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 2009-2010 school year
Curriculum Resource Catalog |
Electronic Resources |
Instructional Development | Library Automation |
Media Resources |
Miscellaneous
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.
 INFOhio's 21st Century Learning
Commons - A place to learn and share 21st century teaching and
learning resources and practice ideas. Includes 21
Essential Things, a series of self-directed tutorials for Ohio
educators to explore and engage in second generation Internet
technologies (Web 2.0, such as social networking, wikis, video,
podcasting and gaming sites) that are bringing students in touch with
the world. |
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 2009-2010: |
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General Updates |
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The home access Username and Password is
unchanged this school year. |
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The in-service overview for 2009-2010,
Think
INFOhio… 21st Century Tools Supporting 21st Century Learning,
has been updated by INFOhio staff. [PPT 83 slides] |
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The Core Collection Flier has been
revised to reflect that some resources are no longer available.
See the INFOhio
Toolkit Supply List for this year's
promotional materials. |
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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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21st Century
Tools and Electronic Resources for Students, Teachers and
Parents, a Flash video, is now
available to stream or download. The
27-minute production introduces the online resources INFOhio
provides to Ohio students and teachers, focusing on the special
features that can infuse student learning with 21st century
information literacy skills. Produced November 2009. |
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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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Consumer Health Complete no longer part of the collection
available through INFOhio. The publishers have provided pricing
for buildings and districts in
the newest version of Price List 2009. |
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Continuous
Pandemic H1N1 Coverage. Free site providing
the latest evidence-based, flu-related information. November 19,
2009 |
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EBSCO Animals improvements.
Separate interface no longer available; content now
available as Encyclopedia of Animals in other
interfaces (e.g., Searchasaurus, Kids Search),
Lexiles added to articles. August 12, 2009. |
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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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NewsBank
Newspapers. Number of subscriptions is limited to five Ohio
dailies. |
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Oxford
Reference Online: Premium Collection |
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January 2010 update. Includes
three new titles (The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins,
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, and A
Dictionary of Sports Studies), three new editions (A
Dictionary of the Bible, A Dictionary of Popes,
and The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms) and more. February
17, 2010. |
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SchoolRooms™
now requires a subscription.
To help you decide if SchoolRooms is appropriate for your
students’ needs and your district’s financial realities, INFOhio has
prepared a Web page,
Is SchoolRooms Right for Your
Students? The page contains links to a fact sheet and
other background documents, an explanation of how various funding
sources can be used to purchase SchoolRooms, a link to the
newest version of Price List 2009, and procedures for
subscribing to SchoolRooms. |
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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 is not part of the 2009-2010
Core Collection. The publishers have provided pricing for
buildings, districts and ITCs in
the newest version of Price List 2009
and have agreed to allow access for Ohio K-12 through September 30,
2009. |
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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). World Book
Online Reference Center is now longer available. |
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Other new information |
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KnowItNow24x7 has replaced HomeworkNow as
Ohio's statewide virtual reference service. Updated marketing materials are
available in the
Help Resources page. |
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INFOsearch,
INFOhio's federated search feature is no longer available in our
Core Collection. |
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Instructional Development |
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Professional Development Opportunities. Includes webinars
sponsored by Core Collection publishers this fall and
INFOhio's IVDL sessions. The sessions are free for all Ohio educators.
Sessions sponsored by other agencies may have fees. |
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Library Automation |
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Introducing
CAT 2.0! Webinar to explain what's new about
INFOhio's online catalog for older users, September 17, 2009, 3-4
p.m. Presenter: Trish Baker, LACA. Site registration required. |
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Media Resources |
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Check regularly for new
Digital Video
Collection titles. The collection uses
the same username/password as INFOhio's Core Collection. |
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Miscellaneous |
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2010 Electronic Resources Preview, sponsored by OHIONET,
was scheduled for January 25 through March 14, 2010.
Christine Morris,
OHIONET Electronic Resources Coordinator, is preview
coordinator. |
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Online Survey. Critique the 2010 preview and provide
suggestions for 2011. Deadline to respond: April 7, 2010. |
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Price List / Ordering information.
The password is the same as used for the Core Collection
during 2009-2010.
To receive a password, contact your
Instructional Technology Center
or e-mail central@infohio.org.
[PDF 9 pgs] |
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INFOhio
Communications Checklist, 2009-2010 - Used by library staff and
other educators to see a list of important messages from INFOhio, link to additional information and
see what messages are planned. |
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INFOhio Hugh
Durbin Leadership Award 2009. Award presented to
Brenda Gehm,
Director of Library Services, Monroe Local Schools |
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INFOhio Spence White Service Award 2008. Award presented to
Linda
Ehrnschwender, LEECA Media Services Liaison |
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INFOhio
Targets for 2009-2100 |
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INFOhio Training Fees, 2009-2010 [PDF
2 pgs] Includes scheduling procedures, purchase order information, topics and costs. |
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INFOhio Users Council Representatives,
2009-2010 |
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Internet2®
Resources |
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MLA 7.0 and INFOhio Resources |
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INFOhio Citation Guide, by
Joanna McNally, Librarian, South Euclid-Lyndhurst City Schools, January
2010. A guide for students preparing Works Cited or Bibliography pages; includes
tips to cite INFOhio's Core Collection of Electronic Resources
and other print and non-print materials. [MS Word OR
PDF 2 pgs] |
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MLA 7.0 Citation Format and INFOhio, by
Sheila Benedum, Bay Village High School
Library Media Specialist, January 2010. A guide for
educators. [PPT 16 slides] |
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MLA 7.0 Citations: A Getting-Started Guide for Ohio's
Students From INFOhio, by Sheila Benedum,
Bay Village High School Library Media
Specialist, January 2010. [PPT 18 slides] |
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Preparing 21st Century
Ohio Learners for Success: Helping Today's Students & Tomorrow's
Teachers. The
Go Further! With INFOhio is the page developed for
students. |
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INFOhio's
"Go Further--Road to Higher Education and Beyond" Campaign.
Includes Ohio's Road to Success, Task Force goals and a
resource list, October 2009. [PDF/letter 2 pgs
OR PDF/tabloid 1 pg] |
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PreK-12 Education Initiative. Details four key
areas where INFOhio transforms teaching and learning by connecting
educational resources with the power of information technology,
October 2009.
[PDF/letter 2 pgs
OR PDF/tabloid 1 pg] |
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Progress Report 2008-2009
[PDF 4 pgs] |
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What's New on the INFOhio Web Site... |
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