Internet Resources

Homework Help

See the list of internet homework helpers that our librarians use.

Math Links

Fractions are your Friends www.mathleague.com/help/fractions/fractions.htm

Online flashcards (listed by age of child)
www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/geoflash

Brain Teasers (3rd grade and up)
www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html

Mathematics Center
www.eduplace.com/math/index.html

Science Fair Projects

www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide

www.exploratorium.edu/ls/pathfinders/scifairs/scifair-student.html

Writing Book Reports

How to Write a Book Report
www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2030.html

Search Sites

Google
www.google.com

Ask Jeeves Kids
www.ajkids.com/

Yahooligans
www.yahooligans.com/

Library Online Databases

To get to the databases from home, please click on "Connect from Home" and enter your Fairfield Public Library barcode number when asked for your password .

Discovering Collection	Connect from library | Connect from home
A combination of 21 databases that includes thousands of overview essays, timelines and critical analyses in the areas of history, literature, science, biography and social studies.  An iCONN database.
EbscoHost	Connect from library | Connect from home
Includes a colorful site for elementary school students that features EbscoAnimals, Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, and Primary Search, a database that has the full-text of over 65 children’s magazines and 300 children’s pamphlets.
Electric Library	Connect from library | Connect from home
Ideal homework resource for K-12 students that includes hundreds of books, magazines, newspapers, TV and radio transcripts, pictures and maps.  Enter your Fairfield Public Library barcode number at the login screen of this database to gain access.
Facts.com	Connect from library | Connect from home
Leading source for information about world events, issues, statistics and people for the past 20 years. It includes special features such as maps, photographs, historic documents and headline news stories from Reuters, updated every hour, and archived for 2 weeks.  Now includes the World Almanac.  Enter your Fairfield Public Library barcode number at the login screen of this database to gain access.
InfoTrac Juniorr	Connect from library | Connect from home
Multi-source, curriculum based reference tool for junior high and middle school students. An iCONN database.
InfoTrac Student	Connect from library | Connect from home
Multi-source, curriculum based reference tool for high school students. An iCONN database.
Kids InfoBits	Connect from library | Connect from home
for children from kindergarten through grade 5; includes full-text age appropriate magazines, images, encyclopedias, maps, etc. An iCONN database.