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LIBRARY OF PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
 Purpose  Information Literacy & Concepts
 School Law  Intellectual Freedom
 School Library Standards  Texas Library Association
 Region IV Resources  Lesson Plans
 Library Skills Tutorial  Professional Development
 Google Scholar  Standard Tests Practice Reviews
 Copyright  Texas State Library
 Public Library  Bibliographic Format
 FISD Libraries and Resources  

Purpose: To provide access to information and resources that are relevant to teachers' and administrators' educational and professional development needs.

Information Literacy Concept Grid: Developing literacy includes learning to navigate the huge amount of information available to us today in electronic as well as print form. Students must learn to discriminate in choosing authoritative, accurate, current and relevant resources. They are encouraged to become sophisticated readers, as well. FISD librarians select the best resources possible, based on particular curriculum needs and essential skill requirements. Teachers, administrators, staff and parents are encouraged to use the libraries often for their own professional needs, and to be aware of the constantly changing look of the research process.
The Independent Investigation Method (IIM)
Big Six Research Skills

Copyright Information: Copyright law becomes more complicated as more new technologies that deliver information are developed. The law becomes particularly confusing when educators attempt to apply "Fair Use" policy. Here is an excellent link from Dr. Carol Simpson for educators: K-12 Copyright Guide for Schools
The U.S. Government's Copyright Site

Fair Use Harbor

School Law Information

Intellectual Freedom: A statement concerning censorship on the American Library Association Website

Texas State Library & Archives Commission

Texas State School Library Standards
TEKS Connections

Texas Library Association

Friendswood Public Library
If you are a FPL card-holder, you are allowed remote access to the library's TexShare databases. Many of these databases contain full text professional journals and other educator resources, such as ERIC. Have your library card ready.

Region IV Educational Service Center Media Catalog (Instructional resources on loan):
Digital Curriculum (streaming instructional videos available for download to Region IV ESC members) :
Your login name is first initial, last name, fisd (ex. jdoefisd) and your password is fisd001. Videos may be downloaded to a disk, or included on a power point presentation, but must be erased after one year.

Online Lesson Plans:
Region IV lesson plans

Education World
Arts Edge lesson plans

MLA Bibliographic Format
and
Bibliographic Format/ Citation Guides for APA & MLA

Library Skills Tutorial at the University of Texas Libraries (incoming students to many universities must take this type of tutorial and pass a test before they begin classes)

Professional Development & Distance Learning:
Region IV Educational Service Center:
Region IV ESC Course Catalog (register online for continuing education courses):

FISD School Libraries and Professional Online Resources:
The educational resources database ERIC

Two subscription online databases are available to the entire district: Facts on File, which includes a Curriculum Resource Center; and Grolier, which includes teacher resource pages. Remote access to these databases is available to FISD staff, students and parents using passwords. Please visit or e-mail the librarians for password information. License agreements prevent the posting of subscription access information online. Other subscription sites for professional journals and databases are available from individual libraries, especially the FHS library This library also subscribes to a plagiarism detection service called turnitin.com, which may be used by any high school teacher. Please link to the libraries' web pages for more information. All pages except the FHS & FJHS libraries include current AR (Accelerated Reader) titles. Reference - TexShare Databases - EbscoHost Research - a variety of research databases in all disciplines

 

Cline (Accelerated Reader Page):
Westwood
Windsong
Bales

Friendswood Junior High
FHS

Google Scholar: Google's search engine specifically for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles, dissertations and the like.

Standardized Tests Practice:
Testing and Education Reference Center: those preparing to take any kind of standardized test such as the GRE or other graduate, or undergraduate standard tests, may use the High School's Test Prep database which has practice tests of all kinds. Go to the Galegroup databases, and scroll down to the Testing and Education Reference Center. Ask the High School librarian for passwords.

Reviews of the Literature: Faculty and administrators are encouraged to read from the professional databases and other resources, and write reviews for colleagues. Please be sure to cite the source of the article or book. Reviews may be submitted to the webmaster for inclusion on the review page.

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