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SiteScan: Research IT
Encarta Online (http://encarta.msn.com/)
A site for learners and education lovers. It combines the Encarta
Concise Encyclopedia and Encarta Schoolhouse. The resources
are regularly updated to give you the latest information on
explorations and discoveries.Columbia Encyclopedia (http://www.encyclopedia.com/)
A purely reference site with over 17,000 articles to browse
through, such as The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.
Entries are short to help you check facts fast. The site includes
an cross-references, links to web sites and books that offer
ample opportunities to follow particular trains of thought.
There's also a free online Q&A section.The Herbal Encyclopedia
(http://www.wic.net/waltzark/herbenc.htm)
This interesting site features an alphabetical index of herbs.
The site also features information about the medical use and
growing of herbs, as well as advice on their storage. Plus references
too.An Anachronist's Encyclopaedia (http://www.acc.umu.se/~lkj/uma)
This site houses over 540 links in 50 categories. These include
jewely, cooking, poetry, weddings and mythology.Encyclopedia
of Psychology (http://www.psychology.org/)
The site has an impressive database of over 1,600 psychology-related
links. You can choose to learn about the discipline's history.
The psychology publications and associations comes in handy.Planetpals
Earthzone (http://www.planetpals.com/)
A bright and busy site aimed at educating children about the
universe without sounding teachy. You can make friends while
learning about the Earth, how things work and how we should
treat it. There are also quizzes, competitions, puzzles and
freebies; all suitably wrapped up to entice the child in each
of us.Thinkquest Library (http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/)
Take a virtual tour to the Rain Forest, the Desert or the Grassland.
This is an excellent destination for school projects. It contains
an easy to understand data on tropical and temperate rain forests,
Savannah and temperate grasslands, deserts. The available information
includes climate, animal and plant species and the impact of
human activities. Odyssey of Life (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/odyssey)
This is an entertaining site for anyone interested in the history
of life. The Odyssey of Life is based on the popular PBS science
program Nova. It even provides invaluable teaching material.
The site showcases embryo morphing for various species and features
great photographs combined with eye-catching links
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