Reference ON LINE

Electronic Playground

Welcome to the Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. The Library preserves a collection of more than 119 million items, more than two-thirds of which are in media other than books. Theseinclude the largest map, film and television collections in the world. In addition to its primary mission of serving the research needs of the U.S. Congress, the Library serves all Americans through its popular Web site and in its 22 reading rooms on Capitol Hill.

A site with rich and entertaining media for kids in a playful learning environment providing increased skills in technological fluency, even make acronyms from your phone number !!

Information Please Almanac

Interactive games for kids including Math Baseball, Change Maker, and Wacky Tales.

The Internet Public Library is the first public library of the Internet. As librarians, we are committed to providing valuable services to that world. We do so for many reasons: to provide library services to the Internet community, to learn and teach what librarians have to contribute in a digital environment, to promote librarianship and the importance of libraries, and to share interesting ideas and techniques with other librarians.

A web site for kids, Alfy, the largest web portal for kids, was developed so that first time 3-9 year olds could safely and easily experience everything the cyber world has to offer.

World Book Online Library

On Line Math Games

Countdown the nunber of seconds you've been alive, calculate and convert measurement.

Kids Search Engines

Dictionaries

Ask Jeeves for Kids

Merrian-Webster Dictionary

Stories and games using old favorites

Yahooligans for Kids

All Words

Colleges and Universities

Texas Colleges & Universities