The Amazing Picture Machine [ Kids/Teens ]  www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm Index to graphical resources and maps on the internet. Database of all types of images suitable for children.

Bartleby.com [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.bartleby.com 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 ]  www.phaster.com/find_info_ref.html Reference search guide. Research portal covers biography, dictionary, encyclopedia, language translation, thesaurus, world and city maps

Electronic Text Center [ Teens/Mature Teens ]  www2.lib.virginia.edu/etext Online archive includes over 45,000 classic texts in 12 languages.

eLook [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.elook.org Provides information on programming, computers, definitions, and literature.

Emily Post: Rules of Etiquette [ Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.bartleby.com/95/1.html Guide to good manners includes thousands of tips on correspondence, party giving, and conduct in every public or private setting.

English Library [ Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.englishlibrary.net Features links to biographies, literature, poetry, and foreign classics. Includes alphabetical index of authors, as well as dictionaries and other reference works.

FactMonster [ Kids/Teens ]  www.factmonster.com Includes searchable information related to sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.

Finding Data on the Internet [ Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.robertniles.com/data A journalist teaches other writers how to use the Internet to find facts.

Gary Price Fast Facts [ Kids/Teens ]  www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm Compilation of quick reference resources, including almanacs, statistics, and fact books.

Info Zone Research Skills Area [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone Exploration of the research process and links to related sites.

Infonation [ Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm View and compare statistical data for countries that are a part of the United Nations. Find everything from land size to population, average temperature to crime rates.

Inter-Lace Webtopics Directory: [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]  members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey This teacher-librarian designed website contains searching tips and a weblinks topic subject list for teachers and students. Contains a high percentage of Australian links.

Internet Public Library Kidspace: Reference [ Kids/Teens ]  www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/ref0000 General reference, including links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and almanacs.

Martindale's Reference Desk [ Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.martindalecenter.com 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 ]  www.refdesk.com Links to a variety of resources including news, weather, sports, encyclopedias, facts on file, FAQs, and tutorials.

NoodleQuest [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.noodletools.com/noodlequest Free service offers automated search engine strategy development.

NoodleTools [ Mature Teens ]  www.noodletools.com 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.

Online Reference Center [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]  reference.aol.com Offers an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, math tools, and writing reference.

Research-It [ Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.itools.com 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.

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations [ Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.bartleby.com/63 online database and comprehensive list of world's most notable quotations from 1950-1980.

TekMom's Search Tools for Students [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.tekmom.com/search An easy-to-use, one-page reference desk for students. Includes kids' search engines, encyclopedias, biographies, images, dictionaries, and maps.

Time and Date [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]  www.timeanddate.com 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.