Library Media Links
Over 250 weblinks for students, teachers, & parents!
by Jolene Klein
December 15, 2003
Wakefield Library Media Center
Internet Web Links
Updated 5/14/2012
*External web pages are not endorsed by the Wakefield Community School. They are provided for your convenience. Please report dead and inaccurate links to the Library Media Center.
Please check at the Library Media Center for log-in and password information for the following databases:
eLibrary (Remote access information available at the LMC.) H.S. & Elementary
EbscoHost Formerly: Wilson Omnifile (full-text articles of magazines, newspapers, reference books, images, etc.) Ask at Library Desk for remote access information.
Wilson Reference Bank Formerly: Wilson Biographies (upgraded features)
New!! Access Nebraska State Databases from home, school, or public libraries in Nebraska
Keep in mind: If our Library Media Center does not have a book you'd like in its collection, you may ask to have the book requested through Interlibrary Loan.
Wakefield Library Media Center Catalog use this link in school or at home / any remote site.
World Cat access through NebraskAccess & click on Login at right "Databases available for Nebraskans or directly to FirstSearch if you have the login & pw and choose World Cat in the drop down menu: World Cat / Firstsearch
NEW! WorldCat.org is a free Internet service with 1.3 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide... just register with a free login & password. This will also link to NebraskAccess WorldCat.
Wayne Public Library Wakefield residents may borrow from Wayne P.L.'s collection without a non-resident fee. If you have a card at the WPL, you may like to ask at their desk for your ID & pin number for accessing your account online.
Gardner Public Library (Wakefield, NE)
Books in Print access through NebraskAccess. Click on login button "Databases available to Nebraskans."
New!! Access Nebraska State Databases from home, school, or public libraries in Nebraska
Channel One Great source of daily news for teens (12 minute broadcasts) - current info on sports, music, TV, movies, & homework help.
Mrs. Nixon's class webquest : The Day I was born
Other Nebraska & National Newspaper links
Online Newspapers from Around the World
InfoPlease Daily Almanac (Celebrity birthdays, word of the day, analogy of the day, this day in history, etc.)
The Why files: Science behind the news
Search engines Tip: Check Advanced search & search strategy tips at these sites for optimal results. Remember that search engines only search the general surface web & do not reach the information found in databases or information stored in documents (like word, powerpoint, pdf, etc.), even though you can link to them from a page.
General Search Engines
Google Ecosmartsearch.co (Google's Energy saving search engine)
AlltheWeb AlltheWeb's index (provided by Yahoo!) includes billions of web pages, as well as tens of millions of PDF and MS Word® files.
Search.com search engine + offers to search well-known dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, etc
Subject / Web Directories
Mahalo is a human powered search directory that uses actual human editors to compile results alongside Google-powered results.
Google Directory - subject directory
Internet Public Library (ipl2) subject directory for kids & teens / special collections
Image Searching
American Memories Collection Library of Congress
Classroom Clipart Free clipart, illustrations, and photographs
CSU Libraries Colorado State University Library's Garst Wildlife photos, taken during filming of TV series The Wild Kingdom. These images are copyright protected. You may print, reproduce, and use the information in our Web documents for non-commercial or educational purposes only, provided that you: (1) do not modify such information, and (2) include any copyright notice originally included with such information.
Flickr Register for free account. Photo sharing site. Offers huge array of photos, but make sure the one you want is available -users give permission for others to share.
Getty Images Register to use. You can narrow your search to royalty-free images.
Image*After a large online free photo collection
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs online catalog
New York Public Library free digital image collection
Smithsonian Institution Photographic services
Stock.xchng the leading free stock photo site
Search Engines for Kids
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government Web Sites subject directory of government sites for kids & teens
Kids Click! web search for kids by librarians / subject directory
Kid Cyber choose from 8 topics by words or icons - includes a "Ask the cyber researcher" that links students to experts. Based in Australia.
Quintura for young children - has 3 search options: keyword, select word from cloud, kite icon searches by common subject areas
Clustering & MetaSearch Engines
Cluster search engines group similar web sites together. Metasearch engines search more than one search engine at the same time.
Clusty organizes search results into categories or clusters of information
Fasteagle searches Google, Answers, Youtube, Wikipedia, del.icio.us, & other social networks
Mamma Includes Mamma Career Search (find Job listings) and Visit Mamma Health
Monster Crawler meta-search engine...searches Google, Yahoo, Ask...in one search
General Reference & Technology Tools
Ask at library desk for remote login and password. Includes encyclopedia modules for K-College, Spanish language, and special topic resources.
New!! Access Nebraska State Databases from home, school, or public libraries in Nebraska
Wilson Reference Bank Formerly: Wilson Biographies (upgraded features)
FirstSearch Databases (Databases Available: ArticleFirst, GPO Monthly Catalog , OCLC Union List of Periodicals, PapersFirst, Electronic Collections Online (ECO), MEDLINE, ProceedingsFirst, ERIC, WorldCat (online worldwide library catalog), The World Almanac, ClasePeriodicals.
Animoto - Turn your photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows - free 30 seconds accounts for teachers & their students.
Classroom Clipart Free clipart, illustrations, and photographs
CONTENTdm Digital Collection (click Visit Collections) view photographs, maps, letters, drawings, video, newspapers, music, audio, postcards, and other documents.
Creative Commons Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. Here you will find all the resources needed to learn appropriate use of Creative Commons licensing for written, graphic and multimedia content.
Dictionaries at the Internet Public Library - English, Non-English, Translation
Diigo More than just a bookmarking tool (like Delicious) - You can collect & organize anything & access anywhere - bookmarks, highlights, notes, screenshots, pictures, docs, audio, bibliography (Try with collaborative research)
- Subject directory maintained by professional librarians at the Nebraska Library Commission..
Encyclopedia Use free online encyclopedia at the Internet Public Library / In school: use World Book on your desktop
Wikipedia is not used as a link because information on this site can be changed and updated by users. It can include original research & unverified claims. World Book on your desktop is a great resource for quick facts. Use reliable resources, such as that found in databases, for research.
Evernote Free online note tool - Write notes and you can access it from anywhere, even your iPhone. Type a text note. Clip a web page. Snap a photo. Grab a screenshot. Evernote will keep it all safe. Tag & organize. Great for collaborative projects.
FreeplayMusic.com The Freeplay Music Library is a comprehensive collection of high end broadcast production music spanning all the popular musical genres, available for download either online or via our portable hard drive. Freeplay offers "free" master and synchronization licenses to qualifying students for class projects that are not broadcast or distributed outside of the classroom.
Glogster interactive online poster / bulletin board. Great for creatively expressing knowledge & ideas. Student accounts are available through teacher. Requires Flash software.
Hot Paper Topics Need ideas for a research paper? Visit the B.D. Owens Library of Maryville, MO.
Jing free online tool to take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor. Share it instantly via web, email, IM, Twitter or your blog.
Library of Congress Includes images, sound files, documents, maps in their Digital Collections - great for research!
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs online catalog
Life pictures Life magazine photo archive from 1750's to present & Google
MapQuest get driving directions to any destination
Masher Masher lets you easily create a video by mixing together video clips, music tracks, and photos all for FREE!
Odosketch online sketch pad
Online Computer Tutorials free, easy-to-follow ilustrated tutorials for software & computer subjects, like MS Office, Dreamweaver, Photoshop Elements, HTML & CSS, My SQL, PHP & Perl. It was developed by the U.S. Dept. of Education to help those with learning disabilities.
Open Office free to download & use, and compatible with products like PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.
Pics4Learning copyright friendly images for education - read Image Use Policy
Prezi The Zooming presentation editor - free online tool - try instead of powerpoint
Primary Access PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.
Quotations at the Internet Public Library
Research topics for high school students from Buzzle.com
SchoolTube UTube's video & channels for teachers & students
Simple photographic dictionary for primary age children, English language learners, or just a quick visual reference
Wordle Beautiful Word Clouds... Creates word image from documents, with most frequently used words appearing larger. User can change font & design and save as image file.
APA Formating and Style Guide from OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University
Copyright for students provided by North Carolina Online Windows for Learning
Easy Bib The free automatic MLA bibliography composer. Create MS Word-ready MLA-style bibliographies...fill in the blanks and the composer creates an MLA-style bib you can print. Other citation styles requires fee.
Guide to Citation Guides (includes information for citing electronic resources) Guides include MLA, APA, Chicago, Turbian styles.
Citing Sources & Avoiding Plagiarism (Styles include APA, MLA, Chicago, Turbian)
Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University)
New!! Access Nebraska State Databases from home, school, or public libraries in Nebraska - Find business topics in magazine articles using eLibrary & Wilson Omnifile available in NebraskAccess. Business books will be listed in WorldCat.
Kiplinger Forecast From the NebraskAccess page, click on Databases button to find Kiplinger's Forecast. Economic outlook publication.
Federal Citizen Information Center
Consumer links from the Nebraska Library Commission
ACT's & SAT's & more free test practice - requires registration
Exploring career information especially for K-12 students from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
EducationQuest College profiles, free scholarship search, and financial planning
FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FastWeb Free college and scholarship searches
John Baylor Test Prep (ACT) Login assistance available from the Wakefield H.S. Guidance office, Library Media Center, or Study Hall supervisor.
Library Career and Education Website Now hiring @ your library: Ever thought about a career in libraries?
Nebraska Career Connections School access code is available at the Library Media Center or Guidance Office.
March2success Free test preparation practice for Math & English, sponsored by the U.S. Army. Register to use, and notice you will indicate whether you'd like an Army Recruiter to contact you. You can still use free info if you answer "no."
Occupational Outlook Handbook Online Includes related career links.
Cook it quick food substitutions for basic ingredients
Dole 5 A Day (Fruits and vegetables) - kids' game & activities
Fruits& Veggies Matter Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
5ADay Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Consumer Protection Federal Trade Commission
Food and Nutrition Information Center U.S. Department of Agriculture
Healthy Weight Body mass index calculator form Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
MyPyramid.gov Includes MyPyramid food guidance system, Healthy eating index, Nutritional content on U.S. foods, and more...
Nutrition.Gov Food & nutrition info
Art Teacher on the Net Project ideas for teachers, parents, adults, scout projects, multicultures
Artsonia View Wakefield students' art projects here!
Arts / Music / Theatre Art, Music, Crafts, Dance, Movies, Antiques - all provided by the Reference Librarians from the Nebraska Library Commission
Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular Music Includes biographies.
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco Image database & virtual gallery
Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha, NE) Browse permanent collection & visit other art museum links.
LooLeDo LooLeDo is an arts, kids crafts, and science projects website for kids, parents, teachers, and educators. LooLeDo lets you share and upload your own photo and videos of your own creative projects, and allows you to view what others have shared. Their content is updated regularly with new and exciting kids crafts.
Louvre Museum Paris, France
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City
National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
A.Pintura: Art Dectective Online game that teaches art history & composition
Inside Art Online art adventure
New York Philharmonic Kidzone Hear instuments, see interviews with musicians
Music A-Z Glossary (Learn about Classical music, operas, how to watch a concert, music in movies)
Odosketch online sketch pad
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary Hear pronunciation and other sounds.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
CHIRS: Consumer Health Information Resource Service Great web links. CHIRS also provides a health information service for Nebraska patients and their immediate families. Please do not use this request service for research papers. Make requests through the Library Media Center or local public library. Partnership is with the McGoogan Library of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Nebraska Library Commission, and Nebraska public libraries.
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health English or en Español
Mayo Clinic Diseases, conditons, and drug information
MedlinePlus MedlinePlus espanol
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
National Center for Health Statistics FastStats
Natural Solutions - home for Natural Remedies & Healthy Solutions
Talking Book & Braille Service Do you know someone who loves to read, but cannot see regular size print or is taking medication that prevents reading? Or do you know anyone who cannot hold a book or turn pages because of an accident, physical disability, or organic disfunction? Free service, if eligible.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
4th grade Suffixes & prefixes practice
4th grade Cause & effect practice
Aesop's Fables Online collection of fables, some with images and audio
Bartleby.Com's Great Books Online
Bibliomania Free online literature with over 2000 classic texts
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Discover writing for students - great especially for Middle School grades
Encyclopedia Mythica Encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend
Fiction Connection - Get book recommendations based on reading preferences & track series info. From NebraskAcess page, click on Fiction Connection.
Grammar Girl: Quick & Dirty tips for better writing (audio podcasts)
6 Traits Writing Interactive site
Instant Poetry Forms Mrs. Nixon's 4th grade
Internet4Classrooms grade level help for grades K-8 includes enrichment activities for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
Language Arts sites for students
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Shakespeare web links
National Council of Teachers of English - resource for teachers' classrooms, students, & parents
NewsHours Extra: Poetry Jim Lehrer's special for children on poetry, with biographies, poems, & video clips
One hundred best books - all ages
A Poem a Day from the Library of Congress
Poetry links from the Nebraska Library Commission
Punctuation Paintball - practices the "conventions" area of 6-Trait writing
Scarlet Letter wiki - American Literature, juniors
The Scriptorium - "the young writers' resource webzine"
Storybird Collaborative storytelling: Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards.
The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Look for Vocab Grabber & Spelling Bee under the Educator tab.
Willa Cather archive from UNL
The Writing Fix Focus on 6-Trait Writing - for teachers & students & writers; includes link to literature
Create a Graph from Kids' Zone
Interactive Mathematics (Numbers & Operatives, Grades PreK-2) from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Internet4Classrooms grade level help for grades K-8 includes enrichment activities for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
Mrs. Nixon's Animal Scavenger Hunt
Animal Info Animal information on rare, threatened, and endangered animals
Animals Natural History Notebooks from the Canadian Museum of Nature online
Animoto - Turn your photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows - free 30 seconds accounts for teachers & their students.
Ballooning
Hot Air Balloon links Links, history, and models
Nebraska Balloon Club find out about pilots, see photos, read about ballooning history
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs cool science experiments that you can try at home
Biomes for 4th grade:
Kids Do Ecology: Biomes Missouri Botanical Garden: Biomes
Carnagie Cyber Academy Internet safety
Chicago Field Museum also visit Sue at the Field Museum the largest, most complete, and best preserved T.Rex
Egheads interactive activities & educational games
Endangered Animals glog project - 6th Brenn
Endangered species - list
Kid's Planet ESpecies Fact Sheets Endangered species are sorted by continent & type. (Ignore links along the sides & bottoms.)
Fossil Facts and Finds learn how fossils are formed, start a club, find activities & lesson plans
Interactive Library Science Activities links to weights & measures, physical & chemical properties, types of mixtures, simple machines, molecular modelling, solar system, etc.
Internet4Classrooms grade level help for grades K-8 includes enrichment activities for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
ISafe world-wide leader in Internet safety education - non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. Includes support for kids & teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement.
Invent Now! National Inventors Hall of Fame / Camp Invention / How to parade
Invertebrates & Vertebrates for 4th grade:
Animal index - Invertebrates Animal Index - Vertebrates
Invertebrates (Animal Kingdom, Suffolk School)
Biology4Kids - Vertebrate basics
Journey North: a Global study of Wildlife Migration & Seasonal Change
LooLeDo LooLeDo is an arts, kids crafts, and science projects website for kids, parents, teachers, and educators. LooLeDo lets you share and upload your own photo and videos of your own creative projects, and allows you to view what others have shared. Their content is updated regularly with new and exciting kids crafts.
K-2 My World Interactives (try these with a SMARTboard)
Webquest: Mysterious Moon (4th gr)
Mr. Nussbaum's Science Site "thousands of sites in one" ...includes periodic table, biomes, insects, mammals, vultures, penguins, sharks, birds, etc.
National Geographic's Forces of Nature discusses volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes & tornadoes
National Zoo Smithsonian National Zoological Park - aniimal facts & zoo information
NASA vast resources & daily image gallery
NASA for Kids NASA Space Place (English & Español) NASA Fundamental Physics in Space
Periodic table of the elements
The pH Factor Sponsored by the Miami Museum of Science - explore interactive components to understand pH. Includes lesson plans & hands-on lab activities.
PLANT database USDA Natural Resouces Conservation Service
Rocks & Minerals for 4th Grade:
This Planet really Rocks! Rocks for kids
Rock Hounds Kids Rocks, minerals, fossils
Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
Science Fair Project Resource Guide from the Internet Public Library
Science & Technology links links from the Reference Librarians at the Nebraska Library Commission
Virtual Body available in English or Español
Weather Watch from Scholastic (4th grade)
Webquest: Soar the Solar System (4th grade)
KidsAstronomy.com Astronomy for Kids
The Why files: Science behind the news
The Wild Classroom fun biology for upper elementary to high school students...podcasts, vodcasts, blogs...try out Biodiversity & Deadly Snakes and more....
Christmas links
Holidays Around the World North Pole's Christmas around the world
Christmas Around the World Scavenger hunt: Christmas around the world
CIA World Factbook Country profiles ; flags of the world
Colonial Albany image gallery interesting blend of people, places, maps & items
Colonial Family & Community Students can be "history detectives" as they learn about a real colonial family in Connecticut
Colonial Williamsburg Fun games and activities as well as electronic field trips.
Countries of the World from InfoPlease Almanac
Digital History includes primary sources, multimedia, interactive timeline & teacher section
History of Dixon County Nebraska
Google Earth a 3-D interface to the planet...Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
History Channel This day in history /your birthday...and TV channel schedule
History Place chronological articles of American & world history, written mostly by history author Philip Gavin
History links Provided by the Reference Librarian's at the Nebraska Library Commission.
Internet4Classrooms grade level help for grades K-8 includes enrichment activities for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
Library of Congress (National library of the U.S.) Images, sound files, maps & documents; multicultural /countries resources; legislative information; LC library catalog; kids' sites ; literacy pages; lots more...
MapQuest get driving directions to any destination
Mexico from National Geographic for Kids
My Wonderful World National Geographic & partners have sponsored a program to help expand global geographic knowledge for kids (K-12) - includes blog, games, cool stuff, trivia, a downloadable poster-size world map that you assemble, contest info and more.
Includes Lewis & Clark, Photo Gallery, MapMachine, GeoBee Quiz Game, Kids' Page, Teacher's Resources
Nebraska Memories project
Nebraska Studies Nebraska history
Pioneers (U.S. West)
Wessels Living History Farm (York, NE)
Webquest: Digging Deeper Thanksgiving (4th grade)
Access Nebraska State Databases from home, school, or public libraries in Nebraska! Use passwords from LMC or your Nebraska Driver's license.
Ask at library desk for remote login and password. Includes encyclopedia modules for K-College, Spanish language, and special topic resources.
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? (trivia game)
Bembo's Zoo A gorgeous alphabet book, with illustrations turned into mini-movies. Watch the letter become the name of the animal. Has clever illustrations & realistic audio. Great for early learners.
Carl's Corner ideas & reproducibles for Teachers & Parents to teach letters, phonics, reading & writing to young children
Chateau Meddybemps ideas to help develop learning skills & to make learning fun for young children
Enchanted Learning Subject directory for kids - Ask at the LMC desk for the login & pw
FactMonster Includes up-to-date facts & fun & includes a homework center, a reference desk with an almanac, dictionary, atlas & encyclopedia, games & quizzes and up-to-date articles.
Glogster interactive online poster / bulletin board. Great for creatively expressing knowledge & ideas. Student accounts are available through teacher.
Great Web Sites for Kids American Library Association / Association for Library Service to Children
Grimm's Fairy tales National Geographic presents original Grimm Fairy tales
GuysRead includes book ideas for young & middle school guys
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race the last great race on Earth!
International Children's Digital Library The largest digital collections of children’s book, ICDL contains over 4,400 books in 54 languages representing 64 countries with applications for the iPhone and the new larger screen, iPad.
Internet4Classrooms grade level help for grades K-8 includes enrichment activities for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprenhension(K-4) students & teachers
ISafe world-wide leader in Internet safety education - non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. Includes support for kids & teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement. Create your own account.
Jigzone jigsaw puzzle of the day or choose from the puzzle gallery
KidsKonnect A safe Internet gateway for kids
Kid's Heart A play and learn site with free resources for kids & their teachers
Kidipede History & science for kids and homework help for middle grades
Kidspace at the Internet Public Library Find Math & Science, Sports, Art & Music, Computers, Reading, Science Fair ideas, an online Story Hour and more...
LooLeDo LooLeDo is an arts, kids crafts, and science projects website for kids, parents, teachers, and educators. LooLeDo lets you share and upload your own photo and videos of your own creative projects, and allows you to view what others have shared. Their content is updated regularly with new and exciting kids crafts.
MiKids.com Enrichment activities for elementary students: counting & math, animals, simple machines, writing traits, authors & illustrators, and much more...
Lyndsey's Mania - Geo & math quizzes & games
Mama Lisa's World Children's songs & nursery rhymes around the world . Some songs include MP3's and Midi music.
Math games (primary grades)
One hundred best books - all ages
PBS Kids Island Ready to Learn: Raising readers
San Diego Zoo: Kid territory...recipes
Sci4Kids sponsored by the USDA Agricultural Research Service
Story It Language Arts resource for children and teachers
Storybird Collaborative storytelling: Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards.
Sue at the Field Museum the largest, most complete, and best preserved T.Rex
The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words.
Yahooligans a web guide for kids (subject directory)
New!! Access Nebraska State Databases from home, school, or public libraries in Nebraska
Ask at library desk for remote login and password. Includes encyclopedia modules for K-College, Spanish language, and special topic resources.
Best Books for Young Adults Keep in mind: If our library collection doesn't have the book you'd like, ask to borrow a book through Interlibrary Loan.
Channel One Great source of daily news for teens (12 minute broadcasts) - current info on sports, music, TV, movies, & homework help.
Evernote Free online note tool - Write notes and you can access it from anywhere, even your iPhone. Type a text note. Clip a web page. Snap a photo. Grab a screenshot. Evernote will keep it all safe. Tag & organize. Great for collaborative projects.
Fiction Connection - Get book recommendations based on reading preferences & track series info. Access throught NebraskAcess and click on Fiction Connection.
Focus Adolescent Services Information, resources, & support for teen and family issues
Nebraska Focus Family help in Nebraska...incudes hotlines & resources for drug abuse, domestic violence, at-risk teens, runaways, foster care, missing children, etc.
Glogster interactive online poster / bulletin board. Great for creatively expressing knowledge & ideas. Student accounts are available through teacher.
GuysRead book ideas for teen guys
Internet4Classrooms grade level help for grades K-8 includes enrichment activities for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
ISafe world-wide leader in Internet safety education - non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. Includes support for kids & teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement. Create your own account.
Jing free online tool to take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor. Share it instantly via web, email, IM, Twitter or your blog.
Nebraska School Activities Association Official information on Nebraska high school sports and other activities.
Odosketch online sketch pad
One hundred best books - all ages
Online Computer Tutorials free, easy-to-follow ilustrated tutorials for software & computer subjects, like MS Office, Dreamweaver, Photoshop Elements, HTML & CSS, My SQL, PHP & Perl. It was developed by the U.S. Dept. of Education to help those with learning disabilities.
Open Office free to download & use, and compatiable with products like PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.
Prezi The Zooming presentation editor - free online tool - try instead of powerpoint
Primary Access PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.
SchoolTube UTube's video & channels for teachers & students
The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words.
YALSA's Teens' Top Ten Find last year's list. Nominate your favorite book & vote in mid-October.
New!! Access Nebraska State Databases from home, school, or public libraries in Nebraska
Ask at library desk for remote login and password. Includes encyclopedia modules for K-College, Spanish language, and special topic resources.
Alcohol and Drug Information Clearinghouse Prevention, facts, Nebraska information, Asset building information
Carl's Corner ideas & reproducibles for Teachers & Parents to teach letters, phonics, reading & writing to young children
Chateau Meddybemps ideas to help develop learning skills & to make learning fun for young children
International Children's Digital Library The largest digital collections of children’s book, ICDL contains over 4,400 books in 54 languages representing 64 countries with applications for the iPhone and the new larger screen, iPad.
Going to school The resource delivers practical strategies & insights to help parents guide their children through school, from pre-kindergarten to grade 5.
Family guide to keeping youth mentally healthy & drug free
Fiction Connection - Get book recommendations based on reading preferences & track series info. From NebraskAcess page, click on Fiction Connection.
Focus Adolescent Services Information, resources, & support for teen and family issues
Nebraska Focus Family help in Nebraska...incudes hotlines & resources for drug abuse, domestic violence, at-risk teens, runaways, foster care, missing children, etc.
Internet4Classrooms grade level help for grades K-8 includes enrichment activities for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
ISafe world-wide leader in Internet safety education - non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. Includes support for kids & teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement. Create your own account.
Kid's Heart A play and learn site with free resources for kids & their teachers
LooLeDo LooLeDo is an arts, kids crafts, and science projects website for kids, parents, teachers, and educators. LooLeDo lets you share and upload your own photo and videos of your own creative projects, and allows you to view what others have shared. Their content is updated regularly with new and exciting kids crafts.
LDOnline on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and other professionals
My Wonderful World National Geographic & partners have sponsored a program to help expand global geographic knowledge for kids (K-12) - includes blog, games, cool stuff, trivia, a downloadable poster-size world map that you assemble, contest info and more.
National Council of Teachers of English - resource for teachers' classrooms, students, & parents
National Parent Teacher Association
Nebraska Department of Education
Online Computer Tutorials free, easy-to-follow ilustrated tutorials for software & computer subjects, like MS Office, Dreamweaver, Photoshop Elements, HTML & CSS, My SQL, PHP & Perl. It was developed by the U.S. Dept. of Education to help those with learning disabilities.
Open Office free to download & use, and compatiable with products like PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.
Parents. The Anti-Drug LaAntiDroga.com
PBS Kids Island Ready to Learn: Raising readers
SafeKids.com Internet safety
Sites to Help Parents Help Their Children
New!! Access Nebraska State Databases from home, school, or public libraries in Nebraska
Ask at library desk for remote login and password. Includes encyclopedia modules for K-College, Spanish language, and special topic resources.
Animoto - Turn your photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows - free 30 seconds accounts for teachers & their students.
Carl's Corner ideas & reproducibles for Teachers & Parents to teach letters, phonics, reading & writing to young children
Chateau Meddybemps ideas to help develop learning skills & to make learning fun for young children
Classroom Clipart Free clipart, illustrations, and photographs
Creative Commons Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. Here you will find all the resources needed to learn appropriate use of Creative Commons licensing for written, graphic and multimedia content.
Diigo More than just a bookmarking tool (like Delicious) - You can collect & organize anything & access anywhere - bookmarks, highlights, notes, screenshots, pictures, docs, audio, bibliography (Try with collaborative research)
Enchanted Learning Subject directory for kids ; crafts, lesson ideas, printable sheets. Ask at LMC desk for username & pw information.
ESU I video catalog Teachers: Please give your requests to Mrs. Klein.
Evernote Free online note tool - Write notes and you can access it from anywhere, even your iPhone. Type a text note. Clip a web page. Snap a photo. Grab a screenshot. Evernote will keep it all safe. Tag & organize. Great for collaborative projects.
Fiction Connection - Get book recommendations based on reading preferences & track series info. From NebraskAcess page, click on Fiction Connection.
Focus Adolescent Services Information, resources, & support for teen and family issues
Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprenhension(K-4) students & teachers
Nebraska Focus Family help in Nebraska...incudes hotlines & resources for drug abuse, domestic violence, at-risk teens, runaways, foster care, missing children, etc.
ISafe world-wide leader in Internet safety education - non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. Includes support for kids & teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement.
International Children's Digital Library The largest digital collections of children’s book, ICDL contains over 4,400 books in 54 languages representing 64 countries with applications for the iPhone and the new larger screen, iPad.
Internet4Classroom free Internet portal for classroom & instructional resources
Jing free online tool to take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor. Share it instantly via web, email, IM, Twitter or your blog.
Glogster interactive online poster / bulletin board. Great for creatively expressing knowledge & ideas. Free teacher accounts. Can set up accounts for students your class.
Graphic Organizers includes free downloads
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
LooLeDo LooLeDo is an arts, kids crafts, and science projects website for kids, parents, teachers, and educators. LooLeDo lets you share and upload your own photo and videos of your own creative projects, and allows you to view what others have shared. Their content is updated regularly with new and exciting kids crafts.
LiveBinders This fun and easy-to-use site makes it easy to organize and share sources. Teachers can use it as a presentation tool, plan an interactive lesson, or engage with students on the research process.
Mailbox online (Grades 2-3) see Mrs. Klein for login & pw.
Masher Masher lets you easily create a video by mixing together video clips, music tracks, and photos all for FREE!
My Wonderful World National Geographic & partners have sponsored a program to help expand global geographic knowledge for kids (K-12) - includes blog, games, cool stuff, trivia, a downloadable poster-size world map that you assemble, contest info and more.
National Council of Teachers of English - resource for teachers' classrooms, students, & parents
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska Humanities Council Speakers bureau (grant program)
Nebraska Partnership for American History Education
Odosketch online sketch pad
Online Computer Tutorials free, easy-to-follow ilustrated tutorials for software & computer subjects, like MS Office, Dreamweaver, Photoshop Elements, HTML & CSS, My SQL, PHP & Perl. It was developed by the U.S. Dept. of Education to help those with learning disabilities.
Open Office free to download & use, and compatiable with products like PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.
Power Media Plus Teachers: Stream or download educational digital video. For login information and assistance, please contact Mrs. Klein.
Pics4Learning copyright friendly images for education - read Image Use Policy
Prezi The Zooming presentation editor - free online tool - try instead of powerpoint
Primary Access PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.
Quizlet generate flashcards, assist in vocabulary memorization
Read Across America Includes Dr. Seuss info
Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers research-based and best-practice information on teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle. It is an educational service of public television station WETA in Washington, D.C.
Reading Place believes that "getting parents involved in their child's reading development could be the most powerful strategy in teaching children to read."
SchoolTube UTube's video & channels for teachers & students
SparkleBox materials designed for primary-age students
Standards for the 21st Century Learner from the American Association of School Librarians
Story It Language Arts resource for children and teachers
Storybird Collaborative storytelling: Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards.
TeAch technology - includes lesson plans, printable worksheets, preformatted rubrics, printable generators, teaching tips & themes & 256,000 reviewed sites - use Language Arts link for writing info
Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers
Thinkfinity Access lesson plans, student activities, reviewed Web sites, etc. (standards-based)
Virtual Field Trips Learn about rain forests, endangered species, salt marshes, volcanoes, Shakespeare, presidents, & more. Each trip provides teacher's objectives & resources.
The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Look for Vocab Grabber & Spelling Bee under the Educator tab.
Web English teacher K-12 ideas, including reading, writing, drama, media literacy, grammar, poetry, vocab, young adult literature & much more.
Wordle Beautiful Word Clouds... Creates word image from documents, with most frequently used words appearing larger. User can change font & design and save as image file.
The Writing Fix Focus on 6-Trait Writing - for teachers & students & writers; includes link to literature
AR (Accelerated Reader) for grades 4-6 log in information from classroom teacher or Mrs. Klein - AR books can searched on the online library catalog
Authors A-K Authors L-Z and The Author Page all from the Internet Public Library
Authors & Illustrators ALA's Great web sites for kids
Authors & Illustrator HarperCollins Children's Books
Authors & Illustrators from Random Houses
Authors & Illustrators 75 authors & illustrators that everybody should know from Reading Rockets
Authors & Illustrators on the Web - CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide
Author websites from MiKids.com
Author websites Yahooligans
Author websites from KidsClick! web search for kids by librarians
Authors from Kids Read - Kidsread.com Authors
Author voices TeachingBooks features an author name pronunciation guide with audio of authors introducing themselves, pronouncing their name, & telling the story behind their name.
Pat Mora's samplers Sampler of Latino Children's Books Authors and Illustrators
Parent Tips for Beginning Readers (University of Utah Reading Clinic)
Book Adventure FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8 (includes quizzes) - requires registration & parent or teacher approval for prizes.
Caldecott Medal Award Newbery Medal Award from Assn. of Library Service to Children
Fiction Connection - Get book recommendations based on reading preferences & track series info. From NebraskAcess page, click on Fiction Connection.
International Children's Digital Library The largest digital collections of children’s book, ICDL contains over 4,400 books in 54 languages representing 64 countries with applications for the iPhone and the new larger screen, iPad.
Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprenhension(K-4) students & teachers
Golden Sowers Award Nebraska's Children's Choice book award
Grimm's Fairy tales National Geographic presents original Grimm Fairy tales
Jim Trelease on Reading Aloud Includes Read Aloud treasury and tips for parents, excerpted from his Read Aloud Handbook (5th ed.) available at the Library Media Center.
Just for Kids who love books A safe place for kids to interact online & share info about their favorite books
Online Book Collections links from the Internet Public Library
Starfall games & activities to help children learn to read
Story Hour Have a story "read" to you from the Internet Public Library
Storyline Online Online videos (video streaming) of members of the Screen Actors Guild reading children's stories - includes author biographies, lesson plans, and other reading links.
Teen Reading YALSA's Teens' Top Ten list
WorldCat Find which nearby library has the item you want - books, audio, video, or articles.
4th grade Technology: Nebraska symbols & virtual tour
Wakefield, NE Community services, recreation, & other information
Gardner Public Library (Wakefield, NE)
Wakefield's Hot Air Balloon Festival
Wakefield baseball Wakefield American Legion baseball - summer schedule & tournaments
Henry Doorly Zoo Omaha, NE
Nebrask@ Online The official website for the State of Nebraska
Nebraska Blue Book Almanac of political & demographic information for Nebraska
Nebraska Game & Parks Commission Nebraska wildlife, hunting, fishing, boating, state park & trails.
Nebraska GenWeb Project free genealogical research in Nebraska
Nebraska Memories project Searchable site sponsored by the Nebraska Library Commission
Nebraska tourism Visit Nebraska...includes events & attractions, a travel planner, agri-tourism information & vacation packages.
Nebraska Traveler Information Portal Nebraska Dept. of Roads - find out road conditions, where there's road construction, or delays (printable)
Nebraska Western Trails Artifacts, books, documents, photos, maps, etc.
State & Local Information (WSC links to census, statistics, county general information)
Virtual Nebraska Compilation of histories of Nebraska towns
