Distance Library Services

Distance Library Services (DLS) is a department of Nova Southeastern University Libraries which provides off-campus students with most of the library services available on campus. DLS provides students with books and photocopies of periodical articles via U.S. mail. There are no charges to students for providing these services or materials.

Electronic Library

Many services may be obtained by accessing the DLS's online Electronic Library, including access to the library's catalog and periodical holdings, holdings of other libraries, and online databases/information services. Online students are able to request materials and gain access to a librarian. Over 50 FirstSearch databases are available, from Lexis-Nexis to the World Book Encyclopedia.

SCIS Help Desk

The SCIS helpdesk is used to provide support for all SCIS electronic tools. You can also report web and network problems. http://www.scis.nova.edu/helpdesk/index.html

 

Other Sites

Dictionaries, etc.

• http://www.webopedia.com
• http://www.pctechguide.com
• http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/computerdictionaries.htm
• http://www.libraryspot.com/acronyms.htm (acronyms)
• http://www.hjs.org/babel.htm (abbreviations)

Reference sites

• ERIC: http://www.eric.ed.gov
• ERDS: http://www.edrs.com
• MIT Library: http://libraries.mit.edu

APA Publication Manual Crib Sheet
http://www.sbe.nova.edu/hays/apacrib.html

APA Website: http://www.apa.org

Computer Museum History Center Website: Established in 1996, The Computer Museum History Center is a non-profit entity dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computing history.

• Software and Languages timeline:
  http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/topics/software.page
• The Internet timeline:
  http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/internet_history/index.page
• The Microprocessor timeline:
  http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/microprocessors/index.page

Other Electronic Journals

• U.K. Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/index.html
  
  
• UMASS Amherst Digital Library (Technology in Education): http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/education/technol.html

• Wake Forest University's Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal website: http://imej.wfu.edu/

• University of Colorado at Denver Electronic Journals: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/ejournals.html

• Arizona State University's Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence On-line publications: http://clte.asu.edu/teaching_strategies/technology/publications_online.html

• CARET http://caret.iste.org/ bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions.

• Technology & Learning Online - http://www.techlearning.com/
  A magazine for K-12 school administrators, teachers, and technology
  coordinators, has reviews and other interactive features.

• Technological Horizons in Education (T.H.E.) Journal -
  http://www.thejournal.com/ T.H.E. Online is the leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education. T.H.E. Online contains information, news and activities related to the use of educational technology.

• From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal - http://www.fno.org/
  Technology for schools; technology for learning.

• eSchool News - http://www.eschoolnews.com/
  News, information, data, resources, and services that K-12 schools can use to communicate, exchange, and learn about the application of technology to improve education.

• Electronic School - http://www.electronic-school.com/
  Electronic School is an award-winning quarterly technology magazine for K-12 educators.

• Journal of Technology Education - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/ Provides a forum for scholarly discussion on topics relating to technology education.

• Education Consumers ClearingHouse - http://www.education-consumers.com Subscription-supported e-mailing list whose purpose is to empower education's consumers. Subscribers ask questions, post information and opinion, or just follow the various discussions.

• The Well Connected Educator - http://www.gsh.org/wce/
  The Well Connected Educator is the on-line publishing center and forum for the K-12 community to read, write, and talk about educational technology.

• Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving -
  http://ericir.syr.edu/ithome/digests/computerskills.html
  Discusses the needed computer skills in order to use computers in context for problem solving in curricular areas. Computers should not be simply expensive flash cards.

• Interactive Classroom Articles - Suite101.com -
  http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/interactive_classroom
  Edited by a 10 year veteran teacher, these articles touch on many of the aspects of integrating technology into classroom instruction.

• Suite101.com: Educators' studies involving using media and multimedia - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/multimedia_education/45711
  Does using multimedia help in education? This article addresses this question.

• Great Expectations: Content, Communications, Productivity, and the Role of Information Technology in Higher Education -
  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/edtech/great_expectations.html
  Important challenges which higher education must address with realistic expectations and objectives, mindful about real costs, attentive to the capacity to deliver, and focused on the needs of an increasingly heterogeneous clientele in a rapidly changing world.

• MultiMedia Schools Magazine - http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/
  A practical how-to magazine that addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today CD-ROM, multimedia, online, and Internet resources. Articles, columns, news, and product reviews are contributed by practicing educators who use new technologies in the classroom and media center.

• Electronic Learning - http://scholastic.com/EL/
  from Scholastic's Instructor Magazine.

• Educational Technology Review (ETR) - http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/index.cfm
  Subscription-based electronic publication of AACE--Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Geared to help teachers integrate technology into their classroom on a daily basis.

• MicroSoft in Education: Instructional Resources -
  http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=InstructionalResources
  Lesson plans and tutorials to help learn Microsoft applications and implement them in the classroom.

• Catalyst: chronicles the "voices of school reform" in Chicago, including the initiative for small schools: http://www.catalyst-chicago.org

• Character Education Partnership (CEP): is a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to developing moral character and civic virtue in American youth as one means of creating a more compassionate and responsible society. http://www.character.org

• Coalition of Essential Schools: is a national network that aims to promote small classrooms and schools that feature personalized instruction, multiple forms of assessment, democratic and equitable school policies and practice, and close partnerships with the school's community. http://www.essentialschools.org

• Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL): brings together educators, scientists, human service providers, policymakers, and concerned citizens to promote social and emotional learning as an integral part of education in schools throughout the world. http://www.casel.org

• Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR): is a national nonprofit organization that promotes social responsibility as a core responsibility of schools. ESR programs include social and emotional learning, character education, conflict resolution, diversity education, civic engagement, prevention programming, youth development, civic engagement, and secondary school improvement. http://www.esrnational.org