ONLINE REFERENCES AND LIBRARIES
By Bing Howard
A recent experience made me realize how the internet can be a very valuable tool in teaching our kids discernment. One of our children's friends recommended a new computer game, apparently, one of the characters was a "necromancer". My son had no clue what it meant. Being a concerned Mom, I tried to explain to my son that it was bad and I went on with words that did not make sense to him.
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He suggested to look it up on the internet. Great idea! We both Googled the word "necromancer" and lo and behold, our search yielded a slew of related information! We found word meanings, reviews about the game, as well as many information on the occult practices of necromancers! It didn't take long, my son discerned that the game did not match our Christian values. It only took us a few minutes to do the research and come to an agreement.
The lesson I want to impart is you should take advantage of technology that is now available to us. However, when doing research on the internet, you should do it together with your kids, don't leave them surfing the net unsupervised. | Google.com and other popular search engines are useful, however, make sure you enable the adult filter.
Now researching any subject matter is easier than ever! Here are online resources that can help you find information on any topic. Save yourself a trip to the library!
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Awesome Library - Awesome Library organizes 29,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources, including the top 5 percent for teachers, students, parents, and librarians. It includes a search engine.
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Internet Law Library - Compiled by US House of Representatives. Contains federal and international laws, treaties and more!
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LibWeb- Library Servers via WWW Updated daily at midnight, Pacific Time. Libweb currently lists over 3000 pages from libraries in over 90 countries.
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Poet's Corner - Online library of poetic works. Our goal is to create the largest, most diverse, and most user-friendly public library of poetic works ever assembled. The materials on display are selected from an inventory of thousands of works by hundreds of authors, transcribed and gathered here by the Editors and by many volunteer contributors from around the world.
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Public Libraries On The Internet - Alphabetical listing of public libraries with homepages on the World-wide Web. All sites are arranged in one alphabetical listing by the name of the public library or by the name of the city in which the library is located (e.g., the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County will be found under 'Charlotte').
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The British Library - The British Library provides reading room, bibliographic, document supply and information services, as well as exhibitions, publications and events.
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