| LIBRARY
OF PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES |
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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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