This category should provide free educational reference resources for kids and teens from ages 3 to 18. A reference would offer information in a quick and compact writing style. This is the opposite of an online book or detailed essay. Some examples of learning resources include online libraries, dictionaries, encyclopedias, how-to webpages, and directories of public libraries.
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Search for famous quotes, classic literature, and nonfictional works. Site also includes dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus.
8
15,273
NA
8,400,000
180,000
7

Includes searchable information related to sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.
7
17,718
NA
3,860,000
66,900
4

Links to a variety of resources including news, weather, sports, encyclopedias, facts on file, FAQs, and tutorials.
8
16,852
NA
1,950,000
22,100
10

Massive collection of links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and important websites of various countries.

Provides information on programming, computers, definitions, and literature.

Look up the meaning of a word, find out when a famous person lived, or identify a foreign language at this one-stop research center.
5
263,129
NA
1,870,000
1,020
86

Lots of time and date related information, such as yearly and monthly calendars, counters, countdown, and the world clock which shows the current time in cities all over the world.
8
1,013
3,196,931
12,500,000
151,000
512

A suite of interactive tools designed to aid students with their online research, from selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources.
6
116,779
NA
229,000
36,300
28

Features links to biographies, literature, poetry, and foreign classics. Includes alphabetical index of authors, as well as dictionaries and other reference works.

Offers an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, math tools, and writing reference.
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