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Linking Information, Networking Knowledge.....More than a link between computers, it's a connection between people!

News and Newspapers

Links to Lots of Newspapers
Tribune
Prensa
CNN Newsroom
Deseret News

Start each day on the Internet with Something Cool, Weird, or Fun. . .

Cool Word of the Day
Weird Fact of the Day
Today's Fun Fact

Dictionaries & Such. . .

Hypertext Webster's Dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Hypertext Thesaurus
American Sign Language Dictionary - Always wanted to learn how to sign? Now is your chance -- enjoy!
Yahoo Index to Dictionaries or An Index of On-line Dictionaries - If you don't see the dictionary elsewhere, try one of these two sites!
English French Bridge - You can ask the EF Bridge to translate words from English to French or French to English using this interactive learning and studying environment for English and French.
Leo's German English On-line Dictionary - Just enter a word (can be in English or German) and you'll get back a list of translated words or phrases that match.
Alternative Dictionaries--Slang in Foreign Languages - More languages than you can imagine, this is not your normal foreign language dictionary that you can find every word, but this is a fun site to visit! Because the graphic maps take a while to locate, this will be slow to load.

Foreign Languages

Foreign Languages for Travelers - Teach yourself a foreign language -- Spanish, Danish, German, Hebrew, Hawaiian (a foreign language?) Portuguese, Russian, and many more...you can even test how well you have learned what you study! Super site!

Bibliographic Citations Sources

MLA Bibliographic Entries - MLA style bibliographic entries for mainly print resources, but does give CD-Rom and interview entries also.
MLA Bibliographic Entry Style Manual - Book and electronic entries are given at this site. resources. Elementary Grammar - Get grammar help quickly and easily here!
Elements of Style
On-line Grammar and Style - Need a bit of grammar help and your English teacher is not available? Try this source!

Calendars -- Find Events for Each Day of the Year

Today's Date - Hebrew, Mayan, Islamic and Julian years.
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Astronomical Sky Calendar - Times of sun rise and set, and moon rise and set.
Daily Almanac - Astronomical and a few historical events for the day.
Life This Day - Life Magazine's Historical Events for This Day
Today-in-History Page - Events for each day, and lists of who was born and died on today's date.
This Day in History - From the History Channel. Events, birthdays and the music from the top ten charts. The emphasis is on events from sports and entertainment.
Britannica's Lives - See who was born on your birthdate, or see who was born in any year.
Historical Events - A list of famous historical events which occured in the current month.
The One-World Global Calendar - Holidays. holy days, and festivals from around the world. This is an excellent site.
World Wide Holidays and Events - A great site. You can get a list of events for today, orsearch for a holiday, or get a list of holidays for a specific country.
Festivals and Holidays - Your browser must be able to handle charts to view this site.
Calendar - Great site for calendar lovers. Every kind is here.

Geography

Information on Countries - Links to many, many countries.
The CIA World Factbook - Lots of information on countries of the world. Good for reports.
City.Net - A good place to look for information about states and cities.
Perry - Castenada Map Collection - Big collection of state and country maps from the University of Texas.
City Maps - Maps of the cities of the world.
Foreign Exchange Rates - So, how many pesos, krone, marks, etc. is a dollar worth these days?
National Flags
National Anthems

Government

Rulers - Listing of current and past rulers of all the countries of the world.
The White House
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of the United States
Constitutions of the World
A Field Trip to the United Nations

United States History

From Revolution to Reconstruction and what happened next - An online history of the United States.
1492 :An ongoing voyage - Columbus and the new world.
Colonial Williamsburg - Visit a colonial town.
Historic Valley Forge - Visit the site of the winter camp of the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War.
The American Civil War Page - An incredible source of information about the American Civil war.
The Overland Trail - One of the trails taken by settlers moving to the west. Great site with links to information on other trails including the Oregon trail.
Buster's World War II Page - A good starting point for finding out about the WWII.

Art

Art Net
Louvre
Women Artists Archive

Science

SeaWorld Animal Information - Whales, dolphins, manatees and more plus information on endangered species.
Whale Songs - Info. on all cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
In Search of Giant Squid - An awsome creature.
The Ultimate Shark Page - Pictures of sharks and lots of links to other shark sites.
The Coral Forest - Information about corals and preserving coral reefs.
How to do a Science Fair Project

Other Libraries

University of Utah Library
Library of Congress

Miscellaneous Links

School Libraries on the Web - Just what resources have other librarians found? Check it out!