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Authors: Hamm
ISBN-13: 9780787969608, ISBN-10: 0787969605
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Hamm

Barbara R. Hamm has taught in both public and parochial schools for more than twenty-six years. She has been a classroom teacher, a computer specialist, and a library media specialist. Her professional credentials include a life certificate in elementary education and certifications as a learning resources director, library media specialist, and instructional designer.

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Hamm, an experienced classroom teacher and library media specialist, provides 180 reproducible worksheets, activities, and games that support language arts and social studies courses in grades 5-8. Activities are designed to foster critical thinking skills, literacy skills, and research ethics, and can be used in any sequence. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Introduction	xvii
	ALA Standards	xviii
	Lesson Summary	xxiii
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0.1	Getting the Most Out of Your Library	xxviii
0.2	Library Media Center Organizational Systems	xxix
0.3	Sample Reference Materials	xxx
0.4	Questions	xxxi
	About the Author	xxxii
Unit 1	Getting to Know Your Library Media Center
Lesson 1-A	Mapping the Library Media Center	3
Lesson 1-B	Using the Print and Electronic Card Catalogs	22
Unit 2	Using Reference Resources
Lesson 2-A	Learning and Using the Parts of a Reference Book	45
Lesson 2-B	How to Use a Table of Contents	54
Lesson 2-C	How to Use an Index	65
Lesson 2-D	How to Use a Glossary	70
Lesson 2-E	How to Use a Bibliography	78
Unit 3	Using Reference Resources: General Information
Lesson 3-A	Almanac	87
Lesson 3-B	Dictionary	97
Lesson 3-C	Thesaurus	107
Lesson 3-D	Encyclopedia	115
Lesson 3-E	Record Books	123
Unit 4	Using Reference Resources: Geography
Lesson 4-A	Atlas	131
Lesson 4-B	Maps	143
Lesson 4-C	Gazetteer: A Geographical Dictionary	156
Unit 5	Using Reference Resources: Biography and Quotations
Lesson 5-A	Biography	165
Lesson 5-B	Bartlett's Familiar Quotations	181
Unit 6	Using Reference Resources: Current Information
Lesson 6-A	Introduction to Periodicals	189
Lesson 6-B	Newspapers	193
Lesson 6-C	Magazines	211
Lesson 6-D	Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature	219
Lesson 6-E	Vertical Files	223
Lesson 6-F	Outside the Library Media Center	227
Unit 7	Dewey Decimal Classification System
Lesson 7-A	Dewey Decimal Classification System	233
Unit 8	Fiction
Lesson 8-A	Books from Cover to Cover	245
Lesson 8-B	Student's Literature Genres	261
Lesson 8-C	Folklore, Myths, and Legends	264
Lesson 8-D	Fables, Tall Tales, and Folk Tales	267
Lesson 8-E	Poetry	270
Lesson 8-F	Award Winners	274
Lesson 8-G	Book Reports	279
Lesson 8-H	Copyright	284
Unit 9	Electronic Materials
Lesson 9-A	Videotapes, CDs, DVDs, and Audiotapes	291
Lesson 9-B	Microfiche	297
Unit 10	Computers and the Internet
Lesson 10-A	Search Engines	303
Lesson 10-B	Using the Internet	310
Lesson 10-C	Electronic Reference Software	312
Lesson 10-D	Word Processing	314
Lesson 10-E	Production Software	318
Unit 11	Using What You Have Learned: Writing and Publishing
Lesson 11-A	Organizational Systems	327
Lesson 11-B	Self-Organization	331
Lesson 11-C	Topic Generation	334
Lesson 11-D	Note Taking	340
Lesson 11-E	Prewriting	345
Lesson 11-F	Basic Outlining	348
Lesson 11-G	Timeline	351
Lesson 11-H	Draft Writing	355
Lesson 11-I	Publishing	359

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