Internet Databases & Sites
Heather Dahl
Paid Subscriptions through the State
Newsbank http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
Username/password: nmstatelib
Gale Databases (magazines, news, books, journals)
http://access.gale.com/nm/db_k12.html (password
“cactus” should work) or register your school at
http://access.gale.com/nm/index.html
Temporary EHS site
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nm_s_eldor
adohs (“heather”)
Misc. Searchable Databases
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (with
audio pronunciation) http://www.merriamwebster.com
• Ball State Digital Repository
http://libx.bsu.edu
New Mexico Suggestions
Atlas of Historical New Mexico Maps
http://atlas.nmhum.org
New Mexico Digital Collection (UNM)
http://econtent.unm.edu
New Mexico State Historian Website
http://www.newmexicohistory.org
Primary Sources
• Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov)
– Go to “Digital Collections” and look at one
database at a time.
– Great starters: Historic Newspapers and American
History & Culture.
• National Archives
(http://www.archives.gov/research/arc)
– Go to the ARC and search for documents
– http://docsteach.org is a new teacher wiki-type
page to share lesson plans using primary sources,
but also can search by content.
Constitution Day!
Bill of Rights Institute
www.billofrightsinstitute.org
Constitution Museum in Philadelphia
**how can you become a center of the school
for specialty events and projects? **
Professional Sites
• Librarians Index to the Internet
http://www.ipl.org/
• Educator’s Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/index.shtml
• California Department of Education- School
Libraries Site http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lib/
• ALA Writings about libraries
http://ala.org/ala/professionalresources/libfacts
heets/alalibraryfactsheet19.cfm
Just for Fun! (remember the fun)
• Reading Rants http://www.readingrants.org
• Read Alikes Wiki http://atn-readinglists.wikispaces.com/Read+Alikes
• Hunger Games – games and book trailers
http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/
about-the-book.htm
• Going Bovine Official Website
http://www.goingbovine.com
Advocacy and PLN’s
• ALA Library Studies, Issues, and Trends
http://ala.org/ala/professionalresources/publica
tions/studiestrends/index.cfm
• Advocacy for School Libraries (ASL-SIG)
http://aslsignm.edublogs.org