Title

• ERIC
  Education literature and resources from the Education Resource Information Center.
• Professional Development Collection
  Collection of 520 education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles and 200 educational reports.
• Teacher Reference Center
  Abstracts for approximately 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.

General Resources

Lower Hudson Regional Information Center (LHRIC)
Links to educational Web sites of both regional and national interest. Byram Hills teachers and staff may log in for more resources through the members-only portal area.

Educator's Reference Desk
http://ericir.syr.edu/
From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, Educator's Reference Desk brings teachers resources they can depend on including lesson plans, links to online education information, and a Q/A archive.

N.Y. State Education Dept.
http://www.nysed.gov
The obvious place to go for information about New York education : topics include learning standards, revised graduation requirements, the new state assessment system, curriculum resource guides, employment opportunities, and teacher certification as well as links to other relevant sites.

U. S. Dept of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
A wealth of information is provided at this site including programs, services, initiatives, grant guidelines, and links to affiliated sites and services.

Lesson Plans & Resources

Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library 
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ 
Blue Web'n is a searchable database of Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). Blue Web'n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites, but only the most useful sites -- especially online activities targeted at learners.

New York Times Lesson Plan Site
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
A 3-12 learning site co-sponsored by the New York Times and Bank Street College. Daily lessons plans, listing the relevant state and national standards are featured.

Thinkfinity Lesson Plan & Resource Search Engine 
http://thinkfinity.org/PartnerSearch.aspx?orgn_id=9
A great way to discover educational resources by simultaneously searching International Reading Association's ReadWriteThink lesson plan site as well as content from NCTE and the Verizon Foundation.

Video Resources

Awesome Stories
http://www.awesomestories.com/videos
A new, fully searchable image and video database of primary source materials freely available on the Web.

CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
A new 10-minute news segment about current events produced just for middle- and high-school students. Downloadable maps and other tie-ins to the news segment are available on the site.

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://school.eb.com/
Short video clips are easily accessible from the "Images and Media" link from the article found relevant to your topic.

The Futures Channel
http://thefutureschannel.com/
Short educational videos produced by professionals, primarily in the science, math, and technology fields, but also the arts and music. Connects learning topics to professionals in the "real world."

PowerMedia Plus / Thirteen EdOnline
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/edvideo/index.html
Contains rich curricular video resources from many PBS programs. Registration is simple using the school lookup feature.

United Video Streaming / Discovery Education
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
A vast collection of full-length videos and short clips across all subject areas. Ask the librarian or the technology department for registration information.

World Digital Library
http://www.wdl.org/en/
Small but growing Web site put together by the UN and the Library of Congress. An appealingly designed and organized collection of primary source documents from cultures around the world.

*Contact H.C. Crittenden Middle School's Library Media Specialist with any Questions or Comments