Internet Search Helpers

Global Issues in Context

Biographies

Biographical Dictionary: This dictionary covers notable men and women from ancient times to present day. http://www.s9.com/biography/

Biography Find: This database contains information of over 25,000 people. http://www.biography.com/search/
 

Lives, the Biography Resource: This is a guide to biography sites on the web. http://www.amillionlives.com/

Database

Infotrac Gale Group: Student Resource Center-Gold. Professional Collection, Junior Reference Collection. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/adri54915  

The Michigan Electronic Library: Mel.org is an online information system sponsored by the Library of Michigan.  Magazine articles and e-books for Michigan residents at your local library. http://mel.org/

Government

American Government - Global Computing: This site provides links to the Federal Government. http://www.globalcomputing.com/govern.html

History

Historical Documents: Search Historical Documents using this site.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/mdbquery.html

Lenawee County

Lenawee County Chamber of Commerce: This site provides information about Lenawee County. http://www.lenaweechamber.com/index.htm

Librarian

• Educational Philosophy: "Positive Attitide + Polished Manners = Successful Students"

• Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs

Mission and Goals:

• The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.  This mission is accomplished

-By providing intellectual and physical access to materials

-By providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in   reading, viewing, and using information and ideas

-By working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students.

Role of the Media Director

• Information Specialist

• Teacher

• Instructional Partner

• Program Administrator

Michigan

The Library of Michigan: The Library of Michigan is an information resource to legislature, state government, and the citizens of Michigan. http://www.libofmich.lib.mi.us/

Michigan Curriculum Frameworks:  The framework standards are focused on content, teaching and learning, assessment, and professional development http://cdp.mde.state.mi.us/MCF/

Michigan Department of Education:  This site includes resources, directories and topics of general interest. http://www.mde.state.mi.us

Michigan Legislature:  This is an information web server for the Michigan Legislative Council, Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate.  http://www.michiganlegislature.org

Michigan Reading Association:  This site gives information about the Michigan Reading Association and related Internet resources. http://www.mraread.org

Michigan State Symbols: Michigan facts are represented on this site.  http://www.50states.com/michigan.htm

Newspaper

The Daily Telegram:  This newspaper serves the Lenawee County area.  http://www.lenconnect.com

News and Newspapers Online: Search for news and newspapers at this site.  http://library.uncg.edu/news/

NewsDirectory Newspapers and Media: Search for newspapers and magazines at this site.  http://www.newsdirectory.com

The Monroe Evening News: This newspaper serves the Monroe County area.  http://www.monroenews.com/

The Toledo Blade:  This newspaper serves the Toledo, Ohio area.  http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/forside

Parents

National Education Association: This sire covers topics of interest to parents.  http://www.nea.org/parents/

Students

700+ Great Sites for Kids and the People who Care About Them: The American Library Association suggests these sites.  http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html

Reference

Ask Jeeves-Ask.com: This site allows for you to ask a question and receive suggestions.  http://www.ask.com

Atlapedia Online: Full color physical and political maps are provided at this site along with facts and statistics on countries of the world.  http://www.atlapedia.com

Encarta: This site provides access to collections of integrated resources.  http://encarta.msn.com/

Grolier: This is an online encylcopedia and reference resource (User name and Password required).  http://www.go.grolier.com

Refdesk: a great source for facts. http://www.refdesk.com/

Research

American Memory: This site has historical collections for the National Digital Library.  http://memory.loc.gov/

Big 6: This site discusses the Information Problem-Solving Approach.  http://www.big6.com/

Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library: This is a library of learning sites on the Web.  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

The Gateway to Educational Resources: The sire provides educational resources on the Internet.  http://www.thegateway.org/

Information Please: This is an education source from the Learning Network.  http://www.infoplease.com/

Kidsclick: This sire provides links for web search for students by librarians.  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/kidsclick!/

The Learning Page for American Memory:  http://learning.loc.gov/learn/educators/video/prsource/

Michigan Association for Media in Education (M.A.M.E.): Internet sites by Subject: Search Internet sites by subject at this site.  http://www.mame.gen.mi.us/

Michigan Teacher Network: Michigan Teacher Network supports Michigan K-12 educators in the successful use of technology. http://mtn.merit.edu

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002-2003 Edition: http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Poetry Archives: Search poetry by the name of the poet at this site.  http://www.emule.com/poetry/dispauthor.cgi

Research-It!: Many tools can be found at this site.  http://www.itools.com/research-it/

World Factbook 2003: World facts can be found at this site.  http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Teachers

CEMaT Center: Center for Educational Materials and Technology  http://cemat.lisd.k12.mi.us

Internet 4 Classroom: Teacher links to be used in the classroom as well as professional development.  http://internet4classrooms.com

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: This sire provides a categorized list of sites for teaching and learning.  http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Specialized Search Engine & Directory: Search engines are suggested along with directories for educators.  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/specialized.html

Teachworld.com: ChannelOne provides this site to help teachers teach the news. http://teachworld.com

Weather

Hotlist Weather Science: The Franklin Institute Online provides many sites related to weather.  http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/weather.html

Young Students

MIKIDS: This sire has links for grades K-2 and 3-6.   http://www.mikids.com

TimeForKids.com

SiKids.com

SeussVille.com

WorldAlmanacForKids.com

New Sites

Funbrain.com

Jigzone.com

50states.com

Quia.com/pages/newefun.html