 667-2133 for more information.
Books & Reading
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This is a list of titles that are included in the Triad School independent reading credit program. See your teacher for more information about this program.
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Articles collected from various sources, including book reviews, essays, world news, etc., revised daily.
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Searchable database of biographical information about current and historical personalities. Entries are typically several paragraphs long.
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Award-winning picture books by American authors.
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Award-winning works by African American authors and illustrators of juvenile and young adult literature.
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Award-winning mystery novels. Courtesy of Christ Church City Libraries.
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Award-winning science fiction novels, short stories, etc.
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Free online access to almanac, biography, dictionary, and encyclopedia resources.
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Information on over 250,000 movies.
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Free online dictionary and thesaurus.
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Citation Award for most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language and subsequently translated and published in the United States.
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Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young people's literature.
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Award-winning American literature for juvenile readers.
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Each year the ALSC identifies the best in children's books, recordings, videos, and computer software.
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A collection of over 6,000 books freely available to read online. (Tip: As of this writing, select gutenpress.org from the drop-down menu as the closest ftp site to Troy, Illinois.)
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This award is presented to a Hispanic author whose work best portrays and celebrates the Hispanic experience in an outstanding work of juvenile literature.
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Winners of this Illinois award are selected by readers in grades 4-8.
Homework & Research
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Native American Homework Sites
General Studies Homework Help
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Put together by a 16-year-old, this website has links to over 700 sites that cover a wide variety of subjects.
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This multi-subject site compiled by the Association for Library Service to Children offers lots of homework help along with useful links for parents and teachers.
Math Homework Help-
This site offers tips on topics for basic addition to geometry.
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This site provides tips , math fun and games, and teacher resources.
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This site offers instruction in English and Spanish for many basic math concepts.
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Far out robots from the future and past at your command.
Social Studies Homework-
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Let Ben Franklin tell you all about your government.
Language Arts
Other Interesting Sites
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A comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for both law professionals and laypeople, including codes, cases, legal news, and more.
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Official portal to state and local government resources.
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The favorite search engine of many Internet users.
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An ongoing project to digitize current and back issues of magazines about Illinois. Includes the following titles: Illinois Country Living, Illinois Heritage, Illinois History, Illinois History Teacher, Illinois Issues, Illinois Libraries, Illinois Municipal Review, Illinois Parks & Recreation, Outdoor Illinois, and Prairie Illinois.
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Information on over 250,000 movies.
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Reference links, subject pathfinders, online newspapers, teen and youth sections, and more.
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Teachers' resource with lesson plans and activities utilizing the Internet in K-12 classrooms.
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Authoritative and up-to-date consumer-oriented health information about over 600 diseases and conditions from the National Library of Medicine. Includes lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, drug information, and links to thousands of clinical trials. Updated daily; also available in Spanish.
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The MITBC provides free books and magazines on tape and in Braille to individuals with visual or physical disabilities who are unable to read regular print. Free playback equipment is also provided.
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A collection of links to online newspapers, arranged by geographic location and city.
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Color chart with links to more information about each element.
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Free online access to MEDLINE, the bibliographic database of the National Library of Medicine. Contains citations to journal articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
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A collection of links to websites and other resources for statistics on a wide variety of topics, from abortion to workplace violence. From the University of Michigan Documents Center.
