Library: October 2009 Archives

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer Halloween Health and Safety Tips. On that page, there are also related links, such as Tips to Protect Yourself from Germ Monsters.

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Kids.gov is the Official Kids' Portal for the U.S. Government and includes lots of links about these topics and more:

• Test-Taking Tips
• Careers
• Games and Activities

There's also a section for educators.

 

NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org

NASA Images contains thousands of photos, videos, and graphics in these catagories:

• Universe
• Solar System
• Earth
• Aeronautics
• Astronauts

It's a great source for your and your children's classroom science reports, or just plain browsing fun. 

From trees to traffic, from health to hiking to scholarships, this list of top free Web sites has something for everyone. It was compiled by the Reference and User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.

On October 1, 2009, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring October 2009 as National Information Literacy Awareness Month.

What is Information literacy? Information literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, and ethically and legally use information. There is so much information available in the world today that knowing how to separate what is trustworthy from what is false and/or biased takes a lot of skill and practice.

Did you know that the same skills and processes used to locate information for a research project can be used for buying a car, planning a vacation, looking for a job, etc.? Being information literate gives students the competitive advantage to be idea creators, problem solvers, effective contributors, and productive citizens.

UMUC's Information and Library Services (UMUC Library) is here to help! The UMUC Library provides many ways to learn and hone these skills, including access to the WebTycho self-paced VLIB 101 (Peck Virtual Classroom) and our interactive research process tutorial Secrets of My Research Success. We also offer short multi-media tutorials to help you develop information literacy skills under the How Do I? section of the Library Web site. The Library is available 24/7 to help you build your skills and assist you with information-literacy related questions via Ask a Librarian.

Please join the UMUC Library in celebrating National Information Literacy Awareness Month!

Create a video about how education can help you fulfill your dreams and send it to the US Department of Education. Details about the contest are here.

Dr. John D. Clarke raps about how to prevent Swine flu, at the government Website flu.gov