Library Media Links
Hi, fellow
bookworms! 
This page is a service for library media specialists and contains links
of
special interest to library staff and other educators, some of which
are
duplicates of recommendations on other pages in this web. It also
includes
PowerPoint presentations pertaining to books or libraries. Links
are
included for:
This page is constantly under revision, so
check back often. Please contact
me if you find a broken link, have
a question, or would like to suggest additions.
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American
Folklore
Retellings of American folktales from each and every one of the
50 United States
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Oklahoma Writing
Project
Anthology, catalog of available inservice presentations, writer's desk
of ideas, and much more
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LitQuotes
One of the largest collections of literary quotes on the web
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Outta Ray's
Head
Lesson plans, handouts, and ideas for teaching literature, writing,
poetry, and library skills
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Millennium
Mystery Madness
Thinkquest Jr. project on history of and how to write mysteries
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Dositey.com
A dynamic collection of interactive educational modules and printable
worksheets for grades K-8
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Who Said That?
How to cite electronic resources
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Booktalks
Offers a wealth of booktalks to use with no charge, asking only that
users add a booktalk of his or her own in return
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103 Things to Do
A list of activities for before, during, and after reading a book or
selection
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ATN Book Lists
Extensive resource links to author, title, thematic, genre, and more
literature lists that grew from ATN (All Together Now), a librarians'
collaborative project
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Read Write Think
Provides numerous literacy tools and activities for
students, parents, and teachers including links to reading &
writing sites, user-friendly reading-level estimator and assessment
calculator, interactive student writing activities and a Web-based book
tracker
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Book Browse
Offers excerpts and reviews of selected current books; browse the
book-jacket synopsis and author biography plus, in many cases, a
reading guide and interview
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Narnia.com
Showcases the
seven book series of C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia with
biographical information on the author, sample chapters, and more
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Notable
Children's Book Awards
Paper discusses the criteria for
the major American book awards for children
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Writing Annotations
A succinct guide to writing book
annotations
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Literacy: Literature &
Social Studies
A webfile of free lesson plans, units and activity ideas for many
children's books
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Fair Use Harbor
Avoid the perils of Infringement Reef on a Shakedown
Cruise that's the most fun you'll ever have with copyright.
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Copyright Kids
Explains copyrght issues in kid-friendly terms
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University of Texas Crash Course in Copyright
Explains the Fair Use Clause of current copyright law, especially as it
applies to a higher education setting.
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Chilling Effects
Information about copyright, fair use, infringement, piracy, web issues
and more
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Cyberbee
Copyright Web Page
Visual site for teachers and students to learn about copyright issues
includes interactive questions and answers, a copyright lesson plan,
articles and links
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Copyright
Information for Educators
The University Libraries of the
University of Washington present links to a variety of copyright
information sources, including many from the official Copyright Office,
the Conference on Fair Use, and higher education authorities
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Copyright
Clearance Center
Online permission service that can often
grant permissions in 24-36 hours
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Getting
Permission
University of Texas site with links and good
advice on when and how to obtain permission to use copyrighted material
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Copyright Management
Center
Indiana and Purdue Universities maintains
this site that includes a Copyright Quickguide, Fair Use Issues and
Checklist, Permissions Information, and Copyright Ownership pages
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Ten
Big Myths about Copyright Explained
Gives the factual information behind eleven (the author
didn't want to change the well-known page title!) common copyright
misassumptions
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Copyright and Fair Use in
the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web
Excellent information from the University of
Maryland University College introduces copyright, fair use, and the
multimedia guidelines for both teachers and students
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Copyright
Implementation Manual
The public schools of Groton, CT, present a manual explaining the
limitations of copyright, fair use, and the district's
local copyright policy that is useful for all educators
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Copyright
for Educators
KOCE Classroom in Orange County, CA, offers this series of streaming
videos and downloadable .pdfs to help educators understand what they
can and cannot legally do under the Fair Use clause
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Cut-and-Paste
Plagiarism
Good article for teachers on preventing, detecting and tracking
online plagiarism in student work
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Education World
Articles, activities, lesson plans, clip art, and more
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Invaluable source of information for enhancing curriculum and
professional growth
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Education Index
Web Weasel guides users through an annotated guide to the best
education-related sites on the Web
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Passport
A searchable database of Oklahoma's Priority Academic Student
Skills
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Pro Teacher
Online community for elementary school teachers in grades K-6
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Creating Rubrics
Examines rubrics programs and guidelines for judging a rubric's
validity and reliability
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Mr.
Donn's Pages
Site index for lesson plans, activities, and resources for middle grades
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EdHelper.com
Archives more than 6200 lesson plans and over 1000 webquests, contents
arranged by subject
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Internet Field Trips
Creative, practical and effective ideas and techniques to enhance
elementary classrooms
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ERIC
Educational Resources Information Center
National information system providing a variety of services and
products
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U.S. Department of
Education
Vast and comprehensive web site containing information on
initiatives, funding, research, and other activities of the
department
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Lesson Plan Mega Search
Search the ten largest lesson plan banks on the
Internet from one site
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Educator's Reference Desk
Formerly known as Ask ERIC, encompassing the resources of the
entire ERIC system and beyond
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A to Z Teacher
Stuff
Quick indexes to online lesson plans and teacher resources
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Oklahoman
Archives Teacher Resources
This site is available only through the Norman Public Schools
network. Searchable archive of lesson plans, activities, and
guides keyed to the archives of the Daily Oklahoman newspaper
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Google
Searches over one billion web sites
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Metacrawler
Searches fifteen databases simultaneously
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Ixquick
Metasearch returns sites by relevency ranking
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Dogpile
Searches 27 databases at once with a canine theme
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Ditto
Searches for images and photographs on the web
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Corbis
Searches its extensive photographic database which may be purchased in
digital or print format
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Sound America
Extensive database of copyright free sound files
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Music
Robot
Searches for .wav or midi sound files
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HPR-TEC
The provider for TrackStar,
RubiStar, Assign-a-Day, CasaNotes, Profiler, QuizStar, and more, this
is absolutely the BEST teacher resource site anywhere, and it's all
free... your tax dollars at work
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TrackStar
Organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) into lesfssons
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MyBookmarks
Offers free online bookmarks accessible from any
internet-enabled computer
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RubiStar
Create original rubrics, use or modify rubric templates for a wide
variety of educational activities and products
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Literacy
and Technology
Links to strategies, techniques, projects, and more to increase
literacy through the use of technology from Oswego City Schools,
Oswego, NY
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Presenter's
University
Presentation tips, PowerPoint templates, clip art...
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Intel Innovation in Education
Technology planning, management, integration, professional development,
Intel Teach to the Future information, and more
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Technology in
Education
170 ideas and resources for integrating
technology into planning and curriculum
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Teach-nology
Resources, web tools, tips, tutorials and more
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Quia
Game creation is now fee-based, but users can still access existing
puzzles, quizzes, and class web pages at no cost, plus free trial is
available
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Kathy Schrock's Home Page
A treasure trove of "possibilities for effective infusion of technology
into the curriculum"
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NoodleTools
Offers a variety of bibliographies, a single bibliographic citation
creation tool, search strategy suggestions, and links to resources for
teaching 21st century literacies (all of which are free) and NoodleBib
3.0, a reasonably-priced ($4.00 for 3 months) MLA or APA format
bibliography creation tool
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Books,
Literature and Writing
Library
Information
Copyright
Authors
and Author Visits
Education
and Lesson Plans
Technology