In the days before computer access to information was widely available, librarians created annotated bibliographies of research resources for student use. Today virtually all libraries and most college students have access to an enormous amount of information via the Internet. This has not changed (and perhaps has increased) the need for resource lists. The difference is that these once in-house publications can often be found on the web pages of the libraries. With such wide access to these lists, librarians are not only helping the students in their own institutions but also other librarians and students around the world. Below are seven such libraries whose lists can be obtained via the Internet. These sites were posted on the EBSS list in response to a question regarding education libraries/curriculum materials centers with sites on the Internet.
University of Maine, Folger Library, Learning Materials Center.
An annotated guide to web sites with K-12 lesson plans. Sites are
organized by general interest and subjects.
http://libinfo.ume.maine.edu/LMC/currguid.htm.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Education, Instructional
Materials Center.
An annotated list of web sites including K-12 education by subject,
directories of educational and higher educational resources, grant
resources, special education, and testing resources. Also included is the
virtual education reference desk which has annotated links to web sites.
Of special interest is the link to the Educational Software Institute.
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/imc/
Utah State University, College of Education, Educational Resources and
Technology Center.
This web site includes its own mini search engine geared to topics in
education. Of special interest is its link to a model school site listed
under "School of the Future."
http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Educational and Social Science
Library.
Information on the curriculum collection including bibliographies related
to curriculum and children's literature. Site also includes some links to
education web sites.
http://www.grainger.uiuc.edu/edx/currcoll.htm
Going up one step one can also connect to other speciality areas such as
Sociology, Psychology, and Anthropology.
http://www.grainger.uiuc.edu/edx
University of Delaware, College of Education, Education Resource Center.
Guide to the center's collection including available media items, list of
periodicals, and a list of the titles in the test collection.
http://www.udel.edu/educ/erc/ercmiss.html
Gonzaga University, Foley Center Library, Curriculum Center.
Annotated guide to education sites on the web including sites particular
to the state of Washington. Of special interest is the link to the Shadle
Park High School, Kyoto Project.
http://www.gonzaga.edu/foley/curric.html
Going up one step to the Foley Center Library home page, one will find
links to other sites related to the social sciences.
http://www.gonzaga.edu/foley
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Atkins Library, Curriculum and
Instructional Materials Center.
This site includes links to educational sites on the web arranged by
subject.
http://library.uncc.edu/lis/library/collections/cimc
Going up one step to other collections will lead one to links to
government documents (not all education) and to the North Carolina NASA
Regional Teacher Resource Center.
http://library.uncc.edu/lis/library/collections
These are just seven curriculum materials centers with organized links to
resources on the web. For other links, check the EBSS home page:
http://library.uncc.edu/lis/ebss