General Homework Resources
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Links to help make your homework research easier and more effective. Created and maintained by a Vancouver teacher-librarian. |
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| BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper | Links to hundreds of sites that will help with your homework. You can even ask B.J. a question. |
| Canada’s Digital Initiative | Award-winning. Home to hundreds of Web sites about Canada produced by Canadians between the ages of 15 - 30. Read about how to create your own site for this program. |
| Choose your subject, month, and year. Practice before you have to write your exams. | |
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A great collection of resources for homework and just for browsing. |
Language Arts
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Free access to reference books and literature. Includes Shakespeare, the World Fact Book, Roget's Thesaurus, and others. |
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| Citation Styles |
How to create a bibliography for books, articles and electronic resources. |
| Merriam-Webster Web Dictionary | Offers a dictionary, thesaurus, and a Spanish/English dictionary. |
| Sign up for word of the day emails, use a dictionary, and see how the English language has changed over time. | |
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Offers encyclopedias of diverse subjects, as well as a variety of glossaries. |
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| SparkNotes Study Guides |
Literature, drama, poetry, as well as subject areas like math, chemistry, and astronomy. |
Mathematics
| ConvertWorld |
Interactive calculators for converting between currencies, weight, volume, mass, time, distance, and more. |
| The Math Forum |
Dr. Math will help with your math question. Check the archives or e-mail your question. From elementary to college and beyond. |
Science
| The Nine Planets |
A multimedia tour of the solar system. Includes history, mythology, and science. |
| Street Drugs |
Information on drugs – alcohol and tobacco, prescription abuse, as well as cannabis, depressants, stimulants, narcotics, and hallucinogens and disassociative drugs. |
Social Studies
| Atlas of Canada | You won’t believe the variety of maps of Canada available here! |
| The World Factbook |
Contains up-to-date information on countries and territories around the world. |
