ONLINE RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIANS

American Library Association http://www.ala.org/
ALA represents and supports over 100,000 school, public, academic and special libraries across the U.S. The web site features news, events, member services, publications and resources for librarians.

Association of American School Librarians http://www.ala.org/aasl
A division of ALA, AASL promotes the general improvement and extension of library media services for children and young people.

Booklist Reviews http://www.ala.org/booklist/index.html
Online reviews from Booklist, including an archive of past reviews.

Big6 Skills http://www.big6.com/
Information problem solving techniques used in library skills curriculum.

Cataloger’s Reference Shelf http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/index.htm
A great tool for catalogers, this site contains free access to reference materials based on the official LC publications on USMARC Formats, USMARC Code Lists, etc.

Children’s Author Directory http://www.inkspot.com/author/directory.html
Provides biographical information, lists of authors’ books, information for obtaining an author visit, etc.

Children’s Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
This is the Internet’s most comprehensive collection of resources on children’s literature.

Online Computer Library Center http://www.oclc.org
OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, library computer service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing information costs.

Great Writers http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html
Lists of prize winning authors; other information on great writers.

Internet Public Library: IPL Especially for Librarians on the Job http://www.ipl.org/svcs/onthejob.html
Provides resources that are of particular use for librarians in their everyday work. The links are organized around the "traditional" library divisions—including acquisitions, archives, conservation & preservation, reference, and general multi-topic library professional resources.

Librarians’ Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex
A subject guide to searching the Internet.

On-Line Books page http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
This site provides over 9000 books online for noncommercial use.

Publishers in the United States http://www.lights.com/publisher/us.html
Provides the addresses, telephone, and fax numbers of all the publishers in the U.S.

TENET http://www.tenet.edu/
A vast resource center for librarians and other educators that provides professional materials as well as those for curriculum.

The Amazing Picture Machine http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
This site allows searching for vast numbers of pictures online using keywords.

The Library http://anulib.anu.edu.au/elibrary/reference.html
A varied collection of reference materials that are difficult to find in most sites. Dictionaries, encyclopedia, dictionaries, thesaurus, collections of quotations, as well as, many other general references materials are found here.

The Listening Booth http://snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us/music.html
Online music reference resource for librarians.

Web Quests http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners’ time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learner’s thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Texas Education Agency http://www.tea.state.tx.us

TEA School Libraries http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/libraries/

Teacher Retirement System of Texas http://www.trs.state.tx.us/

PRINT RESOURCES (available at 417 North Akron)

A large collection of educational volumes is available to all LISD staff.

Lubbock School Libraries

Approximately 100 titles of educational journals are available in hard copy for LISD staff from the library media center.