Author: Dorothy Frechette

September 2008

What's in a name? Library media specialists are also teachers. As teacher librarians we teach the information process, understand the uses of technology, select and use a wide variety of materials, and work in partnership with classroom teachers using books, information and technology.

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back ... Say it three times, because there are three new resources for you to work with this year. World Book/Discover, Tutor.com and EBSCO online databases are available statewide to everyone through a cooperative effort of the Office of Library and Information Services, the Statewide Reference Resource Center at the Providence Public Library, Ocean State Libraries, the Higher Education Library Network, and RILINK, along with added
funding from the Rhode Island Foundation.

Find all three at www.askri.org — no user name or password needed to use these resources
from school or from home. Try them out, and recommend them to your students and their parents.

World Book Discover offers engaging reference resources for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties.

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The school library media center - where information is available in a wide variety of formats, both print and electronic; where materials and activities are coordinated with classroom assignments; and where students learn information skills that will prepare them to live and work in the 21st century.

Includes text-to-speech !

Connect in real-time to a live tutor in an online classroom to work one-to-one on homework, studying, test prep—whatever you need help with. No software downloads or special equipment needed.

Help is literally minutes away...

... available from 2:00 to 10:00 pm, 7 days a week.

Find all three at www.askri.org — no user name or password needed to use these resources from school or from home. Please make sure to try them out, recommend them to your students and
their parents, and continue to use them all year.

RILINK is a cooperative effort by Rhode Island school libraries to share their resources through an interactive, web-based catalog of library materials. RILINK serves over 34% of Rhode Island public school students, providing access to more than 1 million books and other materials in member libraries.

Teacher Librarian is published by the
Rhode Island Library Information Network for Kids

If your library has WebPath Express, you can start by going to the catalog tab on your library’s web site in RICAT at www.ricat.net or clicking on the link to your library on your school or district web site. Then choose WebPath Express in the left-hand column.

Enter your topic on the search , followed by the word “teaching”.

Online databases from Age and grade-level resources ! Find full text magazine articles, plus biographies and historical essays. Read essential documents in American history. Consult reference books, including the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and American Heritage® Dictionary, the Encyclopedia of Animals, and Our States reference book series. Search by TOPIC to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints. Get the scoop with newspaper articles from national, international and regional newspapers, plus television and radio news. Visually and physically impaired users can take advantage of EBSCO features that exceed Web accessibility standards by improving page orientation and navigation. Something for everyone !