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//TheFreeLibrary.com. //(2004-2009). Retrieved February 17, 2010, from [] //The Free Library // is an online database of reference resources. The website is owned and managed by Farlex, an independently owned company that also serves users with //TheFreeDictionary.com,// and //Definition-Of.com//. The website loads easily and without popups. The homepage serves as a directory to almost 19 million articles and books. The website includes reference resources from the classics to current event articles. The search options are basically limitless. Users can search by name, date, authors, literature and from several different subject headings. Resources are filed under the following subject headings: Business, Communications, Entertainment, General Interests, Health, Humanities, Law, Recreation, Science and Social Sciences. From those general subdivisions are hundreds of more specific subject headings. One interesting feature about the website is the featured random article of the day. This website is a great starting place for research. The amount of information is incredible and vast. Students of all ages could use this website. I have stumbled upon some really great websites through the Internet Public Library website. This is by far the most informative. There is a plethora of subjects and interests for all sorts of research. I did a random keyword search on Uruguay, a very small and quiet South American country. I was given over 200 results. This is a website that I would have linked on my media center’s homepage. Students of all ages, researching topics for any class could benefit from using this resource. __Grade Level __: Upper Elementary and above __Subject Areas __: Any __Overall Rating: __ 10 ||  ||< //Tiffany's// comment :
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//Kristie's// comment : Very useful resource if one is in need of articles and bood. It is a great place to begin research and I can see how I would definately benefit from this site in the future. || //Citation in APA format goes here.//
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//Kristie's// comment : || (2010). //Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII).// Retrieved March 15, 2010 from [|http://www.ipl.org]
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The //Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII).// consists of 45,000 links to free sites that are organized by their heading with a sub-heading underneath. The purpose of this site is to provide teachers and students with a wealth of information in one location. Through the use of links, students and teachers are able to browse several subject collections. Information can be browed with large rectangular links in the middle of the site that include resources by subject, newspapers and magazines, special collections and for kids and for teens. A question and answer box appears at the top of the home page which allows easy access to specific questions that may take a long time to locate. Additionally, there is a large search box at the top of the homepage as well. There is a featured marquee that has information that is updated on a frequent basis. Containing indexes and abstracts, this site is a research tool for SLM and teachers of all subjects. All subjects and students with computer navigation knowledge and of reading age would find this source useful.

This would be a good source for grades K-12. All Subjects Overall Rating 9 ||   ||<  //Nigel's// comment : This was one of my favorites and so informative. Any teacher of any discipline can find something useful at this website.

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