FREE HOMEWORK HELP SITES TO ASSIST HS TEACHERS AND ENSURE THAT HS STUDENTS HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL. MANY OF THESE RESOURCES ALSO WILL HELP TEACHERS CREATE MEANINGFUL LESSON PLANS AND HELP STUDENTS IN IB PROGRAMS. PRESENTED BY IRO STEPHEN PERRY AND IRC ACCRA, ACCRA, GHANA SEPTEMBER 2014

PART I: GENERAL RESOURCES Many helpful general resources are presented in the next few slides

YAHOO REFERENCE IS A GREAT PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO START: / /

HOMEWORK HELP SITES: ONE OF THE BEST IS HIGH SCHOOL ACE; ACADEMIC RESOURCES, QUIZZES AND TED TALKS:

LOCATE E-JOURNALS IN ANY FIELD :

WEB BASED RESOURCES – EJOURNALS AND WEBSITES:

TECH GUIDE HANDOUTS FROM THE NYPL :

NEW YORK TIMES LEARNING BLOG WITH QUIZZES:

BBC COUNTRY PROFILES:

PART II: GUIDES TO RESEARCH Here we will look at the New York Public Library Research Site, as well as LIBGUIDES, one of our little known secrets -- and available to the general public.

LIBGUIDES.COM GOOGLE DRIVE LIBGUIDES.COM TO LOCATE RESOURCES ACADEMIC LIBRARIES PUBLISH – IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE ARE USING IT TO HELP US LEARN GOOGLE DRIVE

NYPL nypl.org/collections NYPL [NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARIES] HAS MANY RESEARCH GUIDES: nypl.org/collections nypl.org/collections

NYPL ALSO HAS A DIGITAL GALLERY OF IMAGES:

NYPL DIGITAL GALLERY EXAMPLES OF THE NYPL DIGITAL GALLERY FOR CULTURE:

PART III: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCES ualref.html

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS’S ALCOVE 9 SITE FOR VIRTUAL REFERENCE:

AMERICAN MEMORY PROJECT FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS FREE VALUABLE RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR WRITING TERM PAPERS:

PART IV: FREE TEXTBOOKS AND FREE EBOOKS Free Textbook Free Textbooks may be located on the free amspaces.pbworks.com site shown in the next slide – these include free Technology Books, Books on Writing, MS OFFICE Tutorials, How to write a Resume, Literature, and other eBooks in all Disciplines. amspaces.pbworks.com

FREE TEXTBOOKS AND EBOOKS IN AMSPACES WEBSITE:

FREE ETEXTBOOKS AND EBOOKS:

PART V: WHERE TO FIND LESSON PLANS There are a number of great sites to locate Lesson Plans. A few of the best are presented in the next series of slides

BEST FREE SITES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING: websites/ websites/2014

LOCATING QUALITY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES VIA TOPMARKS:

RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS FROM U.S. CONSULATE KRAKOW:

FREE RESOURCES -- U.S. DEPT OF EDUCATION

BEST OF THE HUMANITIES ON THE WEB:

CURRIKI: FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND LESSON PLANS:

MERLOT: ONE OF MY FAVORITE RESOURCES: (CLICK ON MERLOT COMMUNITIES FOR SPECIFIC LESSON PLANS)

PART VI: HOW TO DO QUALITY RESEARCH:

HOW LIBRARIES WORK:

RESEARCH STRATEGIES AND TUTORIALS: THE RESEARCH PROCESS

BASIC INFORMATION LITERACY TUTORIAL:

MORE RESEARCH TUTORIALS, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM IS AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE:

PART VII: NEW SEARCH ENGINES, OFFERING A DIFFERENT SEARCH EXPERIENCE THAN GOOGLE: IPL IS ONE OF THE NEW WEBSITES:

IPL: RESOURCES BY SUBJECT

IPL’S SUBJECT RESOURCES

IPL’S PATHFINDERS

IPL’S FAQS

A SEARCH ENGINE JUST FOR STUDENTS – AND NOTICE IT HAS A SECTION ON TEACHING WEB RESEARCH SKILLS!

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I DESIGNED THIS CUSTOMIZED SEARCH ENGINE TO LOCATE THESES AND OTHER SCHOLARLY MATERIALS:

SEARCH ENGINE FOR LOCATING DOCUMENTARY AND EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS, USEFUL FOR EXPLAINING CONCEPTS:

A CUSTOMIZED SEARCH ENGINE FOR LOCATING LESSON PLANS

A SEARCH ENGINE COVERING THINK TANKS, FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

PART VIIII: MORE ADVANCED RESOURCES We will discuss: CRS REPORTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS: PROFESSIONAL REPORTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, PREPARED BY PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS THESE COVER ALL AREAS AND TOPICS AND GIVE IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF AN ISSUE

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE (CRS) REPORTS:

HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF CRS REPORTS

CRS REPORTS ARE ALSO CATEGORIZED BY TOPIC: AS IN THIS EXAMPLE

HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF CRS REPORTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

AN EXAMPLE OF ONE RECENT CRS REPORT: pdf pdf

CRS REPORTS ARE VERY DETAILED -- AND EXHAUSTIVELY RESEARCHED BY LIBRARIANS AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS

WE HOPE THESE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN USEFUL TO YOU! STEPHEN PERRY, IRO, ACCRA CELL: ACCRA, GHANA U.S. EMBASSY