Study Helpers
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Students - get ready for the SAT’s with PrepMe, an online test preparation service which focuses on the individual. This course will identify your strengths and weaknesses and create a custom week-by-week schedule for you to help you raise your score. Best of all… It's free through the library! However, you must have a library card to use this program.
To access the site, click the link below and enter your library barcode number. You will then be asked to create your own ID and password to create a test prep program customized just for you.
Valley Regional High School students and your parents! Come to the Essex Library on Tuesday, October 2 nd at 6:30pm to learn about this new SAT prep database at a demonstration given by Rick Bolton of Prepme, followed by a question and answer period. Please email Judie McCann at jmccann@essexlib.org to register for this informative evening, or call the library at 767-1560.
Other Helpful sites
World Maps and Flags
Maps and flags of every country in the world, with information on the economy, government and people of each country.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/American Memory
What happened on this day in American history? Find out the answer on this web site. Plus find information on the history and culture of the United States from over 7 million digital items from over 100 collections.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.htmlBig Chalk
A good source of information for grades K-12, as well as resources for teachers and librarians.
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/db/Home.htmlState of Connecticut
Do you know the Connecticut state motto? This web page will tell you everything you wanted to know about the state of Connecticut including, the history, government, state bird, state flower, and more.
http://www.kids.state.ct.us/Elements of Style
Do not rely on spell check and grammar check! Impress your teachers by learning the correct way to structure sentences and paragraphs for writing reports.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/History and Art
Many sources of information on United States and world history, including biographies, and information on how to write your own biography. Also included are many links to the arts and artists.
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/histlink.htmInformation Please
If you want a combination of a dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, and an almanac, you will find the information here at Information Please. There are also facts on the government, history, biographies, sports, and much more.
http://www.infoplease.com/
Kids Click
More than 600 subjects are covered ranging from the arts, to the weird and mysterious. Also included are dictionaries, encyclopedias, trivia, holidays and topics currently in the news.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/Library of Congress
Have some fun at the world's largest library. Watch Thomas Edison's first film, see what the first cartoons looked like, and learn about famous people, from athletes to presidents, at America 's library.
http://www.loc.gov/MLA Citations
This web site has all the information you need to know about citing sources when writing a report, whether the source is a book, magazine, newspaper article, or an online source.
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/mlahcc.htmlMerriam-Webster
An online unabridged dictionary and thesaurus, plus word of the day, word history, and word games.
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htmNational Geographic Kids
Lots of information on animals, history, cultures, science, nature, maps and geography. Also, see what goes on under New York City . Are there really alligators in the sewers?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/homework/index.htmlOnline Literature Complete texts of classic works of literature, poetry, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, English usage, quotations, presidential inaugural speeches and many more can be found here.
http://www.bartleby.com/Presidents of the United States
How much do you know about the presidents? This web site has a lot of biographical information on the presidents, as well as information on their cabinet members, election results, events that took place during their presidencies and much more.
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/Researching and Writing Reports
This web site will give you information on how to do research in a library, and on the web, plus, information on writing a report.
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/
Smithsonian Institution
Learn about art, history, culture and lots of other subjects from the Smithsonian Institution. Read about space flight, learn about the Earth, see a baseball that was autographed by Babe Ruth, see General Custer's buckskin jacket and much more.
http://www.si.eduStates and Capitals
Practically everything you would like to know about the states, including the songs, birds, flags, license plates, and much more.
http://www.50states.com/