Teachers: Library Services
and Web Sites
Library Services Offered
by the Children's Dept. at the Main Library
Web Sites for Teachers Recommended by
MCPL Children's Dept. Librarians
- AskERIC
http://ericir.syr.edu/
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally-funded
national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific
clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components,
a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related
issues. Enables users to search ERIC's database and check the Virtual Library
for lesson plans, an archive of educational listservs, information guides
and more.
- Education
World http://www.education-world.com/
Comprehensive site includes a section for parents with resources on home
schooling, along with sections for students and teachers. Also collects
Education
Organizations and other State
Resources
- Global Schoolhouse
http://www.gsh.org/
Partnered with Lightspan, developers of educational content, the Global
Schoolhouse hosts a registry of lesson plans and collaborative projects
and suggests Internet-related activities for educators.
- Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
A classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing
curriculum and teacher professional growth and updated daily to keep up
with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites.
- Online Education
Resources http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
NASA Quest is dedicated to bringing NASA people and science to classrooms
through the Internet. Features a variety of online resources for students
and educators, including profiles of NASA experts and stories about their
work days, an e-mail service in which individual questions get answered,
audio/video programs over the Internet, lesson plans and more.
- PBS Teacher
Connex http://www.pbs.org/teachersource
Online Curriculum Guides, Teaching Tips and other PBS-related educational
resources.
- Scholastic's
Teacher Homepage http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm
This site features Lesson Plans and other Professional Resources, information
on Authors and Books, Online Activities, a Web Guide and more.
