ROCKY GAP HIGH SCHOOL

"The Finest Little High School in Southwest Virginia."

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WEB REFERENCE SITES
 
Desperate to find useful information in a hurry? Then you've come to the right place. This section of the RGHS Library Website is dedicated to supplying you with a variety of useful websites for a number of things. From dictionaries, to reference information, to the college search, it's all here. So get looking!

Quia - Check out the page created by Mrs.Dodson at quia.com.


COLLEGE INFORMATION
  • College Board - Official website of the SAT and ACT. Plus, useful information for the college-bound student.
  • 10 Minute Resume - By using simple online forms, you can create an expertly designed and layed out resume, receive advice on keywords, and tips on what to write by occupation.
  • College is Possible- Thinking about college? It's probably a lot more possible for you to get a higher education than you think.
  • College and University Homepages - A complete list of college and university home pages.
  • College Net - Online college applications and free financial aid search
  • Career and College Planning - Need some help on deciding on a major? Perhaps you have a question about the accreditatoin of a college. This site is where to go. It stores a large archive of different, helpful sites.


FOREIGN LANGUAGES


HOMEWORK HELP

  • Quiz Hub - A useful source for things such as Multiplication Facts, US Maps, Chemical Elements, and a News Link for a discussion of current events. Plus it has links to places to study foreign languages, science, social studies, and mathematics.
  • Infoplease - Browse this homework center for help on any subject.
  • Math Help - For those of us who need a little push in Math, this is a perfect site to improve your skills.

JUST FOR KIDS
  • Great Websites for Kids - The American Library Association's list of useful websites for children.
  • Odyssey Online - An online journey through ancient Egypt.
  • Book Hive - An online guide to children's literature and books.
  • Book Pals - A resource for children to hear stories read aloud online and over the telephone.
  • Junk, stuff, and thingies - A website that boasts its "silliness", and offers entertainment from games to riddles, to coloring pages.
  • Kids Reads - Website that offers newsletters and book clubs for children.
  • Story Place - A childrens' digital library.
  • Reading Planet - If kids want to find a book to read this summer, this colorful Web site will really encourage them to search and find one.

JUST FOR TEENS
  • Teen Site - Online site just for teens. Includes links to online magazines, lists of books
  • Guys Read - Getting boys to read books in the summer-or anytime- can be a real challenge. This totally guy-friendly site includes wonderful book selections, and requires a Java-enabled browser.

ONLINE DICTIONARY
RESEARCH
  • Reference Desk - A free and family-friendly site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current reference resources.
  • Find it Virginia - A website linked to all the libraries in Virginia.
  • Fact Monster - An online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, and homework help.
  • Citations - Website that demonstrates how to cite books and translations
  • Find Articles - A website that boasts having 10,000,000 articles not found on other websites.
  • Citation Machine - A quick and easy citation website. Just put the book's information in the specified places and *POOF* out pops a perfect citation.
  • Virtual Online Library
  • Wikipedia - A free online encyclopedia. Claims to be the only encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
  • Brain Boost - An academic search engine
  • National Geographic Magazine Online - All the interesting information from the magazine, plus more!
  • Reading Rockets - This nifty database lists all the titles recommended by Reading Rockets, a nonprofit literacy project.

SOL HELP
  • Jefferson Lab - This site hosts many different SOL practice tests for Science, Math and Technology.
  • SOL - A site that lists tips for students and parents about SOLs, and it has sample tests items and blueprints.
  • Virginia SOL - Virginia Standards of Learning has practice tests for all grades and homework help.

SEARCH ENGINES

ROCKY GAP HIGH SCHOOL

176 Eagles Road

P.O. Box 9 Rocky Gap, VA 24366

Phone: (276) 928-1100 Fax: (276) 928-1988

Principal: Joe Makolandra