Resources and References
Here is a well known online almanac, dictionary and encyclopedia that is combined!
http://www.factmonster.com
Comprehensive online library/museum that has everything from books to sounds to images from across Europe. When searching on this website think who, what, where and when.
http://www.europeana.eu
Internet Public Library for Kids
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/index.html
Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com
Web Search for Kids by Librarians
http://www.kidsclick.org
World Digital Library – Multilingual! Contains artifacts from countries and cultures from around the world
http://www.wdl.org/en/
Poe Revealed (1809 – 2009) bicentennial anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe
http://poe200th.com
Project Gutenberg – 1,000,000 free books
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Librivox – free downloadable audio books that are public domain.
http://librivox.org/
Lantolang – 2,000 bilingual dictionaries as well as word games and quizzes, traveler resources
http://www.langtolang.com
Wiki Pages
http://www.wikipedia.com
Coordination of the Wikimedia projects
http://meta.wikimedia.org
Wikidictionary – meanings, synonyms, etymologies and translations
http://www.wiktionary.org
Wikibooks – free educational textbooks and learning materials
http://www.wikibooks.org
Wikiquote – collection of quotes
http://www.wikiquote.org
Wikisource – provides and translates free source documents (public domain texts)
http://www.wikisource.org
Wikimedia Commons – collection of images, sounds, videos and other media
http://commons.wikimedia.org
Wikimedia incubator – test new languages for existing projects
http://incubator.wikimedia.org
Wikispecies – Directory of species data on animalia, plantae, fungi, bacteria, archaea, protista, and all other forms of life.
http://species.wikimedia.org
Wikinews – news source
http://www.wikinews.org
Wikiversity – educational and research materials and activities
http://www.wikiversity.org