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• CAMEO (Carnegie Mellon)
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  • computer-assisted instruction
  • educational technology
  • internet in education
    
    
• Other Library Catalogs
  Carnegie Mellon members have borrowing priveleges at various local libraries. You can check out books at most University of Pittsburgh libraries by showing a current Carnegie Mellon ID. For other libraries, such as Duquesne University, get a form from the Hunt Library or E&S Library reference desk to take with you.
  
  
• WorldCat (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  This database contains bibliographic records for over 40 million items. Books not in the Carnegie Mellon Libraries can be requested from other libraries by using ILLiad or E-ZBorrow.

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Databases

• Education Index (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  This database contains bibliographic citations to about 400 English language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. It covers all areas and levels of education such as administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, etc.
  
  
  
• ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  ERIC contains bibliographic citations and abstracts to journal articles, research and technical reports, conference papers and proceedings, program descriptions, teaching guides, lesson plans, etc. It covers all areas and levels of education such as reading and communications skills, languages and linguistics, and tests & measurements. Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh has the full-text of these documents on microfiche. The ERIC database also can be searched via the Internet at http://www.eric.ed.gov/.
  
  
  
• ProQuest Direct (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  ProQuest covers a wide variety of topics and is a good database for interdisciplinary searching.
  
• Wilson Select Plus (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  The database contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles of 800+ periodicals covered in five periodical indexes: Readers Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts.
  

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'Must-See' Sites

Francine Cabreja's recent article, "Seven Must-See Sites," highlights the following web pages as good resources for teachers and students. The full-text of the article is available in the Wilson Select Plus database.

• Bigchalk
• Exploratorium.edu
• HomeworkSpot
• MathMastery.com
• Scholastic
• TeAch-nology
• The Learning Workshop, Inc.

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Curriculum and Lesson Plans

This list provides a few sample web sites for different curriculum areas. No attempt has been made to evaluate the quality of the information contained on these sites. Most materials on these pages are free.

• General
  • Educator's Reference Desk (Syracuse University)
  • CEC Lesson Plans (Columbia Education Center)
  • Curriculum: By Subject Area and Grade Level (Colorado Department of Education)
  • Index to Internet Lesson Plan Sites for K-12 Educators (James Madison University)
  • K12 Lessons & Web Sites (Los Angeles County Office of Education)
    
    
    
• Mathematics
  • The K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Center (Education Development Center, Inc.)
  • Math Forum (Drexel University)
  • Mathematics Curriculum Guide Grades K-12 (Wachusett Regional School District - Massachusetts)
  • The New Jersey Mathematics Curriculum Framework (New Jersey Mathematics Coalition)
    
    
• Reading
  • Awesome Library: Language Arts (Evaluation and Development Institute)
  • Detailed Curriculum Guides: Language Arts and Reading (Pocono Mountain School District - Pennsylvania)
  • Matching Reading Standards and Web-based Learning Environments (Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency - Iowa)
  • Sample Reading Curriculum Timeline: Preschool Through Eighth Grade (California Department. of Education)
    
    
• Science
  • Frank Potter's Science Gems
  • Science & Technology Curriculum: Lesson Plan by Grade K-12 (Plymouth Public Schools - Massachusetts)
  • Science (Blue Valley - Kansas)
    
    
• Social Studies
  • CyberSchoolBus - United Nations
    Contains lessons and activities on world topics as well as direct lessons on the U.N. for elementary age students.
  • Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers (Dr. Marty Levine - California State University, Northridge)
  • Social Studies (Kent School District - Washington)
  • Social Studies Curriculum Links (Montgomery County Public Schools - Maryland)
    
    
• Writing
  • District Writing Plan and Curriculum Map (Santa Rosa - Florida)
  • K-12 English Language Arts Curriculum Framework (New Hampshire Department of Education)
  • Ridgewood Public Schools K-12 Writing Curriculum (New Jersey)

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Web Authoring Tools

Various products and instructional aids are available to assist in the creation of web pages.

• Web Development Products
  
  • Dreamweaver MX (Macromedia)
    The company currently offers a trial version you can download for free.
  • FrontPage 2002 (Microsoft)
    Offers a free 30 day trial.
    
    
• Learning HTML
  • HTML Code Tutorial (Idocs, Inc.)
    Free reference guide for help with HTML tags.
  • HTML for Beginners (Builder.com)

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This page was developed by librarian Paul Neuhaus, and last updated by him in January 2003.