Halifax Elementary School
Silver Lake email Link
http://mail.slrsd.org/exchange
Teacher Resources
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Gateways to Educational Materials offers thousands of high-quality education resources and curriculum units and is sponsored by the NEA. Massachusetts Department
of Education News plus information on resources, educational
technology, certification, and programs. The Educational Resource Information Center is a federally funded resource which provides librarians, teachers, counselors, administrators and parents with education information. From the Winsor School of Boston, MA, this site clearly outlines format for bibliographic citation of information sources, both print and non-print. The Rubrics site lets you create rubrics for assessment of many skills. Graphic Organizers displays examples and explanations of many types of graphic organizers for many different teaching strategies. This is the home of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and outlines the criteria established. The ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library is ERIC's (Educational Resources Information Center's) site of best full text books, reports, journals, etc. which address educational measurement, evaluation, and learning theory. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a list of sites organized in categories by subject and audience (such as teachers, students, etc.) Classroom Connect is an excellent resource of information for teachers regarding instruction and professional development. Home site of the "Big 6" research strategy, a basic organizational plan for students and educators in the development and implementation of research strategy. Visit Sites Alive and you and your students can communicate with other students while they complete field studies around the world. You will also find exciting lessons to complement the field studies. |
Magazines/Indexes/Databases |
Online Databases Provided by SEMLS (Southeastern Massachusetts Library System) and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) to Member Libraries.
(For Home Access, click here.)
DIALOG @CARLIn-library access to the Basic Collection of 148 full-text newspapers, including the Boston Globe and Herald, plus a number of directories and other reference sources.
DIALOG @CARL In-library access to the Boston Globe full text from 1980. Funded by MBLC.
EBSCO HOST In-library access to: Books in Print with Reviews, Books Out of Print, Hoover's Company Capsules, and Hoover's Company Profiles. Funded by SEMLS.
ELECTRIC LIBRARY In-library access to a selected database of articles from more than 150 full-text newspapers and magazines, classic books, major works of literature and art, maps, and photographs. Funded by SEMLS.
Infotrac (formerly Searchbank) Databases in Member Libraries including: Contemporary Authors; Contemporary Literary Criticism Select; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; General Reference Center; Health Reference Center Academic; Predicasts PROMT. Funded by MBLC and SEMLS.
SIRS In-library access to SIRS Knowledge Source (Researcher) - thousands of full-text articles, documents and graphics on a wide range of topics and SIRS Discoverer on the Web - research database for younger readers. Funded by SEMLS.
ArchivesUSA funded
by MBLC.
A directory of 4800 manuscript repositories in the U.S.
Special Collections Database on MLIN - a database of over 600 archives and manuscript collections in Massachusetts.
Source: Southeastern Massachusetts Library System - SEMLS
OCLN Public Library Network Catalog - includes Plymouth and Kingston.
SAILS Public Library Network Catalog - includes Plympton and Halifax. You will need to get a PIN number from Holmes Public Library to search this catalog.
Index to National Geographic Publications, click here
Thank you to Debby Dallaire of Kingston
Intermediate School and Vicki Wright of Dennett Elementary School
for their help in compiling resources.