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- 5th
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Students compare and contrast online libraries with physical libraries. They use the Internet to access the Pioneer Library and participate in an online scavenger hunt. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students explore collections of materials and pointers to other related materials to help them to quickly and easily find and retrieve information needed. This lesson was originally written for librarians with little or no net experiences. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students study the twenty-one classes of the Library of Congress Classification System by completing two online tutorials. They complete matching activities using the call numbers and placing them in the correct order. They use the knowledge to visit a university library to select a book for a research project. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine databases at the Alabama Virtual Library while completing an associated worksheet. They apply information from the virtual library to research and create a presentation about a United States president. They make a poster or computer base presentation to share. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students are introduced to the Library of Congress Clissification System after reviewing the Dewey Decimal Classification System. They create a map of a university library that uses this system. They demonstrate their understanding of the placement of books in each system by playing a game with the maps they create. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the Library Media Center and the Dewey Decimal Classification System. They access the Alabama Virtual Library, participate in a library scavenger hunt, and organize a list of books using the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research a self chosen animal using the Alabama Virtual Library database, Kids Search. They take notes using index cards before they produce a written report with the information. They word process the reports and insert an animal graphic. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students examine various ways to access the EBSCO database on the Alabama Virtual Library website. They conduct research on the Solar System, and locate the answers to scavenger hunt questions through the use of the database. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students compare their school library with another library such as: town library, for example, or a virtual library and identify the most important features. Students use their observations to create a map of the school library that can serve as a guide for others. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about finding library resources. They use the technology resources in order to find new books. The teacher prepares questions for the students to find. They answer the questions by looking for the answers in the Virtual Library Collection. Full Review »