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http://www.behindthename.com/

http://www.babynamesorigins.com/

http://www.babynamesworld.com/

http://www.genealogytoday.com/names/origins/

http://www.homepagers.com/names/

http://www.last-names.net/Articles/Anatomy.asp

http://www.americanbaby.com/home/name-origins.html

By Any Other Name http://members.w-link.net/~maegwin/menagerie/name.htm

Name Finder http://www.ivillage.com/namefinder/

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Age in Days, etc.

www.easycalculation.com/age-calculator.php

http://www.timeanddate.com/

Literary Giants

http://www.waterborolibrary.org/birth.htm

Author Almanac

 

 

 

Phase of the Moon

http://imagiware.com/astro/moon.cgi

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html

Moon Phase Chart

 

 

Sports Events

Use Google; type the event and the year

 

 

 

 

News Events

Weather

http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/

http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/archive.html

http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.html

 

Weather Pages History and Archives

Weather History

Today in Weather History

Works Cited

Citing Online Sources

Citation Styles (Be sure you’re looking at MLA)

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Classroom Connect - citing resources

Sample Works Cited Page (see below)

Facts Page

This Day in Rock and Roll History
http://www.arrowfm.com/cgi/history.pl

What Was On TV, the Movies, Fads, etc.
http://www.inthe70s.com/index.shtml
http://www.inthe80s.com/tubeidx.shtml
http://www.inthe90s.com/index.shtml

Information about actors, movies, etc.
www.imdb.com
 

Time Capsule

Fact Index.com

History Central

 

Internet sites worth visiting include:
Daily Almanacs
Bringing You History One Day at a Time

--Be patient, this one is a little slow to load.

Anyday Today in History
Birthday Research Center
My Virtual Reference Desk
My Daily Almanac

Today in History 
Famous Birthdays
By Any Other Name
On this Day
What Happened what Year? 
 Uncle Woody's Almanac

Project Sites

What Day’s Your Birthday?
http://www.maxxmktg.com/birthday.html

Online Project: The Day I Was Born
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/parmelia/Born.html

Day You Were Born
http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/kidhistday.htm

What Happened the Day You Were Born
http://nhclibrary.nhmccd.edu/research/subject/dayborn.html

 

Learn About the Day You Were Born
http://www.wtps.org/wths/imc/Teacher_Assignment/english/hughes _the%20day%20i%20was%20born.htm

The Day You Were Born
http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/SocStud/History/dayborn.htm

History Channel: This Day in History
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/

Works Cited, References, or Bibliography Sample Page:

 

Works Cited

Adams, Paul. "Furious Arafat Is Freed." Globe and Mail [Toronto] 2 May

          2002: A1+.

"Beginner Tip: Presenting Your Page with Style." Webmaster Tips Newsletter.

          July 2000. NetMechanic. 13 Sept. 2004 <http://www.netmechanic.com/

          news/vol3/beginner_no7.htm>.

Collins, Ronald K.L., and David M. Skover. The Trials of Lenny Bruce: The

          Fall and Rise of an American Icon. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2002.

Continelli, Louise. "A Place for Owls to Heal." Buffalo News 12 Jan. 2003: C2.

"E-Money Slips Quietly into Oblivion." Nikkei Weekly [Tokyo] 22 Jan. 2001: 4.

Gordin, Michael D. "The Science of Vodka." Letter. New Yorker 13 Jan. 2003: 7.

"Ho Chi Minh."  Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2004. Britannica.com.
 
         15 Sept. 2004 <http://www.britannica.com>.

King, Stephen. Black House. New York: Random, 2001.

---. From a Buick 8: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Law and Order. Prod. Wolf Film in assoc. with Universal Television. NBC Television

          Network. WHEC, Rochester, NY. 13 Mar. 2003.

Longin, Helmut. President. Industry Union of Austria. Telephone interview. 22 Sept. 2004.

Marshall, Leon. "Mandela in Retirement: Peacemaker without Rest." National

          Geographic.com. 9 Feb. 2001. 13 Mar. 2003 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/

          news/2001/02/0209_mandela.html>.

Microsoft PowerPoint Version 2002 Step by Step. CD-ROM. Redmond, WA: Microsoft, 2001.

Mitchell, Joni. Both Sides Now. CD. Reprise Records, Time Warner.

          Dist. Warner Music Canada, Scarborough, ON, 2000.

"Mug." Def. 2. The New Lexicon Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English

          Language. Canadian ed. 1988.

NASONEX Nasal Spray, Schering. Advertisement. Newsweek. 9 Sept. 2002: 9.

"Nazi Party". New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1997 ed.

The Nutcracker. By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Chor. and Libretto James

          Kudelka. Cond. Ormsby Wilkins and Uri Mayer. National Ballet of

          Canada. Hummingbird Centre, Toronto. 30 Dec. 1999.

O'Keefe, Mark. "Definition of 'Rich' Is Elusive." Detroit Free Press 12 Jan. 2003:

          1E+.

Penny, Nicholas B. "Sculpture, The History of Western." New Encyclopaedia

       Britannica. 1998 ed.

PicoSearch. "Your PicoSearch Account is Reindexed." E-mail to I. Lee. 22 Sept. 2004.

Pulda, Arnold. "Handling Hate Sites." Classroom Connect Newsletter May 2003: 18-19.

Rai, Arti K., and Rebecca S. Eisenberg. "Bayh-Dole Reform and the Progress of

          Biomedicine." American Scientist Jan.-Feb. 2003: 52-59.

RAMeSize. Vers. 1.04. 15K. 24 Sept. 2000. Blue Dice Software. 13 Mar. 2003

          <http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=7605>.

Classroom Connect -- Library Hot Five. "Library Hot Five #241: Online Magazines for Kids."

          E-mail to HOT5@LISTSERV.CLASSROOM.COM. 17 Sept. 2004.

Great Wall of China, Beijing, China. Personal photograph by B. Davenport. 28 Dec. 1996.

Schubach, Erik. "Bugs Bunny." Cartoon. Cartoon World! 1998. 12 Oct. 2001

          <http://www.cet.com/~rascal/graphics/bugsbun.gif>.

Svitil, Kathy A. "Can I Pour You a Pint of Light?" Discover Nov. 2002: 12.

---. "The 50 Most Important Women in Science." Discover Nov. 2002: 52-57.

"Thanks a Bunch!" Electronic card. Blue Mountain Arts. 2000. Kersten Brothers

          Studios. 13 Mar. 2003 <http://www1.bluemountain.com/eng3/kersten/TUbunch.html>.

The Tuxedo. Dir. Kevin Donovan. Prod. John H. Williams, and Adam Schroeder,

          Perf. Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt. DreamWorks, 2002.

"What is Dry Eye?" TheraTears. Advertisement. 2003. 15 May 2003

          <http://www.theratears.com>.

Wolanski, Eric, et al. "Mud, Marine Snow and Coral Reefs." American Scientist Jan.-Feb.

          2003: 44-51.

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