New Education Materials at Ramaker

In the past month, Ramaker has added a number of materials in the field of education to our collection. Topics range from classroom management and instruction to standards development.  New titles include the following:

• America’s public schools : from the common school to “No Child Left Behind” by William J. Reese (New Book Display, LA212 .R423 2005)
• The new meaning of educational change by Michael Fullan (New Book Display, LA412 .F85 2007)
• How to use an interactive whiteboard really effectively in your primary classroom by Jenny Gage (Main Collection, LB1555 .G3 2005)
• Making standards useful in the classroom by Robert J. Marzano (Main Collection, LB3060.83 .M379 2008)
• Designing & assessing educational objectives by Robert Marzano (Main Collection, LB17 .M393 2008)

To see a list of all the new materials at Ramaker, visit our New Books page.

NEW…Chat with a Librarian!

An online chat feature has now been added to….

        

Ramaker librarians will be available to answer questions or help with research projects online at the following times:

     Monday – Wednesday:  8 – 5 p.m. and 6 – 9:30 p.m.

      Thursday:  8 – 5 p.m.

       Friday:  8 – 5 p.m.

       Sunday:  6 – 9 p.m.

We look forward to chatting with you!

Government Documents

At Ramaker, we’ve recently compiled some of the most useful links for federal, state  and international government web sites. We’ve posted these links on our new Government Documents web page. 

I’ve found the following sites to be particularly useful and interesting:

• Library of Congress – THOMAS
  This site contains current and archives legislative information. You can follow a bill from its introduction to its enaction. 
• US Census Bureau
  If you like statistics and numbers, this is the place to go. You can get information on subsets of the American population, plus on businesses and industries.

Visit the new government documents pages to see even more great resources.