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LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS' GUIDE



Information Access and Delivery

Copyright

A Teacher's Guide to Fair Use and Copyright
http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm#Copyright%20and%20Fair%20Use%20Defined
Content includes definitions of copyright and fair use, challenges for educators, professional responsibility, and a fair use chart.

Copyright Basics
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Basic copyright questions are answered on this United States Copyright Office site.

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers
http://www.mediafestival.org/copyright_chart.pdf
A chart to inform classroom teachers of their rights under the copyright law and guidelines of the United States.

Copyrights and Copying Wrongs
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr280a.shtml
This is part one of an Education World series on copyright and fair use. "Education World answers the question 'What can my students and I freely use in our lessons, presentations, workshops, newsletters, reports, and Web sites, and what is protected by copyright?' Included: A tour of the public domain!"

Twenty Questions Fair Use Copyright Quiz
http://www.esu7.org/~sgsweb/copyquiz.html
Take this quiz to determine your copyright knowledge.
Answers to the Fair Use Copyright Quiz
http://www.esu7.org/~sgsweb/copyanswers.html

Visit to Copyright Bay

http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/
General and specific concepts about copyright as they apply to the non-profit educational setting are presented.

Intellectual Freedom

Intellectual Freedom Basics
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/basics/Default2272.htm
Provided on this ALA site is a definition of Intellectual Freedom.

Intellectual Freedom Issues
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/Default883.htm#links
Links to information about intellectual freedom issues.

Intellectual Freedom Principles
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/basics/Default2272.htm#links
Links to information on these basic principles are given.

Library Bill of Rights
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/statementsif/librarybillrights.htm
ALA lists basic policies that should guide library service.


Online Libraries

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/
Find It, Information & Services, News & Events are included in The Library of Congress website.

Tennessee Electronic Library
http://access.gale.com/tel2/
Infotrac databases such as General Reference Center Gold, National Newspaper Index, Kids Infobits and many more reference sources are available at this site.

Tennessee State Library and Archives

http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/
Access TEL, Tennessee Public Library Catalog, Archives and Manuscripts and more on this Tennessee Department of State site.

Walter's State Community College Library
http://www.wscc.cc.tn.us/library
Access the WSCC library catalog as well as other resources.

 

Primary Sources

American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov
The Library of Congress presents "Historical Collections for the National Digital Library."

EuroDocs
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
Find "Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe."

 

Reference

DeweyBrowse
http://www.deweybrowse.org/
Websites are arranged by the Dewey Classification System.

KidsClick! Web Search for Kids by Librarians

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/dewey.html
Search 600+ subjects by letter or Dewey number.

Library Spot
http://libraryspot.com
A free virtual library source provides access to a variety of reference sites including various libraries.

Library Terms
http://www.clarion.edu/library/instructionpage/libraryterms.htm
Clarion University Libraries offers this Hypertext Glossary of Library Terminology.

refdesk.com
http://refdesk.com
This handy on-line reference site contains links to a potpourri of resources including newspapers, government information, news sources, and top reference tools.

Updated November 6, 2008