ANS LIBRARY

ANS Library subscribes to Grolier online:

This includes four encyclopedias:

	Encyclopedia Americana*
	Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia *
	New Book of Knowledge*
	Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre*

Don’t forget EBSCO* for online magazines and periodicals!

Two new Online Resources:

SIRS*: topical pro/con coverage of current and enduring issues

NETTrekker* (The Google for Education)

*You require a username and password available @ the Library!

Or contact Magda Morice , ANS Library

Get our Online Resources Brochure @ the Library!

Try these online sources when you need information.

Search Engines for Students
Ask Jeeves for Kids	Evaluate your Web Resources: How to checklist	Google

Subject Directories for Students
Yahooligans	Britannica Internet Guide The web's best sites as chosen by Encyclopedia Britannica editors	Internet Public Library: Youth Division

Homework Guides
BJ Pinch back’s Homework Helper	Infoplease	Library Spot

General Reference Sources
WWWebster Dictionary	Map Machine from National Geographic	Quotation Page “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves” William Shakespeare
Almanac Maps and more	Stately Knowledge Information about U.S. States from the Internet Public Library	Citations using MLA format

Parent Resources

Especially for Parents

Ideas from

Getting Children Interested  English

Como interesar a los niños  Español

The Council for Educational Development and Research created this list of “checkpoints in reading”---for

Kindergarten and grades 3, 6, 9, and 12—

-to help parents better understand their child’s reading development.

Online Encyclopedias
Let's Find Out Encyclopedia	Encyclopedia Britannica	Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
Atlapedia Online Maps and information about countries E-Conflict World Encyclopedia Provides flags, maps, anthems, history and statistics about countries of the world		History Encyclopedia

Teacher Resources

Math English Social Studies Science

A-Z Teacher Stuff

Teacher Resources

Worksheets

Storytelling Ideas, for Teachers

Tools and Resources

Pre-K- K  Grade 1-2 Grade 3-5 Grades 6-8+

Other Resources
Science Fair Central	Software Funbrain contains arcade style games	Puzzle maker

Magazines On-Line
Journals and Periodicals database Go to EBSCO, (for Login ID and Password come to the Library)	Mailbox (for Login ID and Password come to the Library)			Sports Illustrated for Kids
Time Magazine for Kids	CyberKids			KidsCastle *Smithsonian Institute Publication for Children
	Science News

Library Schedule	Library Staff	Positions
Monday - Thursday 7:00 - 3:30	Roberta Argüello	Library & Technology Coordinator
Fridays and days before holidays 7:00 – 2:25	Magda Morice	Librarian
	Claudia Andino	Assistant
	Iris Granados	Assistant
	Renan Ulloa	Assistant

Created by: Roberta Z. Argüello

Last update: August 2008