Maine West High School Library Resource Center

1755 South Wolf Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018  847.827.6176

A National School Library Media Program of the Year

Librarians: Mrs. G. Haan and Mrs. L. Ryan

LRC Home Faculty and Staff Resources Maine West

Faculty Research Pathfinder

District 207 Web Site Illinois Learning Standards Illinois State Board of Education Maine 207 Staff Resources Professional Web Sites for Educators: standards & professional organizations

To access from home get IDs and Passwords from LRC or Faculty/Staff shared folder.

Full Text access FAST

Need lead time to acquire. May have associated costs. SLOWER

Article First -; (some items)

Access through FIRST SEARCH See below

Index of journal articles in:

• Business
• Humanities
• Science
• Social science
• Medicine
• Technology
• Popular culture

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Books in Maine 207 LRCs West books ; East & South books

Access through Online Catalog

District Media Library

Access to in-district DVDs and videos

ERIC (if full text) (other formats)

Access through EBSCO or FIRST SEARCH; get Authorization and Password from LRC or Faculty/Staff shared folder.

Full text, citations and/or abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals

• More than 2,200 digests
• References for additional information

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FIRST SEARCH get Authorization and Password from LRC or Faculty/Staff shared folder.

Databases availablehttp://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/databases/databaselist.htm

Tutorial: Using FIRST SEARCH to Find Scholarly Journal Articles

LRC Web Page most items

Access to information in all subject areas:

• Encyclopedias
• Magazines, journals
• Newspapers
• Pathfinders – mini libraries of print and non-print items custom designed for specific projects
• Reference books
• Web Sites

Professional Development Collection

Access through EBSCO

· Specialized collection of more than 550 education journals.

· 200 educational reports.

· Professional Development Collection is a comprehensive collection of full text education journals.

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Professional Web Sites for Educators or varies

• National standards
• Links to professional organizations in all departments
• Most include links to best practices, lesson plans, assessment.

Search Engines – MEGA SITE

http://www.bellcow.com

United Streaming Video Get IDs and passwords from S drive.

Wilson Select Plus

Access through FIRST SEARCH; get Authorization and Password from LRC or Faculty/Staff shared folder.

Articles in:

• Science
• Education
• Humanities
• Business

World Cat

Access through FIRST SEARCH; get Authorization and Password from LRC or Faculty/Staff shared folder.

• Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide

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LRC Home Faculty and Staff Resources Maine West

Updated by G. Haan, Lead Librarian, October 12, 2006