Resources that can Help You Create/Maintain Your School Library Media Center Web Page

• Highlighted SLMC Web Sites
• Tools to help you create/design your website
• Tools to help you enhance your website
• Blogs
• General Curricular Links for Teachers
• General Curricular Links for Students
• Subject Specific Curricular Links
• General Reference Resources on the Internet 
• Ready Reference
• Biography Resources
• Geographical Resources
• Government Documents

School Library Media Center Web Sites Highlighted in NECC Presentation

Neil Armstrong Elementary School
http://armstrong-library.blogspot.com/

Coxsackie-Athens High School
http://www.coxsackie-athens.library-blogs.net/

Hunterdon Central High School
http://central.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/imc/

Northfield Mount Hermon School
http://nmhlibrary.typepad.com/

Marathon Middle/High School
http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/mhs/media/default.htm

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Tools to Help You Create/Design Your Web Site

Beginners guide to HTML: How to make your first web page
http://webdeveloper.com/html/beginners_html.html

Classroom clip art
http://classroomclipart.com

Discovery Channel School clip Art
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html - Great collection of original artwork you can use on your web pages.

Fisher, J. D. & Hill, A. (2001). Showcase your Library via a Home page. Retrieved January, 2005 from http://www.macul.org/newsletter/2001/march2001/library.html

Gordaneer , L. (2004). MLISSA speaker series: Children as designers of web portal architecture. Marginal librarian, 12.1. Retrieved January 23, 2004 from 
http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca/marginal/speakerseries.htm

Homemaker for libraries
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/libmkr/

HTML goodies:  the Basics
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html

Intro to web design
http://www.wdvl.com/WebRef/Help/Begin.html

Joseph, Linda C. (2002). Web Construction. Retrieved January, 2005 from
http://www.cyberbee.com/schoolpage/school.html

Warlick, David. (2002). Put your website to work. Technology and Learning. Retrieved January 2005 from
 http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/09/website.html

A WebQuest about School Library Websites by Joyce Valenza
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evallib.html

Web Monkey
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/ - Tutorials and software downloads to help with web pages.

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Tools to Help You Enhance Your Web Site

Brainy Quote of the day
www.brainyquote.com

Bravenet: Web Tools
http://www.bravenet.com/

FreeFind
http://www.freefind.com

IASL/Concord School Library Web Page Awards: Selection criteria
http://www.iasl-slo.org/web_criteria.html

Information Architecture for the Web: Web Development for Schools and  Libraries
http://eduscapes.com/arch/archschool.html

Web Pasties
http://www.webpasties.com/

Ten Steps to Effective Web Presence for Libraries
http://www.tametheweb.com/ttwblog/archives/001392.html

Ten Alternative Steps to Effective Web Presence for Libraries
http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2005/05/ten_alternative.html

Building your library web pages by Jacquie Henry http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/Buildlibweb_files/frame.htm

School Related Background sets and clipart
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/instructor24/graphics.htm

Library Media & PR ToolBox
http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/toolbox.html

Library Clip Art
http://www.libraryclipart.com/

Marketing Treasures
http://www.chrisolson.com/marketingtreasures/

26 Steps to an Effective Web Presence for Libraries
http://www.librarian.net/stax/1320

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Blogs

Blogwithoutalibrary.net
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/

Weblogg-ed
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/

Tame the Web
http://www.tametheweb.com/

Technorati
http://www.technorati.com

Educational Bloggers Network
http://teachingandlearning.blogspot.com/2004/10/educational-bloggers-network.html

EdTech Archives
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb

WWWEDU's archives
http://www.gsn.org/gsh/lists/wwwedu.html

Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Technology-mediated learning weblogs
http://168.144.129.112/blogs.htm

Library stuff (This is a blog.)
http://www.librarystuff.net

Curling, C. (2004). A Closer look at Weblogs.  
http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes46.htm

Blogs for Libraries
http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=767

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General Curricular Links for Teachers

Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/ - Includes Kathy Schrock's Guide to the Internet for Educators.

MARCO POLO
http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/

Teacher Tools
http://www.pwcs.edu/i-tech/Teachertools.htm - From Prince William County Schools

Eduscapes
http://eduscapes.com

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com

I keep bookmarks
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/home.asp

New York Times Navigator
http://tech.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cybertimesnavigator/index.html

Your homework.com: An innovative approach for excellence in education
http://www.yourhomework.com/

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General Curricular Links for Students

Citation Machine
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php

Multnomah County Library Homework Center
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/ - Provides information on a variety of topics to help students with their homework.

Noodletools
http://www.noodletools.com/

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Subject Specific Curricular Links

English/Language Arts

RhymeZone
http://www.rhymezone.com/ - Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus and much more!

The National Steinbeck Center
http://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.html

Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Purdue's Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Math

A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/ - Designed to help students with their math skills interactively.

Webmath
http://www.webmath.com/

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html - Unique interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-8 emphasis). This library was created with an NSF grant.

Calculator.com
http://www.calculator.com - Online calculators for all types of projects.

Science

Sci Central
http://www.scicentral.com/ - Gateway to science research news

IPL: Science Fair Project Guide
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/youth/projectguide/

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ - Science museum

American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/

Net Frog: Interactive Frog Dissection
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.edu/go/frog

Periodic Table of Elements
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm - Interactive Periodic Table of Elements from Los Alamos Labs

Social Studies

White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ - Includes historical information, biographies of presidents, virtual tours and much more.

America's Story
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

Countries of the World
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/

Flags of all Countries
http://www.theodora.com/flags/flags.html

National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Web Sites with Useful Information (and Images) for "Decades" Reports

American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ - American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections

America's Story from America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi - "Jump back in time" takes you to different eras in American history.

AlternaTime
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html - A collection of  timelines on the web collected by George Emery, a librarian at Canisius College, who has been collecting timelines on the Internet since 1993.

History of Fashion
http://www.vintageblues.com/history_main.htm - Fashions from 1900 - 1990

History Timelines
http://history.searchbeat.com/

Countries of the World
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/       

Flags of all Countries
http://www.theodora.com/flags/flags.html

National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Decades.com
http://www.decades.com/

This site is a private venture, dedicated to the following goals:

• make history easily accessible
• enrich history by filling the vacuum in which it is typically found
• make history more personal to you, our visitor, by relating it to your own areas of interest.

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General Reference Resources on the Internet       

Awesome Library  
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ - Over 14,000 sites have been classified into a directory, specifically organized for teachers, students and parents. Information can be found by browsing or searching.

Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/marsbestref2003.htm from RUSA (Reference and User Services Assoc.) Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)

Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com - A free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information.

Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII)
http://www.lii.org - The mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet is to provide a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving California, the nation, and the world. Sites featured on LibrarySpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by our editorial team for their exceptional quality, content and utility.

Refdesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com - From its plain but crowded home page, you can gain quick access to online dictionaries, encyclopedias, and myriad other reference sources: the day's leading news stories, popular search engines, and more. Think of it as Yahoo! crossed with your local librarian. (PC Magazine, 3/25/03)

SUNLINK
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu - SUNLINK is Florida's K-12 public school union catalog, a shared database of materials in Florida K-12 library media centers. SUNLINK also has a lot of great resources for SLMSs, such as weed of the month, link of the week, and lots of other useful information.

Virtual Ref Desk project 
http://vrd.askvrd.org/index.asp? - The Virtual Reference Desk™ Project is dedicated to the advancement of digital reference and the successful creation and operation of human-mediated, Internet-based information services. Connects AskA Experts with users.

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Ready Reference

Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/ - The preeminent Internet publisher of contemporary reference works, Bartleby.com is the most comprehensive reference publisher on the web, meeting the needs of students, educators, and the intellectually curious.

Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/ - An encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas and homework helper all in one. Basic product is free. Premium service is available for a fee.

Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html - This site is sponsored by Information Please. It contains an almanac, an atlas, a dictionary and an encyclopedia.

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Biography Resources

Biography.com
http://www.biography.com - Provides biographies for 25,000 of the greatest people.

Dead People Server
http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/index.html - Helps you answer the question.. " I wonder if _________ died?" Includes the date for birth, death (if deceased) and other details about death rumors, links to the Internet Movie Database, etc.

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Geographical Resources

National Geographic Society Maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/

U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/ - Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and
living resources, natural hazards, and the environment.

UT Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps

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Government Documents

Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Congressional Directory
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/107_pictorial/index.html

First Gov Adults
http://www.firstgov.gov

GPO Access   
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ - A service of the U. S. Government printing office.

THOMAS: Legislative information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/

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