Search Engines
Google - Simply the first place to go to search for anything
Vivisimo - helps you organize your search by automatically arranging the results in logical clusters. Try it.
Switchboard - Everybody's phone number, white and yellow pages

Useful Research Sites
MARVEL! - Maine's Virtual Library
Wikipedia - The most unusual encyclopedia in the world. Written by the people who use it.
Americal Library Association Links to great web sites for kids
Maine Animals - Use these sites to gather information on Maine animals
The Lexile Framework for Reading - This web site will match students reading skills with almost any book in the library.

Other Maine Schools
Jefferson Village School - Home of the Jefferson Chargers
Whitefield Elementary School - Home of the Whitefield Wildcats

Other Maine Sites
Maine State Government - The first place to go for general information about Maine, especially the government
The Town of Chelsea - has their own web site
Old Fort Western - How people lived in Maine two hundred and fifty years ago
Maine Weather Forecasts - Is that storm going to get here in time for a snow day or hit on Saturday? Great satellite images.

Maine Studies Web Sites
HOME, The Story of Maine - The web site for the MPBN series about living in Maine in the past and present
The Maine History Timeline
The Timeline of Maine Arts and Culture
The Timeline Native American Culture
The Maine Experience - Video clips from the MPBN TV Program
The Video Ticker - Very short video clips about Maine
Maine Memory Network - Thousands of pictures from Maine history
The Maine State Museum - A virtual tour

Computer Ethics and Netiquette
The Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics
Netiquette - The Netiquette Home Page
Online Netiquette.com
Computer Ethics - This web site has good learning activities. Click on the Visit Site button at the right of the opening page to get to the main site.
Learn The Net web site - More netiquette and other basic Internet skills

Computer Information
MSLN - The Maine School and Library Network is our Internet Service Provider
How Things Work - Outstanding explanations about lots of computer stuff
Webopedia - An on-line dictionary for every computer-related word you can imagine
AARP - Excellent explanations of basic computer stuff.
Emoticons - Learn how to send a smile with e-mail
ComputerUsers Dictionary - Another good dictionary of computer terms.
How Stuff Works - Good explanations about how all kinds of stuff works. This is a commercial site with lots of ads but the information is good.

Other Interesting Sites
Frogguts.com - Want to dissect an imaginary frog? This web site will work on all the iBooks and most of the newer PCs in the building, but the older workstations may be out of luck.
The Eagle Cam - Watch eagles on the coast of Maine incubate, hatch, and rear eaglets live.
Insect Hobbyist - Would you like a small, quiet pet?
Terraserver - Want to see what your house looks like from the air?
The Republic of Molossia Web Site
The Dihydrogen Monoxide Home Page
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Home Page
The Lake Michigan Whale Watch Home Page

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