Reference Web Sites

Click on the following Internet sites for your reference questions.

World Book Online: Access the World Book from Emerson School computers. (Now available outside of Emerson to Madison students.)
Electronic Library - Madison Metropolitan School District: Find links to World Wide Web resources selected for K-12 staff and students, organized by subject and by theme and developed in response to requests from MMSD staff.
BadgerLink: Find full text of magazine and newspaper articles. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
American Heritage Spanish/English Dictionary: Type in a word in English or Spanish and click on search.
Roget's II Thesaurus: Find synonyms for words.
Weather: Find weather forcasts from the Weather Channel.
World Factbook: Find facts, maps, flags and more on countries. This is the US Government's geographical handbook.
Madison Public Library: Search the computer catalog of the public library.
Wisconsin Newsstand: Search Wisconsin newspapers for full-text articles.
Instructions: Under "database," choose "News - ProQuest Newspapers." Enter your search terms and click on "search." If you want to limit the search to one newspaper, click on "More Search Options."