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ADVOCACY
Gary Hartzell
http://www.laurabushfoundation.org/Hartzell.pdf
School Library Impact Studies
http://www.lrs.org/impact.asp
Lawrence (Kansas) H.S. Annual Report
http://library.lhs.usd497.org/AnnualReport.htm
US National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
http://www.nclis.gov/info/schoollibraryactivities.html
Digest of Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/
Quotes about Books and Reading
http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/readingquotes.htm
NYS School Library Systems Advocacy Toolkit
http://www.crbsls.org/slsa/alert.html
AASL Position Statements
Positions on funding, staffing, etc.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/positionstatements/aaslposition.cfm
Heart of the School
Article in District Adminstrator
http://districtadministration.ccsct.com/page.cfm?p=960
Pamphlet for Principals
AASL pamphlet for principals.
http://www.alastore.ala.org/sitesolution.taf?_sn=catalog2&_pn=product_detail&_op=1830
White House Conference on School Libraries
June 2002
http://www.imls.gov/news/events/whitehouse.shtm
"Meet Your New School Library Media Specialist"
Good article in Scholastic Administrator
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748779
Joyce Valenza Advocacy Video
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/videos/librarypresentation.mov
NYS School LIbrary Systems Assoc. advocacy kit
http://www.crbsls.org/slsa/
The Principals' Project
Advocacy materials put together by Kent State.
http://www.ilile.org/initiatives/Principal_Project/index.html
ASSESSMENTS
RMC Research Corp. Guide to Creating Assessments
Four-step guide to creating assessments.
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/aindex.htm?
Simple Assessment
Commercial technology assessment tool.
http://www.simpleassessment.com/
TRAILS
Free assessment of information literacy skills.
http://www.trails-9.org/
AUDIO-VISUAL
Listening Library
http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/listeninglibrary/teachers/
Library Video Company
http://www.libraryvideo.com/
Free E-Books
http://www.gutenberg.org/
International Children
http://www.icdlbooks.org/
Royalty Free Music
http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Wired for Books (Audio excerpts and interviews)
http://www.wiredforbooks.org/
Cataloguing audio-visual materials
http://slis.cua.edu/ihy/catmeta.htm
Movie Archive
http://www.archive.org/details/movies
EdVideo on Line
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/edvideo/index.html
Freeplay: royalty free music
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
Blinkx
A search engine for videos.
http://blinkx.com/
Findsounds
Free soundbites of animals and other sounds.
http://www.findsounds.com/types.html
Soundzabound
Royalty free, low cost production music for grades K -12.
http://www.soundzabound.com/mambo/
Book Bites for Kids
Interviews with children's authors.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bookbitesforkids
Artist Server
Free music downloads
http://www.artistserver.com/index.cfm
Cable in the Classroom
Learn how to take advantage of the free cable every school is supposed to have.
http://www.ciconline.org/get-cable
BLOGGING
Blogger
http://www.blogger.com/start
Edublogs
http://www.edublogs.org/
Sixapart/typepad
http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/
Library blog sites
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?page_id=94
Bloglines
http://www.bloglines.com/
Blogs and education information and links
http://www.weblog-ed.com/index/index52.php
Sample student blogs
http://nlcommunities.com/communities/wanderings/articles/60717.aspx
Teacher/Librarian blogs
http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbwiki.com/Links%20to%20our%20blogs
AASL Blog
http://blogs.ala.org/aasl.php
Teaching with Blogs
Alabama Best Practices Center Workshops
http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/teaching_with_blogs/teaching_with_blogs.cfm#Blogging%20in%20Elementary%20School
ALA Techsource on Blogging
http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/12/blogging-platforms-for-teachers-and-school-librarians.html
BOOK CLUBS
Read, Write, Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=67
Kidsreads
http://www.kidsreads.com/clubs/index.asp
Teen Reads
http://www.teenreads.com/clubs/index.asp
Multinomah County LIbrary Guide
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/start.html
BookDivas
Book club for YAs and college students
http://www.bookdivas.com/
BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Librarians Read: NYC school librarians book discussion blog
http://librariansread.blogspot.com/
Book Talk Wiki on Graphic Novels
http://booktalk.pbwiki.com/Graphic%20Novels
BOOK DONATIONS
Project Cicero
Non-profit book drive for NYC schools.
http://www.projectcicero.org/
Prison Reader
Books for incarcerated youth.
http://www.prisonreader.org/Lit.html
Access Books
http://www.accessbooks.net/
BOOK REPAIR
Basic Book Repair
Teacher created PPT on book repair.
http://home.comcast.net/~rfoust150/BookRepair/BookRepair.ppt.htm
BOOKLISTS
Looking for a Good Read
http://www.brick.net/~classact/table.html
Teenreads
http://www.teenreads.com/
Reading Rants
http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/index.html
Teen Angst Books
http://www.grouchy.com/angst/
Leveled Book List
http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/
YALSA
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/gn.htm
New York Public Library book lists for children
http://kids.nypl.org/reading
New York Public Library book lists for teens
http://teenlink.nypl.org/index.html
Brooklyn Public Library booklists
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/what_to_read.jsp
Queens Library booklists for kids
http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?section_id=5&page_id=91
Queens Library Teen page (links to lists)
http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?section_id=13&page_id=158&subj=29&cat=450
ALA booklists for children
Links to many good lists in a variety of categories.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/booklists.cfm/recomreading.htm
National Council of Science Teachers
http://www.nsta.org/ostbc
National Council of Teachers of Social Studies
http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/notable/
Historical Fiction for Children and YA
http://www.marysmoffat.co.uk/bibliography/bib.htm
Santa Clara Cnty Library list of Historical Fiction
http://www.derry.lib.nh.us/teens/booklists/historical.html
Books dealing with death and grief
http://www.quizlist.net/(xp3cnm5503m0pi55jhckxr55)/BookList.aspx?lid=9619&oid=0
NYLA Book of the Season Award
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1041
ALA Audio Book Lists for YA
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=bookmediaawards&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=110317
Based on the Book (books before they were movies)
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/year.cfm?id=2006
Readalikes
http://nancykeane.com/rl/#Readalikes
Books in a Series
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/serieslist.html
Growing Up Around the World
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/GrowingUpAroundWorld.htm
Hi-Lo (Monroe Cnty, Indiana)
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/hilobib.html
Hi-Lo (Madison, Wis. PL)
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youth/booklists/highlow.html
Books to Television (Morton Grove Public Library)
http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/TV.html
Books to Movies (Morton Grove Public Library)
http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/movies.html
Science Books and Films Best Books
http://www.sbfonline.com/bbchild04.htm
Leveled Books
http://registration.beavton.k12.or.us/lbdb/
Anti-war Books for Young People
http://www.sol-plus.net/peace.htm
YA Librarians Homepage (Comic and Graphic Novel Resources)
http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/yacomic.html
Books and Links for the Science Fiction Fan
http://www.scifan.com/series/
Children
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/
Shens Books: catalog of multicultural books, including listing of Cinderella tales from around the world
http://www.shens.com/
Hi-Low booklist for Teens
http://www.quizlist.net/(iejbdrnx15zeoe55lvgm1f24)/BookList.aspx?lid=4978&oid=0
Cynthia Leitich Smith
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/cyalr_index.html
Librarians
http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=young%20adult%20literature&ss=1
The Children
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Web Watch: Focus on YA Lit
http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/yalitww.html
Guided Reading Levels Database
http://registration.beavton.k12.or.us/lbdb/default.htm
ATN Reading Lists (a wiki)
http://atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.com/
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/
Diamond Comics (Graphic Novel source)
http://bookshelf.diamondcomics.com/
American Indians in Childrens' Literature
Assesses books with an eye to fighting stereotypes.
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
Wisconsin Labor History
40 books about labor for children and youth
http://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org/40books.pdf
Lazy Readers
Descriptions of quality, short books.
http://lazyreaders.com/
FInd a Book with Lexiles
Will generate a list of books for a given Lexile level.
http://www.lexile.com/findabook/
International Children's Digital Library
Lists of children's titles from all over the world.
http://www.icdlbooks.org/
American Labor Bibliography
Bibliography on Teamsters Union website.
http://www.ibtstw.org/welcome/laborbibliography.html
Fantastic Fiction
Search for fantasy, sci fi, mystery books.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
Class of 2K8
New Middle School and YA books.
http://classof2k8.com/
All Readers
A compendium of reader reviews of books.
http://www.allreaders.com/
Readalikes
Gives suggested reading for those who like a particular author, genre or series.
http://www.anniston.lib.al.us/readalikes.htm
Who Writes Like?
Find authors who write like your favorite author.
http://www.erl.vic.gov.au/readers/who.htm
Girls Voices
Database of books that help raise girls' self image and esteem.
http://staff.lib.muohio.edu/GirlsVoices/index.php
Fiction DB
Author reference tool.
http://www.fictiondb.com/genredb/authsrchres.asp
Interesting Non-Fiction for Kids
A list of titles and a blog by stellar non-fiction writers for young people.
http://www.inkthinktank.com/
Database of Award Winning Childrens' Literature
Ability to search with a variety of limiters.
http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp
BOOKTALKS
Book Talk Resources
http://www.marinette.k12.wi.us/staff/vvf/booktalks.htm
Nancy Keane Booktalks
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/
Sagebrush Booktalk Page
http://booktalk.sagebrushcorp.com/
Podcasts of booktalks
http://nancykeane.com/rss.html
CAREERS
Manitoba University Career Counseling
http://www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html
Career One-stop
Sponsored by US Dept. of Labor.
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Career Voyages
U.S. Government site
http://www.careervoyages.gov/
College Toolkit
Investigate what type of college is good for you.
http://careers.collegetoolkit.com/Career/Main.aspx
Chronicle Career Library
Occupational briefs
http://www.chroniclecareerlibrary.com/
NYC Career Zone
Teens can explore career options.
http://www.nycareerzone.org/
Dewey Browse
Gateway site to more career sites.
http://www.deweybrowse.org/career.htm
Career Forward
U. of Michigan site for middle and high school career exploration.
http://nroc.careerforward.org/careerforward/
Shambel image search
Family friendly image search.
http://www.shambles.net/image_search/
CITATIONS
Oregon School Library Information Center Citation Maker (elementary students)
http://www.oslis.org/citeintro/nof_citesession.php?Grd=Sec&sessionid=91be5796c38d8eb059e8b7b910d29876
Citation Machine (MLA and APA)
http://citationmachine.net/
Easy Bib
http://www.easybib.com/
Noodle Tools
http://www.noodletools.com/
Ottobib: Book citations based on ISBN
http://ottobib.com/
Landmark Project Permission Template
Template of e-mail to request educational use of copyrighted material on the internet.
http://www.landmark-project.com/permission1.php
Bib Me
A free citation and bibliography maker.
http://www.bibme.org/
Duke University Guide
How to avoid plabiarism and do parenthetical citations.
http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/index.html
Ohio University Guide to Annotated Citations
How to write annotated citations and include a search strategy.
http://www.scripps.ohiou.edu/pwestfall/info/xtras/primer.html
CLIP ART
Soo-Hyoung
http://user.chollian.net/~sadrain1/clipart/index.html
Kansas City Library Clip Art Collection
http://www.kcmlin.org/books.htm
Discovery School CLip Art
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
Eatons Hill State School Graphics Portal
Gateway site to many non-copyrighted, kid-friendly graphics
http://www.eatohillss.eq.edu.au/Library/HotLists/general/graphics.htm
Teacher Files
Lots of teacher clip art.
http://www.teacherfiles.com/index.html
Awsome clip art for educators.
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
Dorling-Kindersley
Free clip art.
http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/clipart/home.html
Microsoft clip art.
Free to owners of Microsoft Office software.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
First People
Native American Indian clip art.
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Clipart/NativeClipart_pg1.html
UVic's Language Teaching Free Clip Art
http://hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart/
Shambles Clipart
Gateway site to free, copyright free clip art.
http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/clipart/
Teacher Files
Free, including a word art generator.
http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
Pics 4 Learning
Free use photos.
http://www.pics4learning.com/
COLLABORATION
Collaboration tools
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/consult/collab/
Indiana Learns Guide to Collaboration
http://www.indianalearns.org/collaborativesheets.asp
Massachusetts Library Media Association Collaboration Form
Template for planning collaborative projects.
http://www.mslma.org/MediaForum/Spring2005/page11/page11.html
Eduscapes Collaboration Overview
Outlines collaboration process with many supporting links and references.
http://eduscapes.com/sms/overview/collaboration.html
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Childrens' Book Awards links
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/awards.htm
Titlewave (Follett)
http://www.titlewave.com/
Library Video Company: sort by curriuclum needs, preview clips
http://www.libraryvideo.com/
Collection Development Links
Links put together by H.W. WIlson
http://www.standardcatalogs.com/
Books In Print
List of all books in print. Includes reviews and grade level recommendations.
http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/
Awful Library Books
Books that need to be weeded.
http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/
REVIEW SOURCES
Resources for School Librarians: many links to selection tools
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/coldev2.html#media
School-Libraries.org: many links to sources
http://www.school-libraries.org/resources/books.html
Reference Reviews
http://reviews.gale.com/
COMPUTERS ,TECH INFO and TUTORIALS
Computer security company links
http://www.monpldc.org/Links/technology.html
Tech Support Forum
http://www.techsupportforum.com/
Power Point Tutorial
http://www.actden.com/pp/
Microsoft Office 2000 Tutorials
http://www.bcschools.net/staff/MicrosoftOffice.htm
Building Learning with Technology PP Tutorial
http://www.education.umd.edu/blt/tcp/powerpoint.html
Microsoft Office On-Line Training Courses
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/training/default.aspx
University of Alberta links to Power Point tutorials
http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/edit202/tutorial/PowerPoint/PowerPoint.htm
Smartboard information/software
http://www.smarttech.com/support/software/index.asp
Technology support for non-profits
http://www.techsoup.com/
Express PDF
Convert Microsoft or Web pages to PDF for free.
http://www.expresspdf.com/
Intute: Virtual Training Site
The Intute: Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/
Professional Development Credit
On-line courses from the University of R.I. (with a fee) on integrating technology into teaching.
http://professionaldevelopmentcredit.com/
On-line converters
Convert files from one format to another, make PDF files, convert video and audo files.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/10/online-converters/
Printing Web Pages
Tips for dealing with headers and footers on web pages.
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/shared/printingwebpages.htm
Smartboard Educator Resources
Lesson plans for SmartBoard
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/
CYBER SAFETY
Blog safety .com
Article on realities of web cyber safety.
http://www.blogsafety.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1100000263&tstart=0
Blogsafety.com/ resources
List of links to other cybersafety sites.
http://www.blogsafety.com/help.jspa?mode=resources
I-Safe
Curriculum and resources to use to teach cyber safety.
http://www.isafe.org/
Cyberbully
Nancy Willard's site on cyber bullying.
http://cyberbully.org/
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
All aspects of cyber safety and cyber bullying.
http://csriu.org/
Cyber safe kids; cyber saavy teens
Advice for cyber safety.
http://cskcst.com/
CyberSmart Curriculum
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/
Wired Safety
http://www.wiredsafety.org/
On Guard On Line
In Net Cetera: Chatting With Kids About Being Online, OnGuard Online gives adults practical tips to help kids navigate the onlin
http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx
DATABASES
NOVEL (NYS-provided databases)
http://www.novelnewyork.org/
Gale databases
http://www.gale.com/servlet/BrowseMediaServlet?region=9&imprint=k12&id=OEH
Proquest databases
http://www.proquest.com/
Annals of America
http://corporate.britannica.com/library/online/aoa.html
CQ Researcher
http://library.cqpress.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=f9e6j4irmm5sruqju5fgmsho24
Newspaper archives (free)
http://access.newspaperarchive.com/InvalidIP.aspx
Free Ebsco Databases: Library Resource and Teach Reference
http://www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=20&topicID=205
E-ZINES
Educators' Spotlight Digest
http://www.sosspotlight.org/
From Now On
http://www.fno.org/
Edutopia: George Lucas' ezine
http://edutopia.org/
History Now (history lesson plans)
http://www.historynow.org/06_2006/teacher.html
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Britannica
http://corporate.britannica.com/library/index.html
World Book
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb
Grolier
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/grolier/
FOREIGN LANGUAGE MATERIALS
China Sprout
http://www.chinasprout.com/shop
Asia for Kids
http://www.asiaforkids.com/
Tematicos: Spanish language searchengine
http://tematicos.com/
Chevere: Spanish language searchengine
http://www.chevere.com/
International Children's Digital Library
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/
Barahona Center: Recommended Books in Spanish
http://csbs.csusm.edu/csbs/www.book.book_home?lang=SP
Spanish in Our Libraries
A searchable resource bank that includes Spanish-language versions of common library forms, flyers, and signs as well as the Dew
http://www.sol-plus.net/index.htm
GRANTS
Donors
http://www.donorschoose.org/
Target Field Trip Grants
http://sa-eapp.org/fieldtripgrants/register.php
Grant Station: guide to writing grants
http://www.grantstation.com/Public/prop_main_px.asp
Reading Grant
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2006/august2006/AASLreadinggrant.htm
Fund for Public Schools Grants
http://schools.nyc.gov/FundForPublicSchools/ToolsforSchools/GrantApplications/default.htm
Dollar General
Gives grants in the fields of adult/family literacy and a Back to School grant that can focus on needs of the library.
http://www.dollargeneral.com/community/communityinvestments.aspx
Access Books
Receives and distributes books to underfunded school libraries.
http://www.accessbooks.net/
Bookends
Collects and distributes books to school libraries.
http://www.bookends.org/
NEA Foundation
Books Across America Library Books Award
http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/BAA_2007.htm
Foundation Center
Search for appropriate grants.
http://www.foundationcenter.org/
Children for Children
Grants for NYC high poverty schools.
http://www.childrenforchildren.org/index.php?q=node/39
Ezra Jack Keats Minigrants
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrant.html
Follett Titlewave Grants Page
A listing of available grants for libraries.
http://www.titlewave.com/intro/grants-library.html
Staples Foundation
http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundapplication.html
Lowes
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=frameSet&url=apps.bridgetree.com/funding/default.asp
Barnes and Noble
Not a grant, but local sponsorship or donation from a local store.
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/Sponsorship_main.html
Books Across America
NEA grant to school libraries. Scroll down through the pamphlet to find information on this grant.
http://www.neafoundation.org/grants/NEA-Grants_bro-web.pdf
ALA/World Book Award
$5,000 to a school library for literacy program.
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awards&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=172716
Snap Dragon Book Foundation
A new grant of books for underfunded school libraries.
http://www.snapdragonbookfoundation.org/
Lowe's Toolbox for Education
http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/
HOMEWORK HELP SITES
NYC Public Libraries' Homework Help Site
http://www.homeworknyc.org/
Multinomah (Oregon) Public Library
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/index.html
Lifelines: Mid-Hudson Public Libraries' Homework Help site
http://lifelines.midhudson.org/lifelines2/default.htm
High School Ace
http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
INFORMATION LITERACY STRATEGIES and TOOLS
Noodle Tools Search Strategy Wizard
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
Search Engine Showdown: comparison chart of key search grammar for each search engine
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/
The Big Six
http://www.big6.com/kids/7-12.htm
Duke University
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/home.htm
How To Do Research
http://www.kyvl.org/html/tutorial/research
Research 101
http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/research101/
How to Do Research: attractive site for middle students
http://www.kyvl.org/html/kids/f_homebase.html
21st Century Digital Information Fluency Project
http://21cif.imsa.edu/
Jamie McKenzie
http://www.fno.org/oct97/question.html
Acadia University tutorial on web searching
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/websearching/
Teaching How to Do a Bibliography
http://www.howellschools.com/~hwmedia/ppt/bibliographywithmrhand.ppt
Think Tank: helps students plan research
http://thinktank.4teachers.org/
Google Notebook
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=notebook&passive=true&nui=1&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fnotebook%2Fdownload
NYCSLS Information Fluency Continuum and Benchmark Skills
http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/LibraryServices/StandardsandCurriculum/default.htm
The (merely) Demanding Question by Jamie McKenzie
http://questioning.org/sept06/demanding.html
Power Point on using notecards
http://www.manhasset.k12.ny.us/middleschool.cfm?subpage=330
Freeware for computerized notecards
http://softwarebybrian.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=2
Free on-line software for notetaking
http://notestar.4teachers.org/
PowerPt. on using PPT to take notes
http://www.big6.com/presentations/PowerPoint_for_Notetaking/
Science Project Guide
http://www.cpet.ufl.edu/sciproj/sci002.htm
ETS ITC Literacy Assessment
Information Literacy skills ETS estimates college freshman need.
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.435c0b5cc7bd0ae7015d9510c3921509/?vgnextoid=b8a246f1674f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD
S.O.S. for Information Literacy
Lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy.
http://www.informationliteracy.org/
Trails-9
Information literacy assessment on-line test.
http://www.trails-9.org/
Alan November's Information Literacy Topics
http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=5&id=27&Itemid=93
Google Notebook Tour
http://www.google.com/googlenotebook/tour1.html
Those Dark Hiding Places
Site that explains differences in different levels of the WEB.
http://www.robertlackie.com/invisible/index
The Deep Web
In depth article on how the deep WEB funcitons.
http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-01/bergman.html
Thesis Builder
On-line fill in the blank thesis and outline builder.
http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html
Problem Based Learning
Guides and customizable checklists.
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/
Acadia University Tutorial on Web-site Evaluation
Kid-friendly interactive on-line tutorial.
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/
Mindomo
Creat on-line mindmaps for free.
http://www.mindomo.com/
Citation TicTacToe
Game to assess knowledge about citations.
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/tictactoe/
Infolit Multimedia Wiki
A collection of mutlimedia clips that deal with information literacy.
http://infolitmultimedia.pbworks.com/FrontPage
The Library Game
Test your students, assistants on knowledge of shelving.
http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~valmstrum/s2s/utopia/library4/src/library4.html
Information Tamers WIki
Everything you have ever wanted to know about using mind maps.
http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/index.php?title=Main_Page
INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM/ CENSORSHIP
Library Bill of Rights
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/statementsif/librarybillrights.htm
Freedom to Read Statement
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/ftrstatement/freedomreadstatement.htm
Intellectual Freedom Toolkit
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/iftoolkits/intellectual.htm
ALA Kids Know Your Rights Brochure
Downloadable PDF brochure for kids about intellectual freedom.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscpubs/KidsKnowYourRights.pdf
LIBRARIAN/EDUCATOR SITES
Thinkfinity
http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx
NY Learns: standards based lesson plans and resources
http://www.nylearns.org/
Kathy Schrock
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Ebsco Library Information and Technology Abstracts (free)
http://www.libraryresearch.com
Pedagonet: Learning Resources Search Engine
http://www.pedagonet.com/
Neverending Search: Joyce Valenza
http://www.neverendingsearch.com/
Resources for School Librarians: a gateway site to sample policies and lesson plans
http://www.sldirectory.com/
Guidelines for successful powerpoint presentations
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jmackiew/Effective_PowerPoint_Presentations.ppt
Writing fractured fairytales
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=853
From Now On (an e-journal for teaching inquiry skills)
http://www.fno.org
State Standards Locator Site
http://edstandards.org/Standards.html
Noodletools
http://www.noodletools.com/
Noodletools Curriculum Collaboration Toolkit
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/consult/collab/
Doug Johnson: Your Job is on the Line
http://www.memoweb.org/memorandom/MMjobonline.pdf
Unshelved: a comic strip for librarians
http://www.overduemedia.com/primer.aspx
Read, Write, Think: lesson plans plus
http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp
Middleweb's 10 Best sites for Teachers
http://www.middleweb.com/10TeachingSites.html
Links to exams (including Regents)
http://www.edusolution.com/
LM_NET Sharing Page
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/lmnet.htm
Leveling Charts
http://www.dillon2.k12.sc.us/teachers/readingcomparisoncharts.asp
Shambles (educational sites for the international school community)
http://www.shambles.net/
Education Atlas: guide to long-distance learning
http://www.educationatlas.com/
Pumpkin Two: free stuff for teachers
http://www.webspawner.com/users/PumpkinTwoTeac/
Joyce Valenza's Springfieldl H.S. Virtual Library
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/
Gananda Library Teachers' Page
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/teach.htm
Blue Web'n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Rubistar: rubric making template
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
United Nations Cyber School Bus: UN educational site
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006084
Educator Professional Development links
http://www.developfaculty.com/online/index.html
Children's literature: Useful sites for teachers, librarians, and students
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2000/julyaugust3/childrensliterature.htm
Free U.S. Governement resources for teaching
http://www.free.ed.gov/template.cfm?template=About%20FREE
The Nation Classroom: teaching guides from The Nation magazine
http://www.thenation.com/classroom/
Eduscapes
http://eduscapes.com/
Teachers' Domain
Teachers' Domain is an online educational service with collections and courses to help teachers enhance their students' learning
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
Keane University New Teacher Resources
A gateway site to many others.
http://131.125.2.61/~njcms/newTeacherResources/index.php
Schlib-swicki
Custom created search engine for things related to school libraries.
http://schlib-swicki.eurekster.com/
PBS Teacher Line
On-line for credit courses from PBS.
http://teacherline.pbs.org
Mikids.com
Links to lesson plans and educational sites.
http://www.mikids.com/Assignments5.htm
Teacher rules, roles and rights
LInks to union contracts, Bd. of Ed. policies and teacher handbooks from the nations 50 largest school districts.
http://www.nctq.org/cb/
Awards for Teachers
Award generator
http://www.certificates4teachers.com/
LM_NET Wiki
Material that cannot be posted on the LM_NET listserv, but can be appended to a wiki.
http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/
American Labor Studies Center
Resources on labor history.
http://www.labor-studies.org/
American Youth Policy Forum
youth policy, practice and research.
http://www.aypf.org/programs/education/
Washington Learning Systems Support for Early Literacy
Activities to help young children develop language and pre-reading skills in Spanish and English versions
http://www.walearning.com/Parent.html
National Science Digital Library
On line resources for science education.
http://nsdl.org/
Web portfolios
Gateway site with many links to web portfolio sites.
http://www.eportconsortium.org/Content/Root/resources.aspx
Funderstanding
Definitions and explanations of different educational philosophies and approaches to teaching.
http://www.funderstanding.com/about_learning.cfm
Jan Brett's Library Signs
Print out colorful, illustrated Dewey signs for your library.
http://www.janbrett.com/library_signs/library_signs_main.htm
Kindersite
The Kindersite has 1,000s of links to the best games, songs and stories for young children.
http://www.kindersite.org/
Reading Rockets Reading Level Equivalents
Gives equaivalents for different reading level systems.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/21939
MARC RECORDS
Library of Congress Online Catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov/
Library of Congress Download Guide
http://www.mitinet.com/Support/s_lcdownload.htm
Marcive
http://www.marcive.com
Follett's Alliance Plus
http://www.fsc.follett.com/products/alliance_plus/index.cfm
Marc Magician
http://www.mitinet.com/
Library of Congress explanation of MARC
http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/
Access Pennsylvania
http://205.247.101.11/search~S1
Michigan's MelCat
http://elibrary.mel.org/search
Ohio Link
http://www.ohiolink.edu/
Bergen County Cooperative Library
http://bccls.org/
Books in Print
You need the NYCDOE log-in, available from a DOE administrative computer.
http://www.booksinprint.com
Biblios.Net
Free, open source catalog records.
https://biblios.net/
MULTI MEDIA
ALA DVDs and Videos for YA
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=bookmediaawards&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=59958
ALA Audio Books for YA
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=bookmediaawards&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=110317
Software reviews (California Learning Resource Network)
http://www.clrn.org/home/
Freesound: free library of sounds, as long as cited
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
PBS videos available through Google Video
http://video.google.com/pbs.html
Library of Congress: background to historical songs and poetry
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/
Smithsonian Institute Photography
http://photography.si.edu/
Harper's Weekly free historical material
http://www.harpweek.com/
Blinkx
A search engine for videos.
http://blinkx.com/
Super Bowl Ads Analysis
Good site for teaching media literacy.
http://www.frankwbaker.com/super_bowl.htm
Video Downloader
Download software that will allow you to download videos from Web sites.
http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php
Keep Vid
Download videos off the Web.
http://keepvid.com/
PBS Nature Films
Watch video clips from the PBS Nature program library.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/database.html
Audacity
Free downloadable software for recording and editing sounds.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Pics for Learning
Copyright friendly pictures for educators.
http://www.pics4learning.com/
Yotophoto
Copyright free photos.
http://yotophoto.com/
Teachers' Domain
PBS index to video clips and accompanying teacher material available on line.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
NY State Archives
Photos on many subjects.
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/throughout/
SumoPaint
Free on-line photo editor.
http://sumopaint.com/web/
Molecular Movies
An organized directory of cell and molecular animations, as well as a collection of original tutorials for life science professi
http://www.molecularmovies.com/index.html
Flickr free use
Photos for public use.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/freeuse
Picapp
Free use of pictures for blogs.
http://www.picapp.com/
Life After Death by PowerPoint
Humorous analysis of common PowerPoint presentation mistakes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvgfmEU2Ck
NEO K-12
The best selection of FREE on-liine educational videos and lessons from all over the internet.
http://www.neok12.com/
One True Media
Create multi media presentations on line.
http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/home
NYC Digital Collections
A directory of digital collections created and maintained by members of the Metropolitan New York Library Council.
http://nycdigital.org/items
NEWS
Gotham Gazette (NYC news)
http://www.gothamgazette.com/
Access Newspaper Archive: free access to historical newspaper database
http://access.newspaperarchive.com/InvalidIP.aspx
NYCDOE/NY STATE IMPORTANT SITES
New York City School Library System
http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/LibraryServices/default.htm
Block/Unblock site request (must be accessed from DOE computer)
Use this form to request the blocking or unblocking of a specific URL. You must access it from a DOE administrative computer and
http://www.nycboe.net/applications/filtering/
Purchasing Guidelines
http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/DCP/default.htm
Professional Development Registration site
http://pd.nycoit.org/
Purchasing Item Preview
https://dfoforms.nycenet.edu/PO/ItemPreview.aspx
Purchasing Support Team Phone No.
718-935-4444
Technology Forms
http://www.nycboe.net/forms/Default.aspx
DOE Annual Calendar
http://schools.nyc.gov/Calendar/default.htm
NY State Textbook, Library,Software and Hardware FY2008
http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/d_chanc_oper/budget/dbor/allocationmemo/fy07_08/fy08_pdf/sam06.pdf
New York State Content Area Certification Test Guides
http://www.nystce.nesinc.com/NY_viewSG_opener.asp
Shop DOE (FAMIS e-list)
https://dfoforms.nycenet.edu/ecatalog/Login.aspx
New York Library Initiative
Portal to state information on library programs.
http://srv36.nysed.gov/fundingproposals/index.html
NYC DOE Open Market
Register with this site and have access to posted jobs from schools throughout the DOE.
https://www.nycenet.edu/offices/dhr/transferplane/
MY State Virtual Learning Site
To encourage the use of the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning and to assist classroom teachers in locating Internet r
http://eservices.nysed.gov/vls/welcome.do
PATHFINDERS
Springfield Township HS Pathfinder Template
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/pathfinder.html
Wenatchee School District Pathfinder for Constructing Pathfinders
http://home.wsd.wednet.edu/pathfinders/path.htm
The Pathfinder Project (on-line pathfinder template)
http://www.thepathfinderproject.org/PathfinderTemplateForm.doc
Curriculum Information and Curriculum Services Pathfinders
Australian government site with lots of curriculum related pathfinders using Web links.
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/pathfinders/index.htm
PLAGIARISM , ETHICAL USE and SAFETY
Noodletools: Ethical Use
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/ethical/policytemplate.html
Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_guide.shtml
Copyright Information
http://www.benedict.com/Default.aspx
Copyright information
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Myths about copyright
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Copyright crash course
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/Intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
ALA Copyright Advisory Network
http://www.librarycopyright.net/
Junglepage: term paper mill
http://www.junglepage.com/
School sucks: term paper mill
http://www.schoolsucks.com/
Doug Johnson
http://www.doug-johnson.com/
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org/
Cyberbully
http://cyberbully.org/
Scenarios for Ethical Use
http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/computerlit/scenarios.html
Gananda Plagiarism Page
http://www.gananda.k12.ny.us/library/mshslibrary/plagexamples.htm
Baltimore County Public Schools Internet Safety
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/
Baltimore County Family Internet Safety Guide
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/929/documents/internetsafety/SafetyontheInternetweb.pdf
Cybertipline
http://tcs.cybertipline.com/
ISafe
http://www.isafe.org/
Cybersmart Curriculum
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/
Wired Safety
http://www.wiredsafety.org/
Government Copyright Guide for Educators and Librarians
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf
University of Maryland Copyright Guide
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml
Copyright with Cyberbee
http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html
Anti-plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
Center for Academic Integrity
http://www.academicintegrity.org/
Doc Cop
Free plagiarism detection site.
http://www.doccop.com/
Plagiarism Checker
Free plagiarism checker.
http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/
PRIMARY SOURCES
NY State Digital Collections
http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/Tue+May+16+09:59:39+EDT+2006/0/518/0/1644873_2006/Content/1?new_gateway_db=HYPERION&user_id=CATALOG
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/
Library of Congress American Memory Project
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
NY Learns: Karpeles Document Collection
http://www.nylearns.org/public_web/content/search/?bSearch=yes&k=karpeles&go.x=1&go.y=11
Library of Congress Interactive Exhibits on Americas
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/kislak/kislak-interactive.html
Digital History Reader
Primary source material with teaching guides for material from U.S. and world history.
http://www.dhr.history.vt.edu/index.html
Primary Source Learning
Teacher guides and student activities for using primary sources.
http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/
NYPL Digital Library
Free access to over 550,000 digital images.
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/
Brooklyn Collection
Brooklyn Public Library's collection of material on Brooklyn history.
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/brooklyncollection/
Queens Public Library
Historical maps, newspapers and family histories
http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CEL+Divisions&branch_id=CEL&pid=550
Television Archive
Archived television broadcasts. One whole section on 9/11
http://www.televisionarchive.org/index.html
Chronicling America
This site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/
Digital History Textbook
Digital textbook with many primary source links, including songs, speeches, photos, put together by the University of Houston.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Mapping the African American Past
Digital resources from Columbia University
http://www.maap.columbia.edu/
NY Times
The NY Times on line is now free, including access to the 1851-1980 archive.
http://www.nytimes.com/
Authentic History
http://www.authentichistory.com/
Primary Sources on the Web
Comprehensive guide to using web-based primary sources.
http://lib.washington.edu/SUBJECT/HISTORY/rusa/
African Americans in the Hudson Valley
http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/aa07/
Farmworker Movement Documentation Project
Primary sources documenting the Farm Workers' Movement of the 1960s through 1990s. Includes information on Caesar Chavez and the
http://www.farmworkermovement.us/
New York Heritage Digital Collection
NewYorkHeritage.org is your gateway to hundreds of digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions.
http://www.newyorkheritage.org/
Footnote
Access primary source material linked to time periods.
http://www.footnote.com/
Sojust speeches
Historic speeches for social justice.
http://www.sojust.net/speeches.html
Life Magazine Photo Archive
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
NYC MEtro Digital Collections
A directory of digital collections created and maintained by members of the Metropolitan New York Library Council.
http://nycdigital.org/
Letters of Note
Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos.
http://www.lettersofnote.com/
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/
American Association of School Librarians
http://www.ala.org/aaslhomeTemplate.cfm?Section=aasl
New York Library Association
http://www.nyla.org/
School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=52
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
The New York Public Library
http://www.nypl.org
Brooklyn Public Library
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/
Queens Public Library
http://www.queenslibrary.org
NYPL Research Libraries Educational Outreach Programs
Programs for teachers and students that use the resources of the NYPL Research libraries.
http://nypl.org/research/outreach/index.html
READING MOTIVATION/READING STRATEGIES
Reading Bill of Rights (YALSA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/tipsenc/tipsencourage.htm
Quotes about Books and Reading
http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/readingquotes.htm
PlanetEsme Bog: book reviews
http://planetesme.blogspot.com/
Picturing Books (a web site about picture books)
http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/
Quotes about libraries and librarians
http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/subj.htm
Reading Rockets (author videos)
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews
Teaching Books (Author interviews) (Log in with
http://teachingbooks.net/home/
Therapy Animals for Reading Motivation
http://www.tdi-dog.org/childrenreadingtodogs.htm
Professional actors reading stories out loud
http://www.storylineonline.net/
NYC Summer Reading Program
Tri-library collaborative program for encouraging reading during the summer.
http://www.summerreading.org/
NYS Summer Reading Program
New York State site for encouraging reading during the summer.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/summer/
Family Literacy Guide
Suggested activities and books for family support for reading at all grade levels.
http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/BD4FDF5F-F45F-43AE-90BB- 410BDBC641AF/6617/literacybookFINAL.pdf
Reading Quest
Reading strategies for social studies.
http://www.readingquest.org/strat/
Reading Strategies
Canadian government site.
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/xla/ela15d.html#e10e30
Reading Rockets
A site about teachiing reading. Done in collaboration with PBS.
http://www.readingrockets.org/
Web English Teacher
Many tips on teaching reading.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/readingmain.html
Reading Comprehension
A crosswalk betweent the AASL 21st Century Standards and classroom strategies for teaching reading comprehension.
http://storytrail.com/Impact/matrix.htm
NY State Summer Reading Site
http://www.summerreadingnys.org/
Looky Book
Read and turn pages of many popular picture books, on-line.
http://lookybook.com/
AASL Reading Wiki
Material from AASL workshops on reading motivation.
http://aaslreading.wikispaces.com/
Animoto
Make short book trailers for free, longer ones for a fee.
http://animoto.com/
Teacher Tube YA Book Trailer Group
A collection of YA book trailers posted by Teacher Tube members.
http://teachertube.com/members/groupHome.php?group_id=booktrailersforall
Digital Book Talks
Video book trailers put together at the University of Central Florida.
http://digitalbooktalk.com/
Read Kiddo Read
James Patterson motivational reading site for boys.
http://www.readkiddoread.com/home
Book Journey
Scholastic's book journey registration page. Follow a book as it travels from person to person.
http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/bookjourney/http://
Bookleads Wikispace
Joyce Valenza's reading wikispace. Lots of information and links.
http://bookleads.wikispaces.com/
REFERENCE SITES
ALA Best Free Web Reference Sites
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.htm
Brooklyn Children's Museum Expedition
Get answers to questions on Latin America, Structures (including the Dewey Decimal System), and Brooklyn.
http://www.brooklynexpedition.org/Default.htm
SCHOOL LIBRARY WEB PAGES
Destiny Web Pages
http://library.nycenet.edu/
George Westinghouse H.S.
http://www.nylearns.org/webpage/Default.aspx?UID=20012
P.S. 101
http://www.nylearns.org/webpage/Default.aspx?UID=20514
P.S. .87
http://www.ps87library.org/
P.S. 146
http://146m.r9tech.org/home.asp
Jamaica H.S.
http://www.jamaicahighschool.org/LIB/liba.htm
High School of Fashion Industries
http://library.nycenet.edu/common/welcome.jsp?site=1324
Hillcrest H.S.
http://hillcrestlibrary.org/default.htm
Clara Barton H.S.
http://www.ourlibrary.net/x50/
Bayard Rustin H.S. for the Humanities
http://hhslibrary.org/
P.S. /M.S..4X Early Childhood Center
http://www.nylearns.org/webpage/Default.aspx?UID=20814
Far Rockaway H.S.
http://www.nylearns.org/webpage/Default.aspx?UID=20481
Grand Street Campus
http://www.gsclibrary.org/
Bayside H.S.
http://www.baysidehighschool.org/library.htm
P.S. 63
http://www.nylearns.org/webpage/Default.aspx?UID=20808
P.S./I.S. 208
http://www.nylearns.org/webpage/Default.aspx?UID=20002
I.S. 278
http://www.nylearns.org/webpage/Default.aspx?UID=20432
Bronx H.S. of Science
http://bxscience.ny.schoolwebpages.com/education/staff/staff.php?sectiondetailid=1737
MS 74Q Nathanel Hawthorne MS
http://library.nycenet.edu/common/welcome.jsp?site=1325
School library web sites from around the world
http://school-libraries.net/
SEARCH ENGINE/INDEX INFORMATION/SITES
Librarians Index to the Internet: sites chosen by librarians
http://lii.org/
Ask.com: breaks topics down into related topics, separates out research related hits
http://search.ask.com/#subject:ask|pg:1
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
http://www.libraryresearch.com.
Rollyo: create your own search engine that searches only those sites you include
http://www.rollyo.com/
Search Engine Watch article that explains Rollyo
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050928-131049
Google Librarian Center
http://www.google.com/librariancenter/index.html
Compare Hits on Different Search Engines
http://ranking.thumbshots.com/
Google-Yahoo Comparison Machine
http://www.langreiter.com/exec/yahoo-vs-google.html
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com/
Guide to Search Engine Characteristics
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.com/
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/
About.com
http://www.about.com/
Google Directory
http://directory.google.com/
Internet History Sourcebook Project
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
Blue Ribbon Learning Site
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Search Engine Wizard
http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/locate/
Altavista Advanced Search
http://www.altavista.com/web/adv
Ask.com Advanced Search
http://www.ask.com/webadvanced?o=0&l=dir&q=imsa
Google Advanced Search
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
All the Web
http://alltheweb.com/
Vivisimo
http://vivisimo.com/
Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Needs
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Academic Information Portal
http://www.academicinfo.net/
Bubl Link (Academic Sites)
http://bubl.ac.uk/
Infomine (Scholarly Internet Sites)
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Invisible Web Guide
http://home.gwi.net/brhs/invweb.html
WWW,Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/
Complete Planet: Deep Web Directory
http://aip.completeplanet.com/aip-engines/browse?thisPage=%2Fbrowse%2Fbrowse.jsp&successPage=%2Fbrowse%2Fbrowse.jsp&errorFlag=&errorMsg=&event=loadPageEvent&directPage=&directSection=4&treeQueryExpr=&treeQueryType=phrase&treeQueryTarget=tree
Government Science Sites
http://www.science.gov/
Virtual Learning Resource Center
http://www.virtuallrc.com/
University of Michigan Digital Library
http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/
Blinkx
A search engine for videos.
http://blinkx.com/
Librarians Internet Index
Links to many different search engines on one page.
http://lii.org/pub/htdocs/search_tools.htm
All In One News
Agregated news sources (1800 news sources from 200 countries).
http://www.allinonenews.com/
Digital-librarian
A librarian's choice of the best of the Web.
http://www.digital-librarian.com/
Pandia Search Engine Tutorial
A tutorial for using search engines created by a Search Engine News Service.
http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/
Soovle
Search 7 search tools at once.
http://soovle.com/
SEARCH ENGINES/INDEXES FOR KIDS
Google for Kids
http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/
One Key
http://www.onekey.com/
Ithaki for Kids
http://www.ithaki.net/kids/
Ivy: a gateway site to kids
http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html
KidsClick
http://www.kidsclick.org/
Yahooligans
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
Guide to Government Web Sites for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html
Internet Public Library KidSpace
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Kids.gov
Official government portal to information for kids.
http://www.kids.gov/
SOCIAL WEB TOOLS (WEB 2.0)
Shambles: a list of tools to help you organize, save and give public access to Web links
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/favourites/
Writely
http://www.writely.com/
Zoho Writer
http://www.zohowriter.com/Home.do
Writeboard
http://www.writeboard.com/
Jotlive: social notetaking
http://www.jotlive.com/
Protopage
http://www.protopage.com/v2
Webnote
http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/
Wikispaces (free for educators)
http://www.wikispaces.com/
Educational use of social tools
http://www.tltgroup.org/ProFacDev/BLOGSetc.htm
School Rack: offers free Web sites for educators
http://www.schoolrack.com
Podcasts of Blogs
http://www.talkr.com/
Zoho Writer: free on-line word processing program
http://writer.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp
Tutorial software (freeware) for creating on-line tutorials
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
Library Thing
Share book lists and tag your selections.
http://www.librarything.com/
Shambles Podcasts on Podcasting Basics
Learn how to create podcasts.
http://www.shambles.net/podcasting/
Shambles Links to Web2 Programs
http://www.shambles.net/web2/
Sqaure One Podcasting Resources
http://squareone.pbwiki.com/Podcasting%20Resources
School created search engine
Examples of school created search engines and a PPT on how to create them.
http://www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/search.htm
Swicki
Custom created search engine
http://swicki.eurekster.com/
Flickr
Post, tag and share photos.
http://flickr.com/
Slideshare
Upload and share Powerpoint slide shows.
http://www.slideshare.net/
Zamzar
Download and save videos from YouTube, TeacherTube and other Web-based video sites.
http://www.zamzar.com/
TeacherTube
VIdeos made by and for teachers/students.
http://www.teachertube.com/
Evoca
Upload and share recordings from your cell phone.
http://www.evoca.com/
Illinois School Library Media Association Annual Conference, 2006
Multiple links to social web tool sites and examples.
http://islmablogswikis.wikispaces.com/
Think.com
A protected online community for students and teachers.
http://www.think.com/en_us/
Ning.com
Create social networks.
http://www.ning.com/
School Library Learning 2.0
23 things to learn to become proficient in WEB 2.0
http://www.schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/
YALSA Social Networking Resources
Includes toolkit and guide for teens on social networking issues.
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/profdev/socialnetworking.htm
Trailfire
Create and share a list of websites with annotations.
http://trailfire.com/
Stickies
A tool to help you remember things.
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/index.html
Audacity
Free audio editing tool.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Famundo
On-line shared calendar.
http://www.famundo.com/
VYew
Collaboration website.
http://vyew.com/content/Home
Blip.TV
Videos that show how to do things. This link is to the "social tools" listings.
http://blip.tv/search?q=social+tools&x=13&y=16
Eduscapes
A portal with links to many different kinds of social tools.
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/slms2/index.htm
Joyce Valenza's Wiki
Joyce Valenza's gateway site to many links to social web tools.
http://joycevalenzaworkshop.wikispaces.com/
Ask 500 People
Allows students to post questions and receive answers from up to 500 people from around the world.
http://www.ask500people.com/
Photo Bucket
Post,, tag and share photos.
http://photobucket.com/
Google Custom Search Engine
Create a search engine for specified sites.
http://www.google.com/coop/cse/
METRO Tutorial on Podcasting
http://www.metro.org/tutorials/podcasting/
Avatar Maker
Create an avatar for free.
http://www.moeruavatar.com/index_en.shtml
Webtools4u2use
A wiki for school librarians with a multitude of links to social web tools.
http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/
Bookmooch
A way to share actual copies of books.
http://bookmooch.com/
Timetoast
Free site for making timelines.
http://timetoast.com/
Drop.io
Offers free Web space for uploading documents and media and creating a URL link.
http://drop.io/
Flow Gram
Create interactive guided presentations by combining Web pages, photos, Powerpoint and more with your voice.
http://www.flowgram.com/
Web 2.0 WIkispace
Pam Berger's collection of links and information related to Web 2.0 use in schools.
http://web20learning.wikispaces.com/
Classroom 2.0
A ning for educators interested in using Web 2.0 technology.
http://www.classroom20.com/
Tubeleecher
Download YouTube videos to your hard drive.
http://www.tubeleecher.com/
Glogster
On-line, interactive posters.
http://www.glogster.com/
STATISTICS
National Center for Education Statistics, Carreer and Tech. Ed
Education statistics for career and technical education.
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/
Nat. Center for Ed. Statistics - state reforms
Statistics on state educational reform initiatives.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/
SURVEYS
Survey Monkey: create on-line surveys
http://www.surveymonkey.com/
WEB DESIGN/FREE WEB PAGES
HTML Encyclopedia
http://www.mountaindragon.com/html/
Freewebs
Create a free web page with lots of design options.
http://members.freewebs.com/
Lisa Explains It All
HTML for kids
http://www.lissaexplains.com/
Google Pages
Free Web page hosted by Google
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=pages&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.google.com%2F<mpl=yessignups
W3Schools
Free Web design tutorials.
http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp
School Rack
Create free teacher web site.
http://www.schoolrack.com/
WEB PORTFOLIO SITES
Pupil Pages
A paid site for housing student electronic portfolios
http://www.pupilpages.com/site/info.htm
WEB SITE ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Easy Who Is: use to find the owner of a site
http://www.easywhois.com/
Overture: Use to determine price paid per key word to move a link to the top of the list.
http://www.overture.com/
Wayback Machine: use to find history of a site
http://www.archive.org/
AltaVista: use
http://www.altavista.com/
Acadia University tutorial on web evaluation
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Computer User Dictionary
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/noframes/nf.domains.html
Chart that shows how internet has grown exponentially
http://www.shambles.net/informationliteracy/fishwhales.htm
Pictures that lie
http://news.com.com/2300-1026_3-6033210-8.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
BOGUS and other SITES FOR EVALUATION
Alex Chiu
http://www.alexchiu.com/
Beluga Whales
http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/content/Beluga.htm
Biomes of the World
http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/content/biomes.htm
Blondes Will Die Out
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2284783.stm
BSE Disease in Cattle
http://www.bseinfo.org/
Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
http://improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html
Dehydrated water
http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research
http://www.dhmo.org/
Genochoice
http://www.genochoice.com/
Huck Finn
http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/content/huckleberry_finn.htm
Lake Michigan Whale Watching
http://www.geocities.com/lakemichiganwhales/
Mars
http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/content/mars.htm
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
Sheldrake the Beneficent
http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/content/sheldrake.htm
The Civil War
http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm
Panexa
http://www.panexa.com/
Chocolate is disappearing
http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/chocolatesupplyexhausted.htm
World Trade Organization (the OFFICIAL site?)
http://www.gatt.org/
Alan November's List of Sites for Evaluation
http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=93
Godsend Institute
http://www.godsendinstitute.org/home.html
Velcro Crop Threatened
http://www.umbachconsulting.com/miscellany/velcro.html
McWhortle Enterprise
Invest in a device that detects biohazards.
http://www.mcwhortle.com/index.htm
Museum of Hoaxes (A-J)
Gateway site to many hoax sites.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html
Museum of Hoaxes (K-Z)
Gateway site to many hoax sites.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites2.html
Mankato, Minnesota
Tropical Mankato.
http://descy.50megs.com/mankato/mankato.html
Hoax site list
Dr. Mary Ann Bell's list of hoax sites.
http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/hoaxtable.html
WEBQUESTS
The Webquest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
Building Blocks of a Webquest
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm
WEEDING
Weeding the School Library
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/documents/schoollibweedng.pdf
Sunlink Weed of the Month Club
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/
Western MA Regional Library System Guidlines
http://www.wmrls.org/services/colldev/weed_it.html
Texas State guidelines for weeding
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/guidelines.html
Links to Web site weeding guides
http://www.marinette.k12.wi.us/staff/vvf/weeding_the_library_collection.htm
WIKIS
Joyce Valenza password: dewey
http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbwiki.com/
Teachers' First Wiki Guide
Everything you have ever wanted to know about wikis!
http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/
NYCSLS CCD Pathfinder Wiki
Pathfiniders to accompany the CCD collections.
http://nyc-ccd.wikispaces.com/
Wikispaces
Free Wiki accounts and educators can request removal of advertising.
http://www.wikispaces.com/