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HOLD IT!!!
DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT??? Visit the RESEARCH PLANNER at UM Mansfield
Library. Some information is specific to UM but this is still a great
site for time lines and tips on research projects.
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CARSON LIBRARY RESOURCES
Go to Carson Library Web Site to
access our online resources:
http://my.umwestern.edu/library
Carson Library and Swysgood Technology Center
can provide you with print and electronic resources, audiovisual
equipment, multimedia tools, and support for K-16 educators from
instructional technologists and librarians. Carson Library is also Montana's NASA Educational Resource Center.
FIND BOOKS, VIDEOS, AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS
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The UM system libraries offer a wealth of
education related resources, including current books, journals,
newspapers, videos, software, curriculum materials, research
reports, art prints, music, audiobooks, and more. To locate
library resources:
· Go to the library web site
and click on Library Catalog
· No username or password
necessary.
· Search for books, videos, or
other materials in the UM system libraries.
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FIND ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, OR
DOCUMENTS
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Go to the library web site and click on "Find an article
from a database."
You may enter and scroll down the A-Z list of all library
databases, or select the subject "Education."
When you click on any one of the databases, you will be asked to
enter a username and password.
These are the same username and password that you use for
entering the campus network (first initial_last name, social or
other campus i.d. number).
IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAMPUS NETWORK
ACCESS, notify your instructor and call the Registrar's
Office, (406)683-7371.
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Selected library databases related to Education:
· ERIC on FirstSearch gives
full-text of selected ERIC documents and citations to education
journal articles.
· Wilson Web provides
full-text journal articles in Education. Select
"Education" as Subject Area to search.
· JSTOR provides
historical information from older journals on education and related
topics.
· New York Times Online is
the nation's leading newspaper. Retrieve full-text articles from
current and historical papers.
· PapersFirst provides
worldwide conference papers on FirstSearch. Once you get to a
citation, use Article Linker to link to full-text.
· PsycARTICLES provides
full-text online journal from the American Psychological
Association.
· The NCTE Journals include
all of the online publications from the National Council of
Teachers of English.
User ID = 298277
Password = Institution
· Chronicle
of Higher Education
username = 11238104
password = 9d_rus04
Two full-text periodical databases that include
college-level journals in education and related topics are:
· EBSCO Academic Premier
· Expanded Academic ASAP.
After entering the database, select
Expanded Academic ASAP from the Gale Group database menu.
On the menu see also other Gale Group
databases for K-12 education, including the Infotrac Kids, Junior,
and Student editions.
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FIND A
JOURNAL ARTICLE FOR WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE A CITATION
· Go to the library web site
and click on Article Linker to search
for journal titles in multiple periodical databases at
once. After locating your journal, click on "Search for
Article" to enter the article title, author, volume number,
etc. Click on the "Article" link.
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FREE ONLINE JOURNALS
· Activate: The Journal of Technology-Rich
Learning
· AERA SIG ejournals in Education list
of links from the American Educational Research Assoc.
· Child Welfare Review
· ECRP:
Early Childhood Research and Practice
· Earlychildhood NEWS (current
issue, selected articles only)
· Early Childhood Today
(current featured articles only)
· Education
Week
· FNO.org - From Now On: The Educational
Technology Journal
· The Future of Children
· PTO Today.com
· Techlearning.com
· T.H.E.
Journal (educational technology)
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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
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· ERIC is
the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of
Education. In addition to providing citations to articles in
Education journals, ERIC provides thousands of free full-text
"documents" in Education, including curriculum guides,
research studies, state reports, and more.
· GPO is a
searchable database of publications from the U.S. Government
Printing Office. In FirstSearch, select GPO and search your
topic. Watch for full-text links to government web sites.
· Visit the official web
portal for the State of Montana,
Discovering Montana to
search for any Montana
government information.
· See the Montana State
Commerce Department's Census and Economic Information Center
for Census data relevant to Montana.
This site is considered one of the best of its kind in the nation.
· The web portal for all
federal government information is FirstGov.gov
where you can link to the Department of Education, No Child Left
Behind, Bureau of Indian Affairs, or other education-related
agencies.
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INTERNET RESOURCES
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Online Tutorials for Technology Skills
· HP
Learning Center offers free online courses at a
variety of levels and applied to business settings on software
applicatons, programming, Web site construction, and networking.
· Microsoft Education Center provides
free online information and tutorials for K-16 educators,
administrators, students, and parents.
· Adobe
Online Training provides selected free sample
online tutorials with additional instruction beginning at
$49/course.
· Electric
Teacher offers free short tutorials for teachers on
FrontPage, Word, PowerPoint, PhotoDraw, and additional links.
· MacAcademy/WindowsAcademy produces
and sells high-quality training CD-ROM's on a wealth of software.
· ShortCourses bills
itself as THE digital photography resource center, with online
books on a broad range of digital photography topics.
· Beginner's
Guide to Dreamweaver and Fireworks
· Atomic
Learning offers over 10,000 short technology
tutorials via QuickTime video. Selected tutorials are free, and
complete access is a subscription fee of $79.99/year. Atomic is a 2005 SIIA Codie Award finalist
for "Best Web-Based Instructional Solution".
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Professional Development &
Curriculum Support
These are the best "General Teacher Support" web sites
selected for ISTE's 101 Best Web Sites for Elementary Teachers and
101 Best Web Sites for Secondary Teachers.
· Annenberg/CPB
Learner.org K-12 professional development
programming.
· AOL@school provides
web portals for K-12 students, teachers, & administrators.
· Association of Educational Publishers gives
annual awards in educational publishing categories, including
software and Web resources.
· Blue Web'N online library
of Internet sites for K-12 education.
· Discovery
School.com
· ERIC
Education Resources Information Center
· Education
World
· Educational
Web Adventures
· Educator's
Reference Desk
· Edutopia from
the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
· eThemes
· Glencoe
Online
· Marco
Polo Internet content for the classroom.
· PBS
Teacher Source
· 2005 SIIA CODIE AWARDS lists
the Software & Information Industry Association's annual
winners for best technology in the categories of software, content,
education, and business.
· techLearning.com is
the Web site of Technology & Learning Magazine, which
gives their prestigious Awards of Excellence annually
to the best in curriculum products.
· Thirteen
Ed Online
· The
WebQuest Page
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Associations & Organizations
Find these and other associations in the Associations Unlimited database,
which contains over 450,00 organizations, association materials,
and IRS information on selected non-profits.
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· AFT - American Federation of Teachers
· AIMA
- American Indian/Minority Achievement Office
· American
Alliance for Health, Physcial Education, Recreation and Dance
· American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
· American
Association of School Administrators
· American
Historical Association
· American Library Association
· American
School Counselor Association
· American
Technical Education Association
· International
Technology Education Association
· IRA
-International Reading Association
· ISTE - International Society for
Technology in Education
· Montana
Education Association
· Montana
Indian Education Association
· MT
Office of Public Instruction
· National
Art Education Association
· National
Association for Gifted Children
· National
Association for Multicultural Education
· National
Association for Music Education
· National
Association for the Education of Young Children
· National
Association of State Directors of Special Education
· National
Business Education Association
· National
Council for the Social Studies
· NCTE - National Council of Teachers of
English
· NCTM -
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
· NEA - National Education Association
· National
Education Technology Plan
· National
School Boards Association
· National PTA
· National Science Teachers Association
· U.S. Dept. of Education "No Child Left
Behind"
· NWREL -
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
· Technology
Education Association of Montana
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FIND COURSE RESERVES MATERIALS
Select one of three options for searching and using
Course Reserves:
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· Go to the library web site
and click on Library Catalog .
· Click on Course
Reserves to search for books, videos, or other
materials that your instructor has put on reserve for your class.
· Retrieve reserved materials
at the Circulation Desk .
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· Go to the library web site
and click on E-Res , then "Electronic
Reserves and Course Materials" . Next, select
your instructor's name .
· The default password
for E-Res is your instructor's last name in lower
case letters. Ask your instructor if there are reserves on E-Res.
· E-Res articles open in Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available on all campus computers.
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· Go to the library
Circulation Desk and ask for the reserves under the
instructor name and course.
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INTERLIBRARY LOAN
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· Go to the library web site
and sign up for the ILLiad online
request and loan service.
· If off-campus, go to your
local college, school, or public library and ask for interlibrary
loan assistance.
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CONTACTS
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If you have trouble with your computer access
you may give the library or Swysgood Technology Center a call. Our
staff may direct you to an online help sheet of frequently asked
questions FAQ's) or help you troubleshoot your problem:
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Lucy Carson Library Circulation Desk
(406) 683-7542
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Swysgood Technology Center Computer Lab
Desk
(406) 683-7054
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WebCT Help Desk
(406)683-7007
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mh/2005 Updated 03/31/06
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