Reference Links


University of Texas at Austin Perry-Casta'da Library Map Collection - 
Online maps are available for teachers to use as teaching material
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/toc.html

Encyclopedia Brittanica Online
http://www.britannica.com/

Merriam Webster's Word Central - dictionary for kids.
http://www.wordcentral.com/

Information Please Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/

Bartlett's Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/100/

The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=ref0000

World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Caldecott Medal Home Page - 'The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of 
nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded 
annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of 
the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished 
American picture book for children.'
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm

Newbery Medal Home Page - 'The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-
century 
British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association 
for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library 
Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to 
American 
literature for children.'
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm

The Texas Reading Club - 'designed to encourage youth to read for pleasure 
and to promote library usage. A statewide theme is selected each year that 
emphasizes ways in which reading expands young minds and encourages children 
to use their imaginations. It also reminds young people that reading can be 
great fun.'
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/trc/index.html

Biography Online
http://www.biography.com/

Library of Congress - 'The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest 
federal 
cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also 
the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on 
approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 
million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 
million 
photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts.'
http://www.loc.gov/

Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) - 'The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) 
system is the world's most widely used library classification system. In the 
United States, 95 percent of all public and K-12 school libraries, 25 
percent 
of college and university libraries and 20 percent of special libraries use 
the DDC.'
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/

"Do We" Really Know Dewey? This web site explains the history of the
Dewey 
Decimal System.
http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/

KidsClicks! - Web search for kids by librarians
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

ALA Great Web Sites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm

Texas Education Agency Student Assesssment Division - Released Tests, Answer 
Keys, and Scoring Guides
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/release/#2004

Critical Thinking -  Information is provided by the Foundation and Center 
for Critical Thinking that aims to improve instruction in primary and 
secondary schools, colleges and universities.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/index.cfm

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/2006/release/default.html

Education Place - Links to textbook materials from several publishers are 
available here.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.jsp?state=tx&go.x=29&go.y=23

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National School Safety Center - serves as an advocate for safe, secure and 
peaceful schools worldwide and as a catalyst for the prevention of school 
crime and violence.
http://www.schoolsafety.us/

Digital Book Index - "provides links to more than 138,000 title records from 
more than 1800 commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and 
various private sites. About 98,000 of these books, texts, and documents are 
available free..."
http://digitalbookindex.com

Steps to a Healthier You - Hosted by the United States Department of 
Agriculture. This web site provides information about the food pyramid, 
dietary guidelines and resources for kids and professionals.
http://pyramid.gov/

A Sample of Online Interviews Buried in the NRP, MPR, and BBC archives - a 
great source of education-related interviews.
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/npr-interview-list.html

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