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Comprehensive Resources for New Mexico Libraries and Educational Projects

This guide provides essential resources for New Mexico educators and librarians, featuring access to paid subscriptions through the state, including Newsbank and Gale databases. Discover key digital archives like the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, and historical mappings of New Mexico. Explore primary sources, including the Library of Congress and National Archives, plus professional resources for librarians. Engage with fun educational sites and advocacy for school libraries to become a center for specialty events and projects.

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Comprehensive Resources for New Mexico Libraries and Educational Projects

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  1. Internet Databases & Sites Heather Dahl

  2. Paid Subscriptions through the State Newsbankhttp://infoweb.newsbank.com/ Username/password: nmstatelib Gale Databases (magazines, news, books, journals) http://access.gale.com/nm/db_k12.html (password “cactus” should work) or register your school at http://access.gale.com/nm/index.html Temporary EHS site http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nm_s_eldoradohs (“heather”)

  3. Misc. Searchable Databases • Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/ • Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (with audio pronunciation) http://www.merriam-webster.com • Ball State Digital Repository http://libx.bsu.edu

  4. New Mexico Suggestions Atlas of Historical New Mexico Maps http://atlas.nmhum.org New Mexico Digital Collection (UNM) http://econtent.unm.edu New Mexico State Historian Website http://www.newmexicohistory.org

  5. Primary Sources • Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov) • Go to “Digital Collections” and look at one database at a time. • Great starters: Historic Newspapers and American History & Culture. • National Archives (http://www.archives.gov/research/arc) • Go to the ARC and search for documents • http://docsteach.org is a new teacher wiki-type page to share lesson plans using primary sources, but also can search by content.

  6. Constitution Day! Bill of Rights Institute www.billofrightsinstitute.org Constitution Museum in Philadelphia **how can you become a center of the school for specialty events and projects? **

  7. Professional Sites • Librarians Index to the Internet http://www.ipl.org/ • Educator’s Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/index.shtml • California Department of Education- School Libraries Site http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lib/ • ALA Writings about libraries http://ala.org/ala/professionalresources/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet19.cfm

  8. Just for Fun! (remember the fun) • Reading Rants http://www.readingrants.org • Read Alikes Wiki http://atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.com/Read+Alikes • Hunger Games – games and book trailers http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/about-the-book.htm • Going Bovine Official Website http://www.goingbovine.com

  9. Advocacy and PLN’s • ALA Library Studies, Issues, and Trends http://ala.org/ala/professionalresources/publications/studiestrends/index.cfm • Advocacy for School Libraries (ASL-SIG) http://aslsignm.edublogs.org

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