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Krueger, Karla S. – School Library Research, 2012
This qualitative content analysis presents subscription databases available to school libraries through statewide purchases. The results may help school librarians evaluate grade and subject-area coverage, make comparisons to recommended databases, and note potential suggestions for their states to include in future contracts or for local…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Content Analysis, Databases, Reference Materials
Hamm, Susannah – Library Journal, 2011
A hundred years after Marie Curie received her Nobel Prize in Chemistry, this arm of science is pointing the way to a more sustainable future. Growing movements like green chemistry, which strives to create alternative and new chemical reactions that produce no harmful waste products, and molecular engineering hold great potential for industry,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Encyclopedias, College Libraries, Library Services
Fontichiaro, Kristin; Harvey, Carl A., II – School Library Monthly, 2010
Despite easy access to expert resources and extensive in-school modeling, students--even the youngest--are relying heavily upon "Wikipedia," especially when they do research away from school. With "Wikipedia" holding steady as one of the top ten Web sites worldwide, it is no wonder students are flocking there. For teachers, parents, and students,…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Encyclopedias, Web Sites
Gunnels, Claire B.; Sisson, Amy – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2009
Have you ever stopped to think about life before Google? We will make the argument that Google is the first manifestation of Web 2.0, of the power and promise of social networking and the ubiquitous wiki. We will discuss the positive influence of Google and how Google and other social networking tools afford librarians leading-edge technologies…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Social Networks, Librarians, Web Sites
Fitzgerald, Mary Ann – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2009
School library media specialists, along with other librarians, are often reluctant for students to use Wikipedia in their school work. This chapter argues against this perspective, citing the values of the free online encyclopedia, and suggesting strategies for exploiting its weaknesses to help students develop critical thinking skills. [For the…
Descriptors: Media Specialists, Librarians, School Libraries, Educational Technology
Jones, Pamela S. – Library Media Connection, 2007
In this article, the author describes five lessons which focus on skills that students will need in any library. The following lessons should be taught during first semester to first-year middle school students: (1) Locating books at the library; (2) Locating databases at the library; (3) Locating encyclopedias at the library; (4) Locating…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Instruction, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
Brisco, Shonda – School Library Journal, 2009
The author presents 10 best digital resources for 2009. As librarians prepare for the next school year--or as public libraries develop the budget for a new fiscal year--these are the products for children and teens that should be advocated to add to one's digital collection. These include: (1) American Indian Experience; (2) Animoto…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, American Indians, School Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2004
This article provides descriptions of four new science and technology encyclopedias that are appropriate for inclusion in upper elementary and/or middle school reference collections. "The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Weather" (Stern, Macmillan Reference/Gale), a one-volume encyclopedia for upper elementary and middle level students, is a…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, School Libraries, Reference Services, Secondary Education
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
This article reviews the new Grolier Student Encyclopedia, intended for grades three through eight. Good middle-level readers might become frustrated with this source, but primary and intermediate students, middle-level students reading below grade level, and English language learners of any age will find the style of information presentation…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Elementary School Students, Librarians, Book Reviews
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1986
Describes seven activities for use in the classroom or school library media center to teach encyclopedia skills. (EM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Encyclopedias, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
This article describes the U-X-L encyclopedia "Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America," a five-volume set, arranged chronologically with two decades in each volume. Each decade then is divided into topics, such as commerce (more exciting than it sounds with lots of inventions, consumer goods, and technology); film…
Descriptors: Social History, United States History, Popular Culture, Encyclopedias
Pappas, Marjorie; Geitgey, Gayle – Book Report, 1994
Describes a study that investigated search strategies for electronic encyclopedias by observing search activities in a high school media center where students used "The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia." The teacher's role, the role of the librarian as teacher and as facilitator, student use of electronic resources, and basic skills for…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians, Library Role
Whitely, Faye McConnell – 1987
Designed to assist the librarian and/or teacher by serving as a checklist for a basic collection of reference materials, this annotated bibliography presents a list of reference sources that are appropriate for Alabama students in grades 7 through 12. The reference materials are intended to support the curriculum of a comprehensive public…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
Scott, Jane – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
To help students understand that references are tools used to locate specific information, one librarian has her third-grade students create their own reference toolboxes as she introduces dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias, and thesauri. Presents a lesson plan to introduce print and nonprint thesauri to third and fourth graders and includes a…
Descriptors: Atlases, Dictionaries, Elementary Education, Encyclopedias
Copeland, Brenda S.; Messner, Patricia A. – Libraries Unlimited, 2006
This manual of ideas zeroes in on current picture book titles. It features reproducible worksheets, writing activities, related reading-based activities, and technology for grades three through five. The ideas have been tested in the authors' libraries and are linked to national curricular standards. Designed for school librarians, the book is…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Teaching Methods, Language Arts, Social Studies