INFOhio's Core Collection provides state-funded resources free to all Ohio's K-12 students and teachers for the 2010-2011 school year.
A username and password are required for home access; see your school library media specialist.
Funded in part through an Institute of Museum and
Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.
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What's new for the 2008-2009 school year
INFOhio’s structure supports Ohio’s K-12 learning community through Content,
Integration and Access. Use this page to get quick updates
about new Core Collection features and updates for other INFOhio products and services.
Curriculum Resource Catalog |
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Digital Video
Collection. Check regularly for new titles. The collection uses
the same username/password as INFOhio's Core Collection. |
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Electronic Resources
New features for INFOhio's Core Collection of Electronic
Resources for 2008-2009: |
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General Updates |
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The home access Username and Password is
new this school year. |
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New
fliers and other promotional materials are available on the
Supply List. |
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The Help Resources
page for each Core Collection resource has been updated. |
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The Getting Started Guide
for each Core Collection resource has been revised. |
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Biography
Reference Bank. Articles about more than a half-million
people, most in full text, from around the world, both living and dead. |
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Digital
Video Collection. Check
regularly for new titles. The collection uses the same
username/password as INFOhio's Core Collection. |
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EBSCOhost |
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Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos. Online Spanish language encyclopedia that is
appropriate for younger Spanish-speaking students and students just
learning the Spanish language. |
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L'Encyclopédie Découverte. Online French language
encyclopedia that is appropriate for younger French-speaking students
and students just learning the French language. |
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LearningExpress Library |
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Literature
Online From Chadwyck-Healey |
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Oxford
Reference Online: Premium Collection |
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New timeline: Victorian Britain |
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New title: The Oxford Companion to Cosmology |
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New editions: A Dictionary of Nursing, A
Dictionary of Earth Sciences, A Dictionary of Biology, A
Dictionary of Chemistry and The Oxford Dictionary of
Literary Terms |
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Over 50,000 links between biographical entries
in the Premium Collection and to entries in The Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, American National Biography,
Grove Music Online and Grove Art Online |
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SchoolRooms™ |
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Regular updates by SchoolRooms Advisory & Maintenance (SAM)
Committee members. |
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Training and promotional materials collected on
Help
Resources for SchoolRooms including updated
FAQs
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Content Highlights, summaries of timely content relevant to
all users. |
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Science
Online. Thousands of essays on major topics and issues in
science, math and technology, along with illustrations, experiments,
activities and biographies. |
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SIRS
Discoverer |
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World Book Web. Encyclopedias for three levels:
World Book
Kids (K-5),
World Book Student (5-9), and
World
Book Advanced (high school and college) |
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Other new information |
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Instructional Development |
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Professional Development Opportunities. Includes webinars
sponsored by Core Collection publishers this spring and
INFOhio's IVDL sessions that follow the year's theme of Tools to
Build Student Success, emphasizing resources for collaborative
projects. The sessions are free for all Ohio educators. |
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Library Automation |
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New Online Catalog |
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Media Resources |
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Miscellaneous |
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INFOhio Hugh Durbin Leadership
Award 2008 award recipient,
Karon Lippincott |
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INFOhio Spence White Service Award 2007. Awards presented to
Dianna Ashburn, SPARCC Manager of Library Automation
Services, and the late
Christina Schmoll, NOECA Library Services Support
Specialist |
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INFOhio
Targets for 2008-2008 |
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INFOhio Training Fees, 2008-2009 [PDF
2 pgs] Includes scheduling procedures, purchase order information, topics and costs. |
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INFOhio Users Council Representatives,
2008-2009 |
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Internet2®
Resources |
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Preparing 21st Century
Ohio Learners for Success: Helping Today's Students & Tomorrow's
Teachers |
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School Library Media Month. Promotional resources from
AASL and INFOhio. |
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U.S. Presidential Election 2008,
INFOhio Electronic Resources Spotlight,
August 25, 2008 |
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What's New on the INFOhio Web Site... |
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Getting Started Guide,
June 2009 [