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ASD A-V Collection The Anchorage School District's collection of videos, DVDs, and other audio and visual materials. Search the database easily, anonymously, and any time. To order, you need to register name, school, etc. Client number is last six digits of SSN; initial password is school phone number, then you'll have to change it. To order, you need a show date at least 7 days ahead (call 742-6000 if needed earlier). In catalog, click on pick for an item; it will show up on order form. Then fiddle with dates using data wells--a pop-up calendar is available. To cancel, go into Options.

Blue Web’n An online library of recommendable Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). Valuable for teachers, students, librarians.

National History Day With Dimond 9th graders participating in this year-long history program and competition, this web site is a must.

Battle of the Books The Alaska Association of School Librarians sponsors and coordinates the Battle of the Books annual competition. The web site includes lists, rules, handbook, dates. With Dimond 9th graders participating in BOB through their English classes, this web site is useful support.

Internet Public Library A useful source of good educational links for teachers and students from the U of Michigan School of Information.

Digital Librarian A librarian’s choice of the best of the web. Includes a massive collection of categorized links.

Librarian’s Favorites A hodge-podge listing of one librarian’s favorite links.

ALA’s Great Web Sites for Kids American Library Association’s recommendations.

Needle in a Cyberstack – the InfoFinder This privately owned and run site is aimed at teachers and students. Has numerous categories of sites often not duplicated in other collective sites.

Educator’s Reference Desk Has lesson plans, resource guides, links to other teacher support sites. Includes most of the resources which used to be found in AskERIC and ERIC/IT, sites which are no longer functional.

ERIC—Educational Resources Information Center A government site with a huge database of professional journals and other resources related to education.

Filimentality This teacher tool helps a user set up a web net related to a topic, create activities, and devise lessons.

The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) A consortium site leading to thousands of educational resources—federal, state, university, nonprofit, commercial—from all over the Internet.

Hubble Site Hubble space telescope site with photo gallery, news, sci tech, discoveries, and fun & games. Teacher stuff in Amazing Space link.

Alaska Studies—Teacher’s Toolbox Useful links for anyone teaching Alaska units or courses.

Cool Books for Tough Guys Though ten-plus years old, this list and accompanying article are still valuable for ideas about books to read and for librarians and teachers to select.

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 National Science Teachers Assn. These annual lists are a fine guide to good science stuff to read. Helpful for kids, parents, teachers, librarians.

Notable Trade Books for Young People National Council for Social Studies creates annual lists of good reading in social studies. Helpful for kids, parents, teachers, librarians.

Bookspot Lists, connections, awards, discussions, and trivia of all sorts related to books and reading.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet A Shakespeare course all by itself. Connections to loads of other Shakespeare sites.

Teachers Hub Includes connections to lesson plans, references, teaching guides, resources, particularly in core areas.

Foundation for Teaching Economics The FTE aims at correlating state standards and economics teaching. Lesson plans, ideas, opportunities.

Foundation for Economic Education The FEE is a research organization promoting individual freedom, private property, limited government, free trade. The group sponsors many seminars and publishes a journal, The Freeman.