Odds & Ends

How Stuff Works

Artcyclopedia
A guide to great art online.

Smithsonian Institution
Discover the world's largest museum complex and research organization. Includes nineteen museums and the National Zoo.

National Air and Space Museum

Wordle
A "toy" for generating "word clouds" from text you provide. Very fun!

The Khan Academy
A free online collection of more than 3,600 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube covering a wide variety of academic subjects.

Libraries and Homework Help

Internet Public Library TeenSpace
Information to help you with life, school, friends, and work. Articles written especially to help you solve problems, links to websites you can use for homework, and a place to ask questions. There's lots more, too. Explore!

Internet Public Library TeenSpace: A+ Research and Writing

Fact Monster
Online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia and homework help

Infoplease
Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Dictionary and more.

Help with Words

Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus

Dictionary.com

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism.org
Designed to help educators and students develop a better sense of what plagiarism means in the information age, and to teach planning, organizations, and citation skills essential for producing quality writing and research.

How To Recognize Plagiarism
This tutorial will help you understand and recognize plagiarism.

Easy Bib

Free Bibliography Maker