Libraries

After you visit your local library to celebrate National Library Week, log on and explore library resources around the World Wide Web. Many libraries now provide online access to their catalogs and databases, as well as exhibits that are rich historical photo and text resources.

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National & International

WebJunction is a portal for public libraries and other organizations that provide open access to information. The site, created by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) provides online learning opportunities, technology buying guides, information on CIPA and many other topics.

The American Library Association (ALA) Web site features lots of information for librarians, including library calendars and events, employment opportunities, conference information, and more.

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Web site features information especially for school librarians.

@Your Library is the ALA's Web site for "The Campaign for America's Libraries," highlighting the value of libraries and librarians to our society. The site includes downloadable materials for National Library Week.

Order in the Library from the University of Texas is a library shelving game. Use it as practice for finding books, or for shelving books for student aids.

The Internet Public Library began as an experimental project to provide library services to the Internet community. It now has hundreds of pages of information and links, including lists of online magazines, newspapers, and texts. Other features include a reference section with organized links to useful Web sites, multimedia exhibits on subjects from lighthouses to rock bands, and special teen and youth sections with excellent reference links for students.

The Library of Congress Web site features some of the premier resources on the Web, such as American Memory, a treasure trove of digital multimedia resources on U.S. history and culture. Designed for younger students, America's Library features history, culture, and geography information.

The Presidential Libraries contain the papers, records, and other historical materials of U.S. presidents since Herbert Hoover. The Web sites provide a fascinating glimpse of the presidency by making a sample of these resources available online, such as the daily diaries of Jimmy Carter, the speeches of John F. Kennedy, the German diplomatic files of Franklin D. Roosevelt, or the student and teacher resources at the Harry S. Truman Library.

The National Archives and Records Administration Web site provides digital resources such as tools for genealogical research, the complete text of laws in the Federal Register, and online exhibits such as "The Charters of Freedom," Posters of World War II," and "When Nixon Met Elvis." Historic documents such as the Emancipation Proclamation, the Marshall Plan, or the Magna Carta can be viewed, and there is a special section on primary sources and activities for students.

The New York Public Library Digital Collection gives users access to some of the library's vast collections. Examples are a searchable collection of published works by 19th-century black women writers and 12,000 historic photographs from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

The British Library Web site features links to many online resources, including thousands of gallery images, journals, and millions of journal articles.

The Library of Congress Gateway to Library Catalogs provides access to LC's catalog and those at many other institutions.

The Berkeley Digital Library contains many online exhibits such as the "Jack London Collection," "Oral Histories," and the "Online Medieval and Classical Library."

The University of Arizona Library features Web exhibits on topics from War Relocation Authority camps in Arizona to southern Arizona folk arts to military aircraft nose art.

The Chicago Public Library Digital Collections provides exhibits, including "Chicago Renaissance: A Flowering of Afro-American Culture" and "Weapons of the Civil War."

The Denver Public Library Photography Collection documents the development of the American West. Users may search for photographs or browse exhibits about Native American women, historical aeronautics, famous Native Americans, and forts and battlefields of the West.

Smithsonian Institution Libraries offers links to all of the institution's branches and special collections.

University of Texas Perry-Castañeda Map Collection contains hundreds of digitized maps for online viewing.

Hypertexts from the University of Virginia features texts important to U.S. history and culture that have been transferred to digital format and sometimes hyperlinked to provide context or comment.

OnLion for Kids from the New York Public Library provides recommended reading lists, links, and other information for teachers, students and parents.

School Libraries on the Web is a directory of library Web sites compiled by a middle school librarian. See what other school libraries are doing, and add your site to the directory!

The Educator's Reference Desk is a discussion group for school library media specialists. It features searchable archives where questions about books and other media, technology, and curriculum have been answered by media specialists worldwide.

Dewey Browse is a set of Web sites classified by the Dewey Decimal classification system for grades K-12.

"Do We" Really Know Dewey? is a fun guide to the Dewey Decimal system developed by students in grades 5.

Do the Dewey! from the Middletown Thrall Library provides a brief introduction to the Dewey Decimal System, a short biography of Melville Dewey and an online quiz.

Direct Search is a compilation of links to search interfaces for resources that may not be accessible using general Web-search tools, which allows users to find resources on the "invisible Web."

The Big 6 provides news, information, lesson plans and more for the information age librarian. The site is from Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, who developed the Big6 information problem-solving model.

Wisconsin

Badgerlink provides access to information such as full-text magazine and newspaper articles through online databases for Wisconsin residents.

Wisconsin Library Websites and Directory provides links to Wisconsin libraries on the Web, many of which have online catalogs. Look for your local library here!

The Wisconsin South Central Library System Web site features the online catalog and other resources for Adams, Columbia, Dane, Green, Portage, Sauk, and Wood Counties.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Library provides access to the MadCat library catalog, as well as many other reference sources. The site also features a directory of text and multimedia exhibits on the Web.

The Wisconsin Educational Media Association home page provides material on information literacy, intellectual freedom, and the activities of this organization, including an annual conference for library media and technology professionals.

The Wisconsin Library Association provides information for Wisconsin librarians, including a calendar of events and career opportunities.


Created 10/2005
Last updated 6/29/2011