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Ready Reference: Wham, Bam, Thank You Librarian

Ready Reference: Wham, Bam, Thank You Librarian. Ben Conrad, Melissa Kalland, Renee Kozeal ETT 508 Spring 2009. Ready Reference. Ready reference materials are resources in print or online that a researcher can use to find basic information, quickly. Dictionary Thesaurus

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Ready Reference: Wham, Bam, Thank You Librarian

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  1. Ready Reference:Wham, Bam, Thank You Librarian Ben Conrad, Melissa Kalland, Renee Kozeal ETT 508 Spring 2009

  2. Ready Reference Ready reference materials are resources in print or online that a researcher can use to find basic information, quickly. Dictionary Thesaurus Atlas Handbook Encyclopedia Web site Almanac Other*

  3. Questions for Ready Reference • Did anyone die in the Hindenburg crash? • What is the population of China? • How much did a loaf of bread cost during the Great Depression?

  4. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolAlmanacs • State Handbook & Guide, SHG, LLC, 2009 • Free • A guide to state information • Links to official sites • May be problematic for young researchers • http://www.shgresources.com/resources/almanac/ • The Old Farmers Almanac for Kids • Yankee Publishing Inc., 2007, $9.95 • All kinds of fun facts for kids • Geared toward young grades • http://www.almanac4kids.com/index.php

  5. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolAlmanacs • World Almanac for Kids 2009, 2008, $9.95 • Great information for kids • Child friendly content • http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/ • Fact Monster, Pearson Education, 2009, Free • Great searchable source for kids • http://www.factmonster.com/ • Child oriented content and images

  6. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolAtlas • World Book, World Book, Inc., 2009, Subscription • Links to more sites • Content is children oriented • http://www.worldbook.com/wb/media?id=mp000258 • DK First Atlas, DK Publishing, 2004,$15.99 • Easy reading • Attention getting content and display • http://us.dk.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780756602314,00.html

  7. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolAtlas • National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers, 3rd Edition, National Geographic Society, 2007, $19.95 • Easy find information • Designed for children’s interests • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids-world-atlas/#

  8. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolDictionaries • Scholastic Children's Dictionary, Scholastic, two years, $7 for the old 2002, $14.95 for new 2008? • Simple definitions • Worlds students would use • Both can still be purchased • The DK Children’s Illustrated Dictionary, DK Publishing, 1994, $19.95 • Great visual representation • Dependable information • Student liked

  9. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolDictionaries • Merriam-Webster Children’s Dictionary, DK Publishing, 2008, $21.99 • Words children would use • Illustrations to assist in understanding • Understandable definitions • Webster’s New World Children’s Dictionary, Webster’s New World , 2006, $17.95 • Definitions that are understandable • Illustrated for understanding • Entomology included

  10. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolDictionaries • Scholastic Children’s Thesaurus, Scholastic, 1998, $15.95 • Illustrated examples • Kid friendly language • Simon & Schuster Thesaurus for Children: The Ultimate Student Thesaurus, Simon & Schuster,2001, $17.99 • Visuals to help students • Large volume of words • Language students will understand

  11. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolEncyclopedias • World Book Encyclopedia, 2009 ed. 22 vols. $1009.00 • Readable and authoritative • Suitable for 3rd and up • Available online and on CD-ROM Available online

  12. Ready Reference: Elementary SchoolEncyclopedias • The Scholastic Children's Encyclopedia: An Exciting Reference Tool, Scholastic, 2004, $19.95 • Multiple entries and maps • Child friendly language • Easy listings • Encyclopedia dot com, HighBeam Research, Inc., 2009, Free • An Encyclopedia for all ages • Language that students can understand • Search field for access • http://www.encyclopedia.com/

  13. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolAlmanacs • The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2009 ed. World Almanac Books, $12.99 pa • Election 2008 coverage and Beijing Olympics recap • Downloadable trivia quiz kit • Time: Almanac, 2009 ed. Time, $34.95 • Includes a Year in Review

  14. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolAtlases • National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World, Illustrated ed. National Geographic, 2008, $100.00 • Emphasizes UNESCO World Heritage Sites • Great section on space • Oxford Atlas of the World, 15th ed. Oxford University Press, 2008, $80.00 • Comes with a free wall map

  15. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolDictionaries • The American Heritage Student Dictionary, Updated ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006, $19.95 • Grades 6-9 • More than 2000 full-color photographs and illustrations • Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary, Revised ed. Merriam-Webster, 2004, $17.95 • Abundant word history paragraphs • Designed especially for middle level students

  16. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolDictionaries • Merriam-Webster Online, Merriam-Webster Inc., 2009, free • Audio of pronunciation • Thesaurus • Spanish/English dictionary • www.m-w.com

  17. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolThesauruses • Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Thesaurus, 1st ed. Merriam-Webster, 2004, $17.95 • Created for middle level students • Contains synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words, and idiomatic phrases • The American Heritage Student Thesaurus, Updated ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006, $17.95 • Parts of Speech table • For middle and high school students

  18. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolThesauruses • Visual Thesaurus, Thinkmap Inc., 2009, Online ed. $19.95/year Desktop ed. $39.95 • Interactive spatial maps • http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp

  19. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolEncyclopedias • One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia, DK Children, 2008, $24.99 • Divided into eight sections • Stunning photographs • Britannica Encyclopedia, Revised ed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2008, $1992.85 • 65,000 articles • Unique 4-part organization, 32 volumes

  20. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolEncyclopedias • E-encyclopedia, Dorling Kindersley, 2003, free • Links to external websites with related content • http://www.dke-encyc.com/home.asp

  21. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolWeb Sites • FXConverter, OANDA Corp., 2008, free • Conversions back to 1990 • http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

  22. Ready Reference: Middle SchoolWeb Sites • RhymeZone, Datamuse, 20037, free • Grouped by syllable count • http://www.rhymezone.com/

  23. Ready Reference: High SchoolAlmanacs • The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2009 ed. Pocket Books. $12.99 pa. • Most comprehensive and well-known almanac • Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection *selection • Old Farmers Almanac Online • http://www.almanac.com

  24. Ready Reference: High SchoolDictionaries • American Heritage College Dictionary, 4th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. $26.95 • Includes CD-Rom (complete text of dictionary and thesaurus) • Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection *selection. • Random House Webster’s College Thesaurus, 2nd ed. Random House, 2005. $22.95 • Alphabetical listing of over 400,000 synonyms and antonyms • Examples—used in a sentence • Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection *selection

  25. Ready Reference: High SchoolEncyclopedias • World Book Encyclopedia, 2009 ed. 22 vols. $1009.00 • Readable and authoritative • Suitable for 9th-12th grades • Available online and on CD-ROM • World Book Online • Entire contents of 22 vol. print set, and more • More than 20,000 pictures, maps, • videos and sounds • Contact sales rep for pricing • For 650 student building, $595.00/year • http://tryit.worldbookonline.com

  26. Ready Reference: High SchoolHandbooks • MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. Modern Language Association, 2003. $22.00 pa. • Guidelines and examples for handling research, outlining, formatting and documentation in MLA style. • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,5th ed. APA, 2001. $27.95 pa. • Guidelines and examples for handling research, formatting, and documentation in APA style.

  27. Ready Reference: High SchoolHandbooks • Writers Inc, 2006 ed. By Dave Kemper, Patrick Sebranek, & Verne Meyer. Great Source Education Group, $23.50 pa. • A writer’s handbook • Includes: various forms of writing, usage help, punctuation, citation guides • Has online components: • http://www.thewritesource.com/books/handbooks/writers_inc/

  28. Ready Reference: High SchoolOther • Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 17th ed. Little Brown & Co., 2002, $50.00 • Classic ready reference • Famous quotes listed chronologically by author. • Excellent author and keyword indexes • Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection *selection. • Bartleby.com • http://www.bartleby.com/ • Full-text reference books • Also full-text fiction, nonfiction, verse • All free!

  29. Ready Reference: High SchoolOther • The Value of a Dollar: 1860-2009, 4th ed. Grey House Publ., 2009. $155.00 • Excellent for historical research • Includes: income, prices, tables of price trends • Some prices included are: golf clubs, washing machine, baked beans, a suit • Some job incomes included are: actor, bookkeeper, manager, teacher, truck driver

  30. Ready Reference: High SchoolWeb Sources • The Internet Public Library --www.ipl.org • Incredible collection of ready reference web sites • Easy to access by general subject • Compiled by students in information science field • http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00

  31. Ready Reference: High SchoolWeb Sources • Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-2009 Edition, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor • http://www.bls.gov/oco/ • Online version of standard OOH publication • Quick access to occupation information—education/training, salary, skills, nature of work

  32. Ready Reference: High SchoolWeb Sources • American Fact Finder, U.S. Census Bureau • http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en • Census statistics • Population • Household/family size • Education • Demographics—race, gender

  33. Ready Reference: High SchoolWeb Sources-Biography • Biography.com, A&E, Free • http://www.biography.com/ • Brief biographies of celebrities, politicians, historic figures, etc. • Born on this day • Photo gallery

  34. Strengths and WeaknessesPrint Resources Quick and easy to access Electronics not required Become outdated quickly Biography, Statistics, Geography Intimidating

  35. Strengths and Weakness Electronic Resources Provides remote access Frequently updated/ current Appealing to students Searchable through search engines Issues with technology requirements Limited access due to electronics

  36. Sources www.amazon.com Baker & Taylor. (2008). School selection. Retrieved from http://schoolselectionb.btol.com/titlesource_SS/Search_SS.asp Barber, R. W., & Bartell, P. (Eds.).(2007). Senior high core collection: A selection guide (17th ed.). New York: H. W. Wilson. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/referenc.html

  37. Where would you find… • the population of Denmark? • the weather forecast? • whether Persia is still a country? • the average teacher salary in 1930? • Chester A. Arthur’s middle name? • a synonym for the word brusque? • the definition of chortle? • what Mark Twain said about reading?

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