Team+2,+ref+log+5b

//Sunlink.// (2009). Retrieved April 5, 2010 from [] This is, and has been, one of my favorite sites for the last year. I originally learned of Sunlink through Dr. Buddy in Selections and Materials and have used it since, at least one time per week. The Florida Teens Read link for 2009-2010 includes many of the same books as were used in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl this year. Obviously, they were winners in more than one place! My most favorite place to visit here is the media specialist tab where one can find most anything needed. From guides to enhance a media program to //Information Power// to disaster preparedness, most everything is here. The //Children’s Book Council// link leads to another bibliography of books that either have been recently published or will be published. Each link here is a treasure and one that we should all remember to go to. The student link is just as interesting, although I must admit that I had not looked through it much until I came to this log. Of the links here, the Daily Servings and General Reference, Research and Homework Help would be of the greatest use for our students. Many of the links provide information for Floridians; it has made me wonder why there is not something like this for Georgia students and teachers? Perhaps there is, but it has not been marketed as well. A resource of this nature would be a great find for teachers and media specialists as they teach research and reference sources to their students. Perhaps this is yet an additional item to add to a to-do list! As stated previously, this is a good resource for teachers and students alike.
 * Team 2, Reference log 5b: Bibliographical sources ||  ||<   ||
 * Reviewed by Sarah ||

Grades: Grade 1 and up. Subject(s): Any Rating: **:** 8, due to some of the links being particular to Floridian students.
 * ||< //Sabrina's// comment : I agree with both of you. What a great site! I went back to explore it some more in order to comment here, and I actually found things I had not seen when browsing it before. The teacher and media specialist tab is so full of great ideas, and I really liked the FINDS link which essentially breaks down the Information Literacy Standards into an easy-to-remember format.

//Lisa's// comment : Who can go wrong with SunLink? I also am envious of Florida residents who get access to links the rest of us don't get to use. There is a plethora of information options for the rest of us though. I too really liked the Children's book Council link. Great choice of site, Sarah. || Booksinprint.com. (2010). Retrieved April 5, 2010, from http://www.bowker.com/index.php/ component/content/article/2/7  ||   || BooksinPrint is available in both print and online versions. The online version is sold on a yearly subscription, but not to consumers. I wasn’t able to access the actual site, but I was able to view a demo example. It is a very organized and easy to follow site. The three main categories are customer resources, complimentary resources, and latest news. The customer resource link focuses on nonfiction including different ways to search and make connections to new books. It also includes B/P tips, Bowker Support, and federal Gov’t Publications. The complimentary resource link focuses on fiction and includes Patron Books in Print which is designed specifically for use by your patrons. This link also includes Training and remote linking. The latest news section keeps an updated calendar of tradeshows where Bowker will set up and meet with customers/patrons. There are several search options available. The quick search allows users to enter a keyword to receive results. Users can also browse by General subject (juvenile, history, computers, self-help, sports, etc.) or by index (author, title, publishers, etc.) Since this is a bibliographical reference source, hits from the searches give titles of books and then information on those titles: basic info (publisher, price, ISBN, format), series, age/grade range, bestseller list, subjects, and Dewey number. Also the user has options to download, print, or email the information for each title. As far as bibliographic resources go, this seems to be a very good one. It contains over 7.5 million titles and seems easy to use for all patrons.
 * Reviewed by //Sabrina//

Grade Level: 9-12 (?) Subject Area: Literature (?) Quality Ranking: 9 (based on the demo I saw) & it is subscription based ||  ||<  //Sarah's// comment : I agree completely that this resource is probably better for teachers than for students. However, the teachers could take the information gained and use it to enhance lessons for their students. While it would be nice to be able to view the entire site, the demo example is good.
 * I honestly see this as a resource for teachers or media specialists instead of students

//Lisa's// comment : I would love to see the full version as well. Great site, and I agree with both of you - better for teachers than students, or at least, more useful. The titles could give teachers ideas for angles for topics. Thanks for the information, Sabrina! || Classics Department, Williams College. (2008). //Classics bibliographies//. Retrieved March 25, 2010, from []
 * Reviewed by //Lisa// ||

I chose this subject bibliographical resource on the subject of classical bibliographies because I studied ancient Greek culture and philosophy in college. I have never seen an extensive list of works on the subject such as I found on the Williams College website. From the webpage provided on the right, one can access bibliographies of works written on a variety of subjects pertaining to classical studies. The options are as follows: literature; Greek authors; Roman authors; Bronze Age; culture and society; women in the ancient world; religion, ritual, and magic; science and technology; Greek history; Roman history; Greek and Latin language.

The website has a great many sources of information, and I was excited to see what all I could access. However, some of the links within subjects were forbidden or dead, while other were in foreign languages. Still, several of the links produced lists of helpful bibliographies I could understand and use. For instance, I selected “women in the ancient world” and was brought to a brief list with four links, each with a brief description of the information I’d discover. I chose the second link, a bibliographical list of women in ancient Greek drama. Wow! There were various treatments of the topic with over 50 works listed, mostly from journals. What a great starting point for students interested in the subject. I was delighted to find the equally impressive lists for other topics as well.

The website itself is simplistic in its design, and it has not been updated in a few years. The bibliographical lists one finds are even more simplistic in design, but overall, the site is extremely easy to navigate. Bearing in mind that the topic is ancient history, I would still consider it an invaluable resource for students and teachers. Obviously, the topic would only be of interest to high school and college students studying Latin or Greek languages, culture, religion, literature, and history, and probably then mostly of interest at the college level. A great teacher who sparks interest in his or her world literature students, for example, should make them aware of this website simply because students with that excitement in such a topic will go out of their way to find more information on their own. The reading level is adult and appropriate for high school and college students who are familiar with how to use bibliographies as an effective tool.

Grades: //9-12/college// Subject(s): Latin, World History, World Literature, Women’s Studies, Religion and more Rating: // 8 //
 * ||< //Sarah's// comment What a nice site! Having been long interested in the Classics, I spent quite a while here. The information is clear and easy to read, although as you stated, the reading level is on the high end. To have access to something like this is quite a find for students and teachers alike.

//Sabrina's// comment : Once again, I agree with the post and comment. It seems to be a very beneficial site whether it be in a history class or a literature class, and it can be useful to both students and teachers. Even though the material does seem to be geared toward high school and college age students, the site itself seems easy to use. ||