Homework Help & Reference Links
Homework & Reference Help
UFT’s Dial-A-Teacher Program
The Dial-A-Teacher program is a homework helping service. It offers parents and students free help over the telephone if they run into a problem while doing daily homework assignments. Currently, the staff of 45 highly-skilled teachers handle over 2,000 calls a week with approximately 10% of those calls coming from parents. The program offers help in 8 different languages including Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Chinese, Vietnamese, Greek, Italian, Hebrew and French.The Dial-A-Teacher program is open Monday through Thursday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The service is free, the only cost is that of a local telephone call from anywhere within the five boroughs. The number is 212.777.3380.
The UFT’s Dial-a-Teacher program offers workshops for parents on a variety of topics. Most workshops can be offered in your school, provided the PTA president requests them by calling 212.598.9205.
Writopia Lab
is extending their summer program into the school year and will run weekly workshops for young teen writers between the ages of 10 and 19. Workshops will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Sundays. For additional information and a schedule of workshops, visit www.WritopiaLab.orgLibrary of Congress Ask-A-Librarian Service
Ask-A-Librarian – Resources and Live chat
New York Public Library Public Reference Desk
NYPL Live Help – Chat with a librarian. Available Monday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm EST.
Ask a question via e-mail – Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Call Telephone Reference at 212.340.0849. Available Monday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm EST.
Public Library Branches
Ft. Washington Branch – 535 West 179th Street, 212.927.3533
Inwood Branch – 4790 Broadway, 212.942.2445
Librarian’s Internet Index
Librarian’s Internet Index – Listing of “Websites You Can Trust” on various topics.
Library of Congress – Kids and Families Section
LoC Kids and Families – Information of interest to kids and families, selected by the librarians of the Library of Congress.
Texts
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg – Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.
UV’s Electronic Text library
UV eText Library – An archive of texts at the University of Virginia similar to, but smaller than Project Gutenberg.
Perseus Digital Library
Perseus Digital Library – A collection of digital texts, which cover the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
Media
Broadcast Media
BBC – The British Broadcasting Corporation’s World Service. English-language source for news with a global view.
CBC – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CNN
PBS
C-SPAN
National Public Radio
NPR Audio Version
NewsLink Web Page with links to a wide variety of news sources.
Wire Services
Agence France Accueil/Home Page
Federal News Service
Reuters News Wires
Newspapers
U.S.
The New York Times
The Charlotte Observer Online
The Washington Post
The Christian Science Monitor
The Village Voice Online
Newsday
U.K.
The Guardian
The Independent
The Observer
Arica
Selection of Newspapers from Africa – Congo (former Zaire), Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia.
Asia & the Middle East
Selection of Newspapers from Asia and the Middle EastBahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Yemen.
Asian Region
Asia Times
Australia
Selection of Newspapers from Australia
Carribean
Selection of Newspapers from the Caribbean Region – Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Dutch Antilles, French West Indies, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Central America
Selection of Newspapers from Central America – Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Hondorus, Panama, Nicaragua
Europe
Selection of from Europe – Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
European Region
The European
European Voice
Mexico
Selection of Mexican Newspapers
South America
Selection of Newspapers from South America – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.