Homework Help

Get free help with your homework in the Children's Dept. Homework Center. Help is available for children in grades K-6, Monday through Thursday, 3:30-7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Teen Services provides free Math Homework Help to middle school and high school students. Visit Teens - Homework Help for details.
Web sites recommended by Children's Librarians can also help with homework. See:

Library Research Tools
Online encyclopedias, magazine and newspaper articles, and other reference resources purchased by the library.
Web Sites for Common Homework Topics:
MCPL Librarians frequently get requests for information on the following subjects:

Indiana
Math
Reading
Flags
Presidents
States
Countries of the World

More Recommended Homework Help Sites
Check here for online dictionaries, almanacs and more sites with listings of good web sites that can help with homework subjects.
Internet Search Tools
Librarians recommend Search Tools for Kids and other ways to find what you want on the Internet.
Dewey Decimal System
Learn how to find information with the numbering system the library uses to organize materials.
Cite Your Source
Find out how to record where you found your information whether from a print or electronic resource:
- Works Cited for Grades 1-6.The Nauset Public Schools Research and Style manual lists some simplified citation formats for elementary students.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab. Offers Citation Style Guides and other writing resources.
- Citing Your Sources. The Library at the University of California at Berkeley explains how to cite and why it's important.

Common Homework Topics:
Indiana - Math - Reading

Flags

Flags of all Countries (http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/flags.html)
Find a picture of the flag for individual countries listed in alphabetical order, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Flags of the World Site (http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/)
Find an explanation of individualcountry flags.

Presidents

POTUS: Presidents of the United States (http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/)
Provides background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each of the presidents.
Presidents of the United States (http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html)
Provides fast facts and biographical information about each president. Also includes links to The First Ladies - an important part of White House History.
Presidents of the United States: Selected Images from the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/057_intr.html)
Images are made available by the Library of Congress for educational and research use.

States

Inside the library? Connect to Grolier Online and access the America the Beautiful research database.
Outside the library? Go to the Library Research Tools page and click on the link for Grolier Online.
Stately Knowledge (http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/)
Provides the basic facts of any state in the Union, including Washington, D.C., as well as a picture of the state flag. Also gives comparison figures.
The 50 States of the United States (http://www.50states.com/)
Gives basic facts about each state and the words to each state song, as well as links to related web sites, such as national parks and the state's Department of Education.

Countries of the World

Inside the library? Connect to Grolier Online and access the Lands and Peoples research database.
Outside the library? Go to the Library Research Tools page and click on the link for Grolier Online.
The World FactBook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)
Look here for current factual information on oceans and countries from around the world. Provides a picture of the country's flag, along with information on its geography, people, government and more.