Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network

Librarian Resource Page

American Library Association

Texas Library Association

Library of Congress

Internet Public Library

MARC Record Sources

• Library of Congress (free)
• Ohio Link (free) 
• Marcive
• Library of Congress Authorities Headings

Award Winning Books & Book Lists

• John Newbery Medal
• Caldecott Medal
• Printz Award - from YALSA
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Pura Belpre Award
• 2x2 - for children ages 2 years to 2nd grade, from TLA
• Lonestar - List for young adults
• Bluebonnet Lists- Students in grades 3-5 select their favorite from this list
• Books-on-Tape Awards - selected by the Children’s Notable Recordings Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Online Library Supplies Stores

• Demco.com
• Highsmith.com
• ALA Online Store - for ALA publications

Online Book Stores

• Amazon.com
• Half.com - good source of used and out-of-print books
• ALA Online Store - for ALA publications
• Follett Book Company
• Baker & Taylor

Curricular Resources

• Kathy Schrock - Slide shows teaching several library lessons
• Ask Eric (Educator's Reference Desk)
• Blue Web'n - "A library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web"

Copyright Sites

• A Teacher's Guide to Fair Use and Copyright - From Cathy Newsome
• Copyright and Fair Use - From Stanford University

Bibliography Aids

• SLATE Citation Machine
  
• Noodletools
  
• Easybib
  
• MLA Format - Description from the U. of Illinois, Writers' Workshop

Dewey Decimal Teaching Aids

• Dewey Decimal Classification- From OCLC
• Dewey Decimal Resource Page for Librarians
  

Reference Sites 

• RefDesk.com - Fast fact links from a great Reference Resource

Miscellaneous Librarian Resources

• Printable Book Plates - for "This book belongs to" type plates
• Nancy Keane's site for Book Talking information - it has a library of short descriptions of books, to use in booktalks
• CNET Reviews- Online reviews of electronic equipment such as cameras, computers, phones, PDAs, etc.
• Search Strategies for the Internet, from Noodletools
• Noodletools - a variety resources for literacy and bibliographies. Some are free
• Backflip - an online place to keep your Internet favorites. Can access from any computer. Free
• Kathy Schrock's Online Evaluation of Web sites
• More than just a pretty face... - a collection of articles on librarianship. Some are recent, some date back many years.
• Spring Branch ISD Library - Great resources page for librarians - a plethora of links to all kinds of resources
• LM_NET Archives - search on any topic