References and Resources

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Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Learn what words mean, and learn new and exciting words.

https://scholar.google.com/

"Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines." (Source: Google)

http://www.seymoursimon.com/

Find exceptional non-fiction content for children, families and educators from best-selling children's science writer Seymour Simon.

http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/commonly-confused-words.html

Your Dictionary: Commonly confused words are explained here!

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html

The Purdue University Online Writing Lab serves writers from around the world. Use this tool for bibliographies and references.

https://www.howstuffworks.com/

"An award-winning source of unbiased, reliable, easy-to-understand answers and explanations of how the world actually works"

https://www.vocabulary.com/

"Vocabulary.com helps you learn new words, play games that improve your vocabulary, and explore language." (source: vocabulary.com)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

The Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography issu​es and more for 267 world entities.

https://www.loc.gov/education/

This national collection of information offers classroom materials and primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections, and is accessible to all students

https://www.plagiarism.org/

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense.

(source : Plagiarism.com)