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Name of Web Site
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Description of Web Site
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| Facts on File |
Facts On File is one of America’s leading publishers
of print and online reference materials for the school and library
market.
Ask librarian for user name & p/w. |
| World Book |
Online encyclopedia. Ask librarian for user name & p/w. |
| Teaching Books |
TeachingBooks.net is an online collection of K-12 multimedia
author and book resources.
Ask librarian for user name & p/w. |
| Encyclopedia Universal en Espanol |
Encyclopædia Britannica.
Ask librarian for user name & p/w. |
| Britannica Online |
Encyclopædia Britannica.
Ask librarian for user name & p/w. |
| United
Streaming |
Ask librarian for user name & p/w. |
| Bridges.com |
Education and Career Planning Solutions |
| The
Citation Machine |
A web tool created by David Warlick and
is part of the Landmarks
for Schools web site for teachers. |
| ProQuest |
ProQuest Information and Learning - Digital teaching
and learning resources for K-12 schools and libraries |
| SIRS |
Sirs Knowledge Source- Social Issues Resources Series
from ProQuest |
| GALE |
Infotrac - Gale Group
Texas Library Connection (TLC) |
| Avoiding
& Detecting Web Plagiarism |
University of Washington: These pages provide
information on avoiding and detecting plagiarism on student Web sites. |
Cut-and-Paste
Plagiarism:
Preventing, Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism |
Lisa Hinchliffe,.Coordinator of Information
Literacy Services & Instruction from the
University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign provides information
and resources on plagiarism. |
| AddAll:
Book Search and Price Comparison |
"AddALL searches all the data bases
of all the major on-line bookstores. This makes us the biggest book
database on the Internet."
You can also click on Used & Out of Print Books to search this
separate
database. |
| First
Amendment Center Online |
Includes first amendment-related news stories,
a library of articles, lesson plans, and more. Click on First Amendment
Topics for excellent backgrounders on school dress codes, campus speech
codes, cameras in the courtroom, public religious displays, rating
and labeling of
entertainment, etc. |
| From
Language to Language |
English, French, Russian, Italian, German,
Turkish, Spanish. Type a known term in one language and search for
the corresponding term
in the language of your choice. |
| U.S.
Census Bureau: PhotoZone |
"The photos ... illustrate current
and continuing Census Bureau activities. You may use the photos in
newsletters, flyers, brochures or other marketing materials."
In addition to photographs featuring current events at the Census
Bureau, find large, clear, high-quality images complementing topics
such as poverty, families, transportation, and community, as well
as historical photographs that "show census activities over the
years from 1890 to 1995" and
images of historical census forms mostly from 1880 to 1970. |
| Opinion-Pages |
The Wall Street Journal allows you to search
editorial and opinion pages from over 600 publications around the
world, and over 200 Letters to the Editor pages. |
| Citation
Style for Research Papers |
Citation styles for research papers for
APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago, and AMA provide by Robert Dlane from
Long Island University. |
| Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence |
FREE - learning resources from more than
35 federal organizations. |
| National
Library of Education |
The federal governments main resource center
for education information...research & statistics. |
| Can
these Videos be Shown in a Classroom or a Library Setting? |
Library Video Company / libraryvideo.com
A good article about copyright and the acceptable use of videos in
the classroom. |
| Quintessential Instructional Archive (Quia) |
Quia provides a variety of educational services, including:
A directory of thousands of online activities and quizzes in more
than
50 subject areas . Templates for creating 16 different types of online
activities, including flashcards, matching, concentration (memory),
word search,
battleship, challenge board, columns, cloze exercises, hangman,
jumbled words, ordered list, patterns, picture perfect, pop-ups,
rags to riches (a quiz-show style trivia game), and scavenger hunt.
Tools for creating online quizzes with up to eight question types
Quiz, administration and reporting tools,
Class Web pages,
Calendars, and schedules
Online surveys. |
| Teachers First |
Teachers First is a rich collection of lessons and
web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and even
students' families. Materials are arranged by subject area and grade
level, making it easy to locate lesson plans and associated web resources
quickly. |
Tools For Teachers
Websites compiled by Sue LeBeau |
Excellent links to a myriad of sites for teachers
for all grade levels. Includes certificates, calendars, translators,
question makers, assorted templates, webpage builders, online bookmarks,
and other miscellanous tools. This is a WONDERFUL resource! |
| NYPL's Online Database of 275,000 Images |
New York Public Library just released a free, online,
searchable database of 275,000 photographs and manuscripts called
the
NYPL Digital Gallery. The site took
over five years to develop and was sponsored through a grant of seven
million dollars from Atlantic Philanthropies.
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