LM_NET FAQ 1  (Frequently Asked Questions)
Last updated September 22, 2002
LMNETWD.gif (3587 bytes)   Answers to questions that are frequently asked by LM_NET members.

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Contents:
 1. Bibliographic citations for electronic resources
2. Websites with lesson plans
3. Online Library Lesson Plans & Resources
4. Authors and Illustrators
5. Locating Books in a Series
6. Out-of-print book sources
7. Urban legends and False Virus alerts
8. Choosing the best search engine
9. Quotes about reading
10. Sources for keypals or penpals
11. Listservs for educators and others
12. Copyright Information
13. Plagiarism
14. Evaluating Web Sites
15. Politics and Voting Records
16. *Reading and Reading Improvement
17. Copyright and Message Posting Reminder
16. Dealing with e-mail address changes when you know ahead that yours will be changing

Contents

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     ******    1. Bibliographic citations for electronic resources      ******
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NoodleBib
http://www.esc20.net/techserv/workshops/citation/
http://www.nashville.k12.tn.us/TIPSmanual/DocumentationFormat.html
For a more complete discussion of parenthetical and in-text citations, see The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
The OSLIS (Oregon School Library Information System) site has a good tutorial page for citing works at
http://www.open.k12.or.us/oslis/tutorials/cited/index.html
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html    APA Style

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      *****   2. Lesson plan sites  ******
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 Social Studies Lesson Plans from California State University
AskERIC Lesson Plans 
Blue Web'n 
TeacherLink - Teacher Resources - Units and Lesson Plans
Teachers Helping Teachers 
Language Arts Lesson Plans
Teacher Talk Forum - Lesson Plans
Teacher Net 
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators 

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    ******      3. Online Library Lesson Plans & Resources       ******
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 http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us   (then go to Instructional Resource Library)
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/
http://www.uq.net.au/~zzredlib/
http://www.ala.org/aasl/learning/ 
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/index.html
http://www.eduref.org/plweb-cgi/fastweb?searchform+listservs

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     *****  4.    Authors and Illustrators   *****
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 MEET AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS: http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm
  CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE ARTS:
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm
INDEX TO CHILDREN'S AUTHORS (a hyperlink from above, but no Lang.Arts info):
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE WEB GUIDE:
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

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     ******* 5.   Locating Books in a Series and by Grade Level   *******
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 Monroe County Children's Department
KidsClick
ALA's Notable Books
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        *****    6. out-of-print book sources   *****
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 http://www.bibliofind.com 
http://www.abebooks.com/
http://abaa.org/
http://www.trussel.com/f_books.htm
http://www.alibris.com/ 
http://www.powells.com
If a book is out of stock or out of print the Authors Guild's new on-line bookstore has the technology to reprint it on demand with 7500 participating authors.

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       *****      7. Urban legends and False Virus alerts      *****
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 Alt.Folklore.Urban Legneds Archive
The Mining Company Urban Legends & Folklore
Computer Virus Myths Homepage
F-Secure virus-info/Page
Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
 Symantec's Anti-Virus Hoax Pages

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       *****        8. Choosing the best search engine        *****
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http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick
http://www.monash.com/spidap.html
http://www.ajkids.com/
http://www.yahooligans.com/

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          *****    9. Quotes About Reading     *****
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 Diane Mentzer has collected library and reading quotes which might be used on bulletin boards and posted them on the Instructional Resource Library for her district. The address is: http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us/mainfold/supportse/reslib/quotes.htm

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           ******    10. Sources for keypals/penpals     *******
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 http://www.ks-connection.org/
http://www.epals.com/index.html
http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/
(for teachers and adults)
http://www.kidscom.com/   (lots of safety features for home)
Exchange Programs for Gifted http://www.eskimo.com/~user/zpenpal.html

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******  11. Listservs for educators and others  ******
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 The Independent Schools Section of AASL also has an active listserv.  You must be an ALA member to subscribe. To sign on, send e-mail to LISTPROC@ALA.ORG  with the following message:  subscribe ISS FirstName LastName ALAPersonalMember#
A discussion group for independent school educators called ISED-L can be accessed at: ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu
To subscribe send a message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the body of the message, type: subscribe ISED-L YourFirstName YourLastName
E-Mail Discussion Lists and Electronic Journals through EDWEB.
Tile.Net. is a directory that allows you to locate listservs by subject or name and provides you with current subscription information. http://tile.net/listserv 
A good list of lists available on the web or gopher...usually known as the Kovacs list, (real name is the Directory of Scholarly & Professional E-Conferences). 
For all those searching for new listservs to join-You can do a search on AltaVista using "listservs" as keyword:  Many of the pages below give links to various mailing lists including some for reading.  There are also Music Lists available.
Educational Mailing Lists for Teachers
http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/resources/listserv.html
Listservs and Newsgroups
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/comatt/nwsgrps.html
FLIP-IT listserv for people to share ideas on implementing FLIP-IT strategies by Alice H. Yucht can be found at http://www.delphi.com/flipit
K12 Admin list:  K-12 educators discuss educational administration on a very active list with many messages a day, according to Brigid Heckman.
Send email to listserv@listserv.syr.edu <mailto:listserv@listserv.syr.edu>
In the message body, type:  subscribe k12admin yourname.

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       ******     12. Copyright Information        ******
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 Groton Public Schools Copyright Implementation Manual Online
Harvard Law School's Site
Multimedia Information
"Keeping it Legal" by FNO
Copyright Information Site
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Primer on the Digital Millennium: What the it Means for the Library
Digital Copyright Website
http://www.benedict.com/digital/digital.htm
http://www.james-boyle.com/
http://www.plagiarism.org
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/IT/wwwdev/fullcopyright.html
This link takes you to the Bellingham Public School district's copyright policy (which CAN be printed and copied).  It was drafted by a copyright attorney and is used in that district's teachers' manuals.
Iowa's Northern Trails Area Education Agency gives very explicit and detailed information about copyright law, what is and is not acceptable copying activities, and links to other sites with excellent copyright information.

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           ******      13. Plagiarism        ******
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 http://www.canexus.com/eve
http://www.plagiarism.org 
Glatt Plagiarism Program (for sale)
http://www.plagiarism.com/ 

Another tip for finding plagiarized phrases in term papers:  Go to HOTBOT (http://www.hotbot.com ) and use their 'all the words' search capability and put in a fairly unique phrase.

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******        14.   Evaluating Web Sites     *****
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 http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html#web
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria.html
http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/library/evaluate.htm
Kathi L. Vanderbilt recently organized many evaluation sites on her web site:
http://www.mindspring.com/~klv/eval.html

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     ******     15. Politics and Voting Records          ******
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 Vote-Smart: A Voter's Self-Defense System 
For voting records of individual congressional members

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       *****     16. Reading and Reading Improvement    *****
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The International Reading Association has a fine site rich with research related to reading programs.

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      ****   17.   Copyright and Message Posting Reminder      ****
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****   18.  Dealing with e-mail address changes when you know ahead that yours will be changing    ****
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