One of the best kept secrets as a resource for educators is Arizona State library of databases. Now five years old, the databases contain a wide array of age-appropriate resources.
Consultants Tammy Scrivner and Dr. Leonora Ketyer shared with attendees information about how to access the databases at www.azlibrary.com/azlibrary . Every school district in the state has been assigned an access code to a vast array of information.
The features provided critical resources to help schools bridge to Arizona College and Career Readiness standards. Information is organized by K-4 elementary, grades 5-8, junior high and high school.
The presenters shared examples of resources available including the following:
- Student Resource center with more than 500 full-text magazines, 360 reference books, 85,670 biographies, 81,000 primary source documents, 592,000 photos, maps and flags, 4,500 non-fiction books, 46 cover-to-cover national and international newspapers, radio and TV transcripts, country and state reports, and nearly 3,000 film and video clips.
- Biography reference center including 461,000 resources.
- Literacy reference center with access to 35,000 plot summaries, 100,000 articles and essays of library criticisms, 250,000 author biographies, 450 literary journals, 693,000 book reviews, 78,000 full-text poems, 19,700 full-text short stories, 8,200 classic texts.
- History reference with 2,000 encyclopedia and reference books, 81,000 history bios, history journals, 20th century video clips, world and U.S. history timelines.
ASPRA Reporter Terry Locke, Chandler Unified
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