Links for Kids and Parents « Resources
Search Engines: The Place to Start
Yahooligans
www.yahooligans.com)
A web guide especially for kids from the people at Yahoo allows access only to child-appropriate sites.
KidsClick!
www.kidsclick.org
A web searching tool for kids designed by librarians (so you know it's good!).
Yahoo
www.yahoo.com
Great user-friendly search engine with extensive indexing already done for you.
www.google.com
Very useful search engine for the more obscure and/or unusual topics; searches a higher percentage of the web.
Librarians' Index to the Internet
www.lii.org
A search engine that links you to useful sites -- librarian approved!
Encyclopedias: For General Subject Overviews
Encarta Online
http://encarta.msn.com
Online version of the popular CD ROM encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia Britannica
www.eb.com
Subscription-based online version of the venerable work.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
Excellent coverage of a range of topics from the keepers of America's Attic.
Useful Sites
Marin County Library Catalog
http://marinet.lib.ca.us
Check to see which Marin County public library has what and reserve/renew books online.
Great Sites!
www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites
Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids and Adults Who Care About Them! And it's by the American Library Association too. What else is there to say?
Great Educational Web Sites!
http://home.computer.net/~dibianco/index.html
Links to all kinds of sites compiled by a school librarian (so of course it's excellent!).
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
www.carolhurst.com
Wonderful reading recommendations and booklists on particular topics.
The Children's Literature Web Guide
www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Booklists, resources for parents, authors on the web, and more.
Museums and Science
The Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.com
A virtual visit to an incredible local resource.
The Smithsonian Institution
www.si.edu
Lindbergh's plane, the Star Spangled Banner, the Hope Diamond -- they have it all!
NASA
www.nasa.gov
Space, black holes, and much more. Beautiful astronomical photographs.
Fun and Games
Kids' Castle
www.kidscastle.si.edu/home.html
Games and more just for kids from the Smithsonian Institution.
Yahooligans: Games
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/games/
This section contains chess, checkers, Go Fish, word searches, and more.
Yahooligans: Cool Page
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/cool/
Sites which are awarded the "cool" rating change each week, and you never know what you'll find! Discover wonderful sites by checking this periodically.
Web Safety Sites for Parents
Yahooligans Parents' Guide
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/parents/
A variety of web-related info for parents on topics that include safe surfing, communication online, and what to do when kids run into inappropriate material (and you know they will!).
Safekids and Safeteens
www.safekids.com and www.safeteens.com
Age-appropriate tips on surfing the net safely!
