Independent Learning and Homework Help

Featured Resources

Tutor.com for U.S. Military Families

Tutor.com provides round-the-clock access to professional tutors who can assist students with homework, test preparation, resume writing, and more. Visit the site to see if you are eligible and register for the free, online program.

General Homework Help
Army OneSource
Attention Army Kids Get Real-time help with free online tutoring for grades k-12.
 
eLibrary
eLibrary offers more than 1,500 full-text sources, with improved functionality, and a fun and easy-to-use search interface. Includes magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips. See your school library information specialist for passwords
 
Fact Monster
Online Almanac, Encyclopedia and Homework Help
 
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.
 
Homework Spot
Elementary, Middle and High School resources in various subjects as well as activities, tips and articles.
 
Jiskha Homework Help
Homework help for PreK- college in subjects ranging from art and music to math and physical education.
 
Kids Know It Network
A free children's learning network with links to free educational websites, games, and resources.
 
Note Taking Help
The articles on this website are designed to teach you note taking strategies and to help you determine if a particular note taking strategy makes sense in a particular situation, to help you choose the note taking strategy that works best for you, and to help you determine whether a particular piece of information is important to note.
 
Smithsonian
Explore the exhibitions, take part in activities and more!
 
Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian Museum for Students: Arts; Science and Nature; History and Culture; People and Places
Subject Specific Resources

Research Tools

Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, biographies and more.
 
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.
 
Government Agency Pages for Kids
Listing of Government Agency Pages for Kids from LegalMatch.com
 
InfoPlease
A comprehensive reference source that combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you to search all these sources at once.
 
ProQuest Professional Education
ProQuest Professional Education is a comprehensive reference collection for K-12 professional development and continuing education. See your school Information Specialist for passwords.
 
RefDesk.com
Indexes and reviews of quality, credible, and timely reference resources that are free and family-friendly.
 
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer is a general reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. Helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.
 
Thesaurus.com
Sister site of Dictionary.com - a free reliable synonym search tool.
 
U.S. Copyright Office
Information about online copyright registration; key publications including informational circulars, application forms for copyright registration, links to the copyright law and to the homepages of other copyright-related organizations; and more.