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	Gloria Urban	251-824-3225 or ext 13604
	Dana Childress - Media Aide	251-824-3213 ext 13642

Library

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Links

Calendar

Copyright

Copyright Policy
Copyright guidelines for Mobile County Public Schools.
http://www.mcpss.com/Uploads/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/CopyWrite%20Policy.pdf

Copyright-A Power Point Presentation
http://www.mcpss.com/Uploads/Departments/Presentations/copyright%20powerpoint.ppt

The Copyright Website
http://www.benedict.com/

10 Myths About Copyright
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/

Other Libraries

Mobile Public Library
Search the Mobile Public Library before making the trip. Make note of the branch that has the items you wish to borrow. The West Regional Branch has an excellent reference area.
http://www.mplonline.org

Library of Congress
Seach the U.S. Government's library to find various events, services, and information of a wide range of topics.
http://www.loc.gov/

Library of Congress Catalog
Search this area of the Library of Congress to locate bibliographical information about books and articles.
http://catalog.loc.gov/

Library of Congress' Stories and Facts Page
Locate activities and interesting facts on this anniversary site. This site is designed to attract young and old alike. It is user friendly and designed to entertain those visiting.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

Thomas
Legislative information now available on the Internet.
http://thomas.loc.gov/

American Memories for Teachers
Educational resources available online. Find lesson plans, activities, and professional development.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

American Memories
Provides access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music pertaining to American History.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

Legislative Branch of U.S.
U.S. Congress, Legislative Agencies, Commissions, and information resources.
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html

Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)
Search thousands of articles from specific databases. Remember to pick up your free AVL card from your school librarian or any public library.
http://www.avl.lib.al.us/databases/

Florida Virtual Library
http://library.flvs.net/home.htm

World Digital Library
http://www.wdl.org/en/

Internet Public Library for Teens
http://ipl.org/div/teen/

Information You Can Trust

Have a question? Ask an ip12 librarian.

http://www.ipl.org/index.html

Help and Free Resources

Homework Help
For homework help go to Homework Help Alabama . Good Luck
http://www.homeworkalabama.org/

FAFSA: Financial Aid from the U.S. Dept. of Education

Students, you may use this site to begin your search for college scholarships.

http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/completing_fafsa/index.html

Mineral Information Institute
Need help with geology? Want to find some good activities for science? Visit Mineral Information Institute.
http://www.mii.org/helpforstudents.php

Citation Machine
Do you need help with bibliographic or in text citations? Check out the citation machine.
http://citationmachine.net/

Automatic Bibliography & Citation Maker
MLA citation help is free from EasyBib.
http://www.easybib.com/

Free online educational games.
Simple online games designed to educate.
http://www.theproblemsite.com/games.asp

Scholastic Online Activities
Scholastic offers a variety of activities by grade and subject level.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp

Kathy Schrock
Discovery Education host Kathy Schrock's many resources. Great for students, parents, and teachers.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

Thinkfinity

Many resources are available for students, parents, and teachers at Thinkfinity.

http://http://www.thinkfinity.org/

Encyclopedia of Alabama
Excellent resource for information about Alabama.
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Home.jsp

Accelerated Book Finder
Use this link to view books with Accelerated Reader test.
http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx

Student Hacks
Where to find a librarian 24/7.
http://studenthacks.org/2008/02/06/ask-librarian/

Instructify
Provides K-12 library sites and primary source materials online.
http://www.instructify.com/

The Big 6
A proven approach to information problem solving.
http://www.big6.com/kids/

Bibliography Help
Another site to help build your bibliography.
http://www.bibme.org/

Otto Bibliography
The lazy way to create a bibliography.
http://www.ottobib.com/

College and Career Planning

Students--Begin your online college and career planning.

Parents--Be involved in your student's college and career planning.

http://www.connectedu.net

Best of History WebSites
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
http://www.besthistorysites.net./index.shtml

Library Media Handbook

Library Media Handbook
Click on the link to view media handbook/rules/guidelines for Alabama libraries.
http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/MCPSS%20Library%20Media%20Handbook%2020101.pdf