Internet Sources for Professional Materials
                            [Where to Get What You Need When You Need It]

• L= Lesson Plans

• R=source for reviews, evaluations

• S- Source/Distributor for books, DVDs

• T= predominantly technology
           (Computers, Equipment, Software)

• WWW- web resources exclusively

• American Association of School Librarians: Resource Guide for School Library Media Programs: Intellectual Freedom
• American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom
• Banned Books Week
• ALA Workbook for writing selection policies
• Freedom to Read Foundation
• American Civil Liberties Union
• ACLU Free Speech Statements

Advocacy

• Letter of Support from Christie Pearson Brandau, Former State Librarian (pdf)
• The Impact of Michigan School Librarians on Academic Achievement: Kids who have Libraries Succeed (Full Report of the MI Study) (pdf)
• MI Study Tri-Fold PR Pamphlet (pdf)
• Presentation of MI Study highlights by Library Research Service Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt)
• School Libraries Work! (A Research Foundation Paper by Scholastic Library Publishing) (pdf)
• MAME's Talking Points for a presentation on the MI Study (pdf)
• School Library Impact Studies - Library Research Service

Michigan Authors and Illustrators

Michigan Authors and Illustrators (MIAI) is a database of information on authors and illustrators born in Michigan, who live in Michigan, or who have written books about or set in Michigan. Each entry includes biographical information, lists of works by the person and lists of works about the person. The database is a collaboration of the Michigan Association of Media in Education (MAME), the Library of Michigan (LM) and the Michigan Center for the Book (MCFB).

MIAI Database Questionnaire (pdf)

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PRODUCTS to CONSIDER:

·         Online testing

·         www.interwritelearning.com

·         surveymonkey

·         WebLinks

·         Reading comprehension testing

·         Visual Thesaurus $665.00 for North Middle School

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Free Web Tutorials

• The Golden Rules of Intellectual Property → (from the Rackham Graduate School)
• LearnATest through the Michigan eLibrary → (includes graduate school preparation exams, such as the GRE, LSAT, MCAT, math and algebra reviews, and college success lessons)
• Tutorials from Webreference.com → (Dynamic HTML, CSS, Frames, Tables, Forms, Client-side Scripting, HTTP, and more)
• How-to-Library from WebMonkey → (HTML, XML, Graphics, Authoring software, mySQL, Javascript, asp, php, ColdFusion, Perl, CGI, and more)
• Unix and Linux →
• XML →
• Java →

Microsoft

• Access →
• Excel →
• Front Page →
• PowerPoint →

Macromedia

• Dreamweaver →
• Flash →
• Fireworks →
• Shockwave/Flash →
• Other Macromedia Software →

Adobe

• Photoshop →

Students in some SI courses may also find the following helpful:

• Algebrahelp.com → (features modular lessons and calculators)
• Algebra Review in Ten Lessons →