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The World Book Year Book - 2009
This review of the 2009 year in World Book is actually a month by month, page by page review of the major news events of 2008. This book provides coverages of the major events of 2008 in more than 250 alphabetically arranged articles. There are several ‘special report’ articles (nine), which provide more extensive coverage of miscellaneous areas, from China, to deaths, to elections, and Olympic games all of which happened during 2008. Articles on each page stand out with their titles in bold print, in addition to subject headings within articles. Many up-to-date colored photos accompany the text, in addition to maps, that provide extra detail for the articles. A student looking to find appropriate articles within the encyclopedia could use this book, but it is more likely to be used as a book of facts for the year 2008. Content areas covered: social studies. Suggested grade levels – 5-12. Overall rating – 9. Call number: REF 030 TWO
The World Book Year Book (2009). Chicago: World Book, Inc.
This review of the 2009 year in World Book is actually a month by month, page by page review of the major news events of 2008. This book provides coverages of the major events of 2008 in more than 250 alphabetically arranged articles. There are several ‘special report’ articles (nine), which provide more extensive coverage of miscellaneous areas, from China, to deaths, to elections, and Olympic games all of which happened during 2008. Articles on each page stand out with their titles in bold print, in addition to subject headings within articles. Many up-to-date colored photos accompany the text, in addition to maps, that provide extra detail for the articles. A student looking to find appropriate articles within the encyclopedia could use this book, but it is more likely to be used as a book of facts for the year 2008. Content areas covered: social studies. Suggested grade levels – 5-12. Overall rating – 9. Call number: REF 030 TWO
The World Book Year Book (2009). Chicago: World Book, Inc.
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World Almanac and Book of Facts - 2005
An almanac is a collection and presentation of statistical and descriptive data usually covering the whole world, in addition to a summary of recent historical events. This world almanac provides all of those things. The contents of this World Almanac are laid out in an odd manner. The Table of Contents provides direction to the many areas, and helps locate material since there are more than 1,000 pages. But the order of items is unique. The book starts out with a ‘special supplement” on the election of 2004, and proceeds into more ‘special sections’ on sports, Islam, movies, and obesity, none of which seem to follow any type of alphabetical order. After the ‘special sections’ area, the ‘year in review’ of 2004 follows. This particular area is a chronological listing of the year’s event, in addition to other important listings of the year, such as Nobel Prizes, offbeat news stories, notable quotes, obituaries, and historical anniversaries. After this listing of the previous year, the book moves into the many different areas, of which I can determine no reason for its order. There seems to be no understandable reason (to me) for the order of the remaining parts. United States Government comes before State Government, which is before Health, which is before Economics – and this is just the first four listings! Within each of these listing, there is a vast amount of information available. Even with over 1,000 pages of information, the font in this book is extremely small, and they fit a lot of information onto the pages. So much information is included in this book that it’s overwhelming. Fortunately at the end, there is a ‘general index’ that provides pages numbers for what’s included in the book. The index uses bold print to assist in finding topics with additional information within each topic listed below the bold print. This book could occupy someone for days, no weeks, actually months! Suggested grade levels – 6-12; overall rating – 8. Call number: REF 031.02 WOR
Wiesenfeld, L.P. (Ed.). (2005) World Almanac and book of facts. New York: World Almanac Books.
An almanac is a collection and presentation of statistical and descriptive data usually covering the whole world, in addition to a summary of recent historical events. This world almanac provides all of those things. The contents of this World Almanac are laid out in an odd manner. The Table of Contents provides direction to the many areas, and helps locate material since there are more than 1,000 pages. But the order of items is unique. The book starts out with a ‘special supplement” on the election of 2004, and proceeds into more ‘special sections’ on sports, Islam, movies, and obesity, none of which seem to follow any type of alphabetical order. After the ‘special sections’ area, the ‘year in review’ of 2004 follows. This particular area is a chronological listing of the year’s event, in addition to other important listings of the year, such as Nobel Prizes, offbeat news stories, notable quotes, obituaries, and historical anniversaries. After this listing of the previous year, the book moves into the many different areas, of which I can determine no reason for its order. There seems to be no understandable reason (to me) for the order of the remaining parts. United States Government comes before State Government, which is before Health, which is before Economics – and this is just the first four listings! Within each of these listing, there is a vast amount of information available. Even with over 1,000 pages of information, the font in this book is extremely small, and they fit a lot of information onto the pages. So much information is included in this book that it’s overwhelming. Fortunately at the end, there is a ‘general index’ that provides pages numbers for what’s included in the book. The index uses bold print to assist in finding topics with additional information within each topic listed below the bold print. This book could occupy someone for days, no weeks, actually months! Suggested grade levels – 6-12; overall rating – 8. Call number: REF 031.02 WOR
Wiesenfeld, L.P. (Ed.). (2005) World Almanac and book of facts. New York: World Almanac Books.
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Handbook of educational terms and applications
This handbook was published in 1996 and might seem outdated because of its copyright date, but the educational terms located within it are still very much in use today. The book is laid out to provide major entries in bold print listed alphabetically with each entry further explained. Within each area, there is also provided a ‘see also’ category for additional information located within another entry. It seems that in addition to definitions, examples and teaching applications are also provided. The small size of the handbook makes it a portable and easy to carry. I found this handbook to be useful for other college courses. Suggested grade level: 12+, overall rating: 10. Call number:PROF 370 ELL
Ellis, A.K., & Fouts, J.T. (1996). Handbook of Educational Terms and Applications. Princeton, NJ: Eye on Education, Inc.
This handbook was published in 1996 and might seem outdated because of its copyright date, but the educational terms located within it are still very much in use today. The book is laid out to provide major entries in bold print listed alphabetically with each entry further explained. Within each area, there is also provided a ‘see also’ category for additional information located within another entry. It seems that in addition to definitions, examples and teaching applications are also provided. The small size of the handbook makes it a portable and easy to carry. I found this handbook to be useful for other college courses. Suggested grade level: 12+, overall rating: 10. Call number:PROF 370 ELL
Ellis, A.K., & Fouts, J.T. (1996). Handbook of Educational Terms and Applications. Princeton, NJ: Eye on Education, Inc.
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Student Discovery Encyclopedia Index
This index is the last volume of a 13-volume set of the Student Discovery Encyclopedia. It contains an index to all of the volumes in the set. The index lists all of the content in the complete volume, in addition to what volume and page number to find the information. The index is listed in an alphabetical order with both the volume number and page number listed. The index attempts to give you additional information if needed, in addition to other terms that might apply. Even pictures are listed within the index in italic type so that they can be found. This index is easy to use, and should be the first area to investigate when looking something up within the series. Suggested grade level: 4-12, overall rating: 10. Call number: REF 031 WOR
Student Discovery Encyclopedia Index (2002). Chicago: World Book, Inc.
This index is the last volume of a 13-volume set of the Student Discovery Encyclopedia. It contains an index to all of the volumes in the set. The index lists all of the content in the complete volume, in addition to what volume and page number to find the information. The index is listed in an alphabetical order with both the volume number and page number listed. The index attempts to give you additional information if needed, in addition to other terms that might apply. Even pictures are listed within the index in italic type so that they can be found. This index is easy to use, and should be the first area to investigate when looking something up within the series. Suggested grade level: 4-12, overall rating: 10. Call number: REF 031 WOR
Student Discovery Encyclopedia Index (2002). Chicago: World Book, Inc.
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Reference Library of Black America - elementary school edition
This 5-volume set is a comprehensive listing of historical information on African American life and culture. It covers significant social, political, economic, cultural and educational milestones in black history. It is arranged chronologically, with year then by month and day. It is laid out in 26 chapters with several chapters that apply to each topic within each volume. The first three chapters regarding history of African Americans are all in Volume 1, Volume 2 (12) is Society, and Volume 3 is Culture, etc. There is a “words to know” glossary section, prior to the book’s text, that are easy to read and are simple definitions for elementary students. These words, when used within the text of articles are boldface so that it’s simple for students to know that it is explained previously in the book. The book presents it’s articles in a manner that provides details and is easy for elementary students to use. Periodically throughout the book, there are textboxes that provide short, concise facts or other information, also in an easy to read format. Overall, I think this series of books could greatly benefit a student needing this information. Suggested grade level – 4+, overall rating – 10. Call number: REF 372.34 REF.
Pederson, J.P., & Estell, K. (Eds.). (2001). Reference Library of Black America, elementary school edition – Almanac, volume 1: History.
Farmington Hills, MI: The Gale Group.
This 5-volume set is a comprehensive listing of historical information on African American life and culture. It covers significant social, political, economic, cultural and educational milestones in black history. It is arranged chronologically, with year then by month and day. It is laid out in 26 chapters with several chapters that apply to each topic within each volume. The first three chapters regarding history of African Americans are all in Volume 1, Volume 2 (12) is Society, and Volume 3 is Culture, etc. There is a “words to know” glossary section, prior to the book’s text, that are easy to read and are simple definitions for elementary students. These words, when used within the text of articles are boldface so that it’s simple for students to know that it is explained previously in the book. The book presents it’s articles in a manner that provides details and is easy for elementary students to use. Periodically throughout the book, there are textboxes that provide short, concise facts or other information, also in an easy to read format. Overall, I think this series of books could greatly benefit a student needing this information. Suggested grade level – 4+, overall rating – 10. Call number: REF 372.34 REF.
Pederson, J.P., & Estell, K. (Eds.). (2001). Reference Library of Black America, elementary school edition – Almanac, volume 1: History.
Farmington Hills, MI: The Gale Group.
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World Almanac for Kids - 2009
This kid-friendly version of the World Almanac is printed in multi-color and is geared exclusively for the younger crowd. Pictures, diagrams and maps are included on every page with the pages looking more like a magazine instead of a book. The topics covered are all about things kids would like to read, such a movies, video games, books but also covers the Olympics, technology & computers, world history, the United States, nations, buildings, environment, geography and animals. Each area provides a ton of information, mostly either in a bulleted fashion or articles. Some of the articles were written in a higher reading level than the bulleted areas, but overall, the book would be highly regarded by elementary students. Suggested grade level – 3+ , overall rating – 10. Call number – REF -031.02 WOR.
Rosner, P. (Ed.). (2009). The World Almanac for kids – 2009. Pleasantville, NY: Weekly Reader Corporation.
This kid-friendly version of the World Almanac is printed in multi-color and is geared exclusively for the younger crowd. Pictures, diagrams and maps are included on every page with the pages looking more like a magazine instead of a book. The topics covered are all about things kids would like to read, such a movies, video games, books but also covers the Olympics, technology & computers, world history, the United States, nations, buildings, environment, geography and animals. Each area provides a ton of information, mostly either in a bulleted fashion or articles. Some of the articles were written in a higher reading level than the bulleted areas, but overall, the book would be highly regarded by elementary students. Suggested grade level – 3+ , overall rating – 10. Call number – REF -031.02 WOR.
Rosner, P. (Ed.). (2009). The World Almanac for kids – 2009. Pleasantville, NY: Weekly Reader Corporation.
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The Mailbox 2001-2001 Primary Yearbook
This hardbound book is the ‘year in review” of the 2001-2002 periodical, The Mailbox –primary. The magazine publishes every month of the school year giving educators ideas, activities, literature units and other creative designs to help in the classroom. This monthly magazine provides time and age appropriate material for teachers and is a tremendous assistance in providing material for planning lessons. This hardbound book gives teachers one resource book to find the exact item that they’re looking for. This yearbook takes all of the items from the year’s magazine, and puts them into one longer-lasting resource material. Teachers then have the ability to find exactly what they’re looking for. Items can be found by looking them up by theme, title, author, or even content area and the reproducible pages that are located within the magazine themselves are also available in the yearbook.
The book’s arrangement has several related activities on each page, using good space design. In addition, on many pages there are other comments and coordinating ideas from teachers across the United States on how they applied them to their classroom with credit given on each. For example, if a teacher was looking for items to use in a center activity on compound words, not only are there activities and worksheets available, but other ideas from teachers about what they’ve used, and how its worked in the classroom are available. This would be a great resource for new teachers, since it would be providing so many activities in one place.
To further assist teachers, the answer key to each of the reproducible pages is included in the back prior to the index. The book is really comprehensive and provides everything that is needed. The index is easy to read and provides a lot of cross-references. There are even items that relate specifically to published book themes, these items in the index are italicized for ease of locating. The purchasing of this type of book at the end of each year would allow teachers to constantly have the material that the magazine provides, but would make it so much easier for teachers to locate what they’re looking for. Most of the items are of a seasonal nature and can be used yearly; most are not a one-time use item. Content area - all. Suggested grade level – since this was the ‘primary’ age magazine’s yearbook, the activity within it are all within the grade levels of 1-5. Overall rating – 10.
Badden, D. (Ed.). (2002). The Mailbox 2001-2002 Primary Yearbook. Greensboro, NC: The Education Center.
This hardbound book is the ‘year in review” of the 2001-2002 periodical, The Mailbox –primary. The magazine publishes every month of the school year giving educators ideas, activities, literature units and other creative designs to help in the classroom. This monthly magazine provides time and age appropriate material for teachers and is a tremendous assistance in providing material for planning lessons. This hardbound book gives teachers one resource book to find the exact item that they’re looking for. This yearbook takes all of the items from the year’s magazine, and puts them into one longer-lasting resource material. Teachers then have the ability to find exactly what they’re looking for. Items can be found by looking them up by theme, title, author, or even content area and the reproducible pages that are located within the magazine themselves are also available in the yearbook.
The book’s arrangement has several related activities on each page, using good space design. In addition, on many pages there are other comments and coordinating ideas from teachers across the United States on how they applied them to their classroom with credit given on each. For example, if a teacher was looking for items to use in a center activity on compound words, not only are there activities and worksheets available, but other ideas from teachers about what they’ve used, and how its worked in the classroom are available. This would be a great resource for new teachers, since it would be providing so many activities in one place.
To further assist teachers, the answer key to each of the reproducible pages is included in the back prior to the index. The book is really comprehensive and provides everything that is needed. The index is easy to read and provides a lot of cross-references. There are even items that relate specifically to published book themes, these items in the index are italicized for ease of locating. The purchasing of this type of book at the end of each year would allow teachers to constantly have the material that the magazine provides, but would make it so much easier for teachers to locate what they’re looking for. Most of the items are of a seasonal nature and can be used yearly; most are not a one-time use item. Content area - all. Suggested grade level – since this was the ‘primary’ age magazine’s yearbook, the activity within it are all within the grade levels of 1-5. Overall rating – 10.
Badden, D. (Ed.). (2002). The Mailbox 2001-2002 Primary Yearbook. Greensboro, NC: The Education Center.
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Academic Search Complete (GALILEO)
The use of the Internet has considerably changed the manner in which many people do research. The resources now available, with the click of a mouse, have increased so dramatically within a relatively short period of time. Since 1995, the State of Georgia has funded an initiative called GALILEO. This project provides to Georgia citizens a variety of databases that allow access to many scholarly articles and peer-reviewed journals that are not available through free search engines and Web directories.
Academic Search Complete is one of those databases that is made available. It offers more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals, and provides this information in many areas of academic study. Within its database, it offers indexing and abstracts for more than 10,000 journals. It provides up-to-date information since its database is updated daily, but also has PDF content going back as far as 1887. Entering the Galileo site requires a password that comes from each subscribing educational facility. I find that the changing of the password each semester becomes cumbersome to using Galileo. Upon entering the site for Academic Search Complete, you must complete a rather imposing search box field. This allows you the ability to break your search down into very specific areas. The items that meet your search requirements are then shown. Each article can be downloaded or saved to a file for future research, and all needed information for citations are included. Articles seem to be found with singular word recognition and sometimes the articles are very relevant, and other times not. It is up to the student to determine their worth. I find that if you don’t specify the items you’re looking for, you become overwhelmed with the number of responses. Spending a little time at the beginning allows you to lessen the number of possible responses and get more accurate results.
I don’t think that the Galileo system is the user-friendliest site I’ve ever used, but once you’re into Academic Search Complete, the database is the one I often use for my own research and I find it easy to use, and it provides relevant data.
Academic Search Complete. (2012). Retrieved September 27, 2012 from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?sid=4bc6dbb0-4ec5-
470e-b73f-821bf05c5994%40sessionmgr104&vid=1&hid=123.
The use of the Internet has considerably changed the manner in which many people do research. The resources now available, with the click of a mouse, have increased so dramatically within a relatively short period of time. Since 1995, the State of Georgia has funded an initiative called GALILEO. This project provides to Georgia citizens a variety of databases that allow access to many scholarly articles and peer-reviewed journals that are not available through free search engines and Web directories.
Academic Search Complete is one of those databases that is made available. It offers more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals, and provides this information in many areas of academic study. Within its database, it offers indexing and abstracts for more than 10,000 journals. It provides up-to-date information since its database is updated daily, but also has PDF content going back as far as 1887. Entering the Galileo site requires a password that comes from each subscribing educational facility. I find that the changing of the password each semester becomes cumbersome to using Galileo. Upon entering the site for Academic Search Complete, you must complete a rather imposing search box field. This allows you the ability to break your search down into very specific areas. The items that meet your search requirements are then shown. Each article can be downloaded or saved to a file for future research, and all needed information for citations are included. Articles seem to be found with singular word recognition and sometimes the articles are very relevant, and other times not. It is up to the student to determine their worth. I find that if you don’t specify the items you’re looking for, you become overwhelmed with the number of responses. Spending a little time at the beginning allows you to lessen the number of possible responses and get more accurate results.
I don’t think that the Galileo system is the user-friendliest site I’ve ever used, but once you’re into Academic Search Complete, the database is the one I often use for my own research and I find it easy to use, and it provides relevant data.
Academic Search Complete. (2012). Retrieved September 27, 2012 from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?sid=4bc6dbb0-4ec5-
470e-b73f-821bf05c5994%40sessionmgr104&vid=1&hid=123.
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SIRS Discover - Galileo
Upon entering the SIRS Discover site, also a participating database within the Georgia Galileo system, I quickly note that it made for younger students, and its main search page has colors and pictures to assist students in finding what they’re looking for. Upon entering a search term, I notice that it provides spelling assistance and possible search terms, items that are extremely helpful to younger students. When SIRS provides matches to the search, I really liked the manner in which it uses color-coding to assist the students with the level of the material. Using a color-coding system quickly allows the user to find the most appropriate material and the key to the colors was easily visible at the top of the screen. Each possible match was both color-coded and had other symbols to give a quick visual on what the article provided. Content area provide was science and social studies. This site would be extremely beneficial for students in the grades of 4-8, overall rating- 9.
SIRS Discover (2012). Retrieved September 28, 2012 from http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage.
Upon entering the SIRS Discover site, also a participating database within the Georgia Galileo system, I quickly note that it made for younger students, and its main search page has colors and pictures to assist students in finding what they’re looking for. Upon entering a search term, I notice that it provides spelling assistance and possible search terms, items that are extremely helpful to younger students. When SIRS provides matches to the search, I really liked the manner in which it uses color-coding to assist the students with the level of the material. Using a color-coding system quickly allows the user to find the most appropriate material and the key to the colors was easily visible at the top of the screen. Each possible match was both color-coded and had other symbols to give a quick visual on what the article provided. Content area provide was science and social studies. This site would be extremely beneficial for students in the grades of 4-8, overall rating- 9.
SIRS Discover (2012). Retrieved September 28, 2012 from http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage.
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The Real Yellow Pages - Telephone directory
The first type of directory that comes to my mind is the old-fashioned telephone book, and I decided I would use it as a reference for this assignment. Since I’m of a certain decade, I find that I still occasionally pull out this copy and look things up. Obviously, this type of directory is not quite as popular as it once way. Phone books were associated with landline phones, those that were wired into residences or businesses. These directories have always been a rather large, paperback bound book that lists alphabetically the name and address associated with a phone number. They usually had three columns per page, and were printed with extremely small font which made them hard to read. The listing of names was by surname, then first and could include many rows of a popular name. In addition, the address of the person or business was included. Now a day, the printing of an address and a name associated with it can be a security concern, and many people choose not to be listed. In addition, with the removal of landlines that have been replaced with cellular technology, many phones are not associated with a particular address. Growth from the hard copy of a phone book directory became the web version. Many online directories work in the same manner of listing phone number and name and with the use of search capabilities, finding what you’re looking for becomes quick and easy. The phone book’s overall rating – 6.
The Real Yellow Pages. (2010). Atlanta, GA: AT&T Advertising Solutions Inc.
The first type of directory that comes to my mind is the old-fashioned telephone book, and I decided I would use it as a reference for this assignment. Since I’m of a certain decade, I find that I still occasionally pull out this copy and look things up. Obviously, this type of directory is not quite as popular as it once way. Phone books were associated with landline phones, those that were wired into residences or businesses. These directories have always been a rather large, paperback bound book that lists alphabetically the name and address associated with a phone number. They usually had three columns per page, and were printed with extremely small font which made them hard to read. The listing of names was by surname, then first and could include many rows of a popular name. In addition, the address of the person or business was included. Now a day, the printing of an address and a name associated with it can be a security concern, and many people choose not to be listed. In addition, with the removal of landlines that have been replaced with cellular technology, many phones are not associated with a particular address. Growth from the hard copy of a phone book directory became the web version. Many online directories work in the same manner of listing phone number and name and with the use of search capabilities, finding what you’re looking for becomes quick and easy. The phone book’s overall rating – 6.
The Real Yellow Pages. (2010). Atlanta, GA: AT&T Advertising Solutions Inc.
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Wilderness Directory
This book was originally published in 1998 but I retrieved an eBook version of it through Galileo. The online version was easily accessible, but a hard copy would have been easier to read. The information was presented in this book was determined from the National Wildlife Act of 1964 and managed by the National Wildlife Preservation System. The book begins by offering a description of the different features within the parks it describes and gives a key to the different abbreviations and symbols used within its listing. The arrangement of the directory is by state, then by the official name of the wildlife area. It is nothing more than a listing, state by state, of the available area and the services that are available at each site, in addition to an address and phone number if contact should need to be made. No pictures or maps seem to be in the book, which I find as a negative quality. The short 130-page book provides a detailed list of the available areas, and would be very beneficial to anyone looking for information on the topic. Could be used in upper grades for any geography lesson. Suggested grade level - 10+, overall rating – 7.
Schneider, R. (1998). Wilderness Directory : A Quick-reference Guide to America's Wilderness. Kingwood, TX: Falcon Publishing.
This book was originally published in 1998 but I retrieved an eBook version of it through Galileo. The online version was easily accessible, but a hard copy would have been easier to read. The information was presented in this book was determined from the National Wildlife Act of 1964 and managed by the National Wildlife Preservation System. The book begins by offering a description of the different features within the parks it describes and gives a key to the different abbreviations and symbols used within its listing. The arrangement of the directory is by state, then by the official name of the wildlife area. It is nothing more than a listing, state by state, of the available area and the services that are available at each site, in addition to an address and phone number if contact should need to be made. No pictures or maps seem to be in the book, which I find as a negative quality. The short 130-page book provides a detailed list of the available areas, and would be very beneficial to anyone looking for information on the topic. Could be used in upper grades for any geography lesson. Suggested grade level - 10+, overall rating – 7.
Schneider, R. (1998). Wilderness Directory : A Quick-reference Guide to America's Wilderness. Kingwood, TX: Falcon Publishing.