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Educational Service Unit
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The American Association of School Librarians
Ask An Expert Services has more than 250 experts listed on this Web page. Astronauts, zookeepers, and authors from around the world are ready to answer your students' questions about their respective careers. Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE currently lists over 900 libraries in over 45 countries on 6 continents. Britannica Online is a subscription-based service that is authoritative and comprehensive. Educators and librarians can receive a free 30-week preview. Carnegie Mellon University English Server Casey's
Page Mill The Children's Literature Web Guide is a comprehensive site voering not only books, but also movies and television for children. Developing Educational Standards The Digital Librarian is a yahoo-style directory of 67 subjects all chosen by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian at the Cortland Free Library in upstate New York. Education World is a comprehensive search engine/directory focusing solely on education. Subjects at this site are arranged in a easy-to-read format. There's also an online forum, the latest education news, and lengthy reviews of their favorite sites. Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to give educators access to an extensive body of education-related literature and Internet links. It is said to be the best educational resource on the Internet. Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia Home Information and Resource Center, created by Vicky Cartmell, are web sites organized into the Dewey Decimal System. Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Internet Public Library is free! and offers a remarkable number of links to reference materials, newspapers, periodicals, and on-line text. There is a youth section and a teen section. Kaplan is a great site for both teachers and students. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, one of the easiest and most comprehensive sites, was created to assist teachers and students. The Library in the Sky was designed for use by teachers, students, and home-schooling parents. You'll find online materials related to African-American oral traditions, astronomy, biology, civics, critical thinking and analysis, earth science, ecology, government, history, and integrating the Internet into the curriculum. The Library of Congress or go directly to their Education Page. LM-NET has archives of school librarian discussion groups and FAQ's about the group. MacLessonPlanner 2.0 was written specifically for educators who yearn for an easier method of planning daily, weekly, and yearly lessons. Margaret's Home Page was created by Margaret Adamson Fincannon, a librarian for the Harris County Public Library system in Texas. She has been active in developing the Free Internet Encyclopedia. NewsBank, Inc. provides information about products and curriculum materials to schools, libraries, and research centers worldwide. NickNacks: Learning Together Around the World includes hands-on advice about developing your own successful projects, integrating online collaborative learning activities into your existing lesson plans, and finding project partner classes worldwide. Sample projects and lesson plans are also provided. Peter Milbury's School Librarian Web Pages includes a link to web sites of professional associations for librarians. Quest, Home of NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative.
SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club is an effort to help provide school library media specialists with guidelines and suggestions for weeding their collections a little at a time as well as for adding quality materials. |
