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Resources for Teachers & Education Students

by Nicole R

Need to keep up with the latest educational research? Looking for information on testing, special education, or school administration?

K-12 teachers, administrators, and education students can find articles, reports from the US Department of Education and reference material in the Educator’s Reference Complete database.

Find the database in the College, Careers, & Education section of our Research page. And remember, library cardholders can search the database from home!

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Teaching Kids Healthy Smiles--Lesson Plans

by lola

The University of Michigan School of Dentistry and the Mott's Children Health Center in Flint, Michigan have created a website designed to support Kindergarten through elementary school teachers in their efforts to promote healthy oral hygiene and prevent dental disease. Check out an array of lesson plans, activities and worksheets. Help make those Michigan smiles stay healthy and white!

Pair the lesson with some good books from the library like:
Stories to Go: Teeth
Maisy, Charley and the Wobbly Tooth
Vera Goes to the Dentist
Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder

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Taking the TOEFL?

by Nicole R

If you’re planning to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the AADL can help you get ready!

The LearningExpress Library database has online preparation courses and practice exams for the TOEFL that include sections on reading, writing, speaking, and listening. You can also get an overview of the exam and learn test-taking skills.

Access LearningExpress Library from home with your library card!

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Resources for Students – World Book Online

by Nicole R

Need an encyclopedia to finish that homework assignment, but can’t make it to the library? No problem!

Library cardholders can access the World Book Encyclopedia Online to find articles, use a dictionary, check an atlas, and more.

World Book Encyclopedia Online is listed in the Kids and Teens section of our Research page.

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Sanborn Maps

by wheloc

Want to know more about your house? Then you need the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. These indispensable tools for historical cartographic research were created by the Sanborn Map and Publishing Company to help fire insurance companies find who they needed to bill and what they needed to pay, they now serve as an important record of America's urbanization.

The maps cover some 12,000 cities and towns across the country and were published from 1867 to 1970. Many libraries and historical societies will carry maps of their surrounding areas. The Ann Arbor District Library has copies (on micro film) for Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Milan, Saline, and Ypsilanti (with dates from 1884 to 1948). They can be found in the micro film drawers (2nd floor, way behind the periodicals desk).

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Vote Tuesday, November 4th ~ And Bring Your I.D.

by Debbie G.

Polls open at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 4th. Remember, this election you'll need to show valid I.D. when voting. Visit the Michigan Votes website and you'll get answer to these questions and more: Am I registered to vote? Where do I vote? How do I get there? What type of voting equipment is available? Who is my city/township clerk? Am I eligible to vote absentee? Need to review the candidates and proposals? Visit the Washtenaw County Elections website and scroll down to the November election.

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Ann Arbor Cooks

by amy

AADL is proud to present Ann Arbor Cooks, a new online database of local historical cookbooks and heirloom recipes, created in partnership with the Washtenaw County Historical Society, the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor and Ann Arbor Hadassah. The Washtenaw County Historical Society provided the core collection of cookbooks from their archives at the Museum on Main Street and will play a continuing role in enhancing the online collection with more items from their archives. Ann Arbor Cooks also presents a complete set of digital copies of Repast, a publication of the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor. So dig in! You can search or browse the entire collection of recipes; read the cookbooks cover to cover; or send us recipes of your own.

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Jane-mania continues!

by Nicole R

Jane Austen fans - have you read all of Jane Austen’s books and seen the two recent movies (Becoming Jane and The Jane Austen Book Club), but still can't get enough Jane?

Find a list of Austen-inspired fiction in the new Novelist article “Literature for Janeites.” You can also find authors with similar styles on their Jane Austen read-alike page.

Access the Novelist database in the Arts & Literature section of our Research page. Find a link to article on the Novelist home page, or use their ‘Search our Database’ tab to search articles. Janeites (and others) with library cards can search Novelist from home!

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Resources for Art History Students

by Nicole R

Taking art history this semester? Whether you’re researching Picasso or just need a quick definition of Art Nouveau, the AADL is here to help.

Check out the Grove Dictionary of Art database for artist biographies, bibliographies, and encyclopedia articles. You can also find images of artists’ works.

Access the Grove Dictionary of Art in the Arts & Literature section of our Research page. Library cardholders can search from home!

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Homework Bits - "Electric Heroes" using RESEARCH databases

by ryanikoglu

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A 4th/5th grade assignment is to find information on "Electric Heroes" and their inventions. To use the RESEARCH databases, Choose MY ACCOUNT and login. These databases are not on the internet. They are only on library websites through your AADL library card.
The articles provide the citations you need to prove your research.
1. Choose the RESEARCH tab along the top of the website.
2. Use the link to "browse databases by name".
3. Choose BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER.
4. If you know names, use the last name to search for articles on that person.
5. If you do not know names, go to "Biographical Facts Search" and choose your keywords to find names. You will come up with articles to read, or print. I looked for a term in "occupations" related to electricity. I chose "electronics engineer". Then I chose "female" for gender. I got a list of names. I chose some names, and followed the link to read about them. You can find names and why they are mentioned.
6. Now the challenge is finding articles long enough to explain their work.