Sonoma County Office of Education

ASK the SCOE Librarians

Would you like one-on-one help? Need resources? Want information on inquiry, research, or other teaching topics you can implement online? Looking to update your collection or integrate literature into curriculum? Click on one of the buttons below to contact either of our two librarians.

Contact Connie Williams, NBC Teacher Librarian, librarian@scoe.org

Contact Laurie Prothro, K-6 Librarian, librariank-6@scoe.org

Sonoma County Public Library

Are you looking to learn more about how the Sonoma County Public Library can support education? Check in with Education Initiatives Librarian Rachel Icaza at the Sonoma County Library for information about school support resources available with a public library card or Student OneCard. Email Rachel Icaza at ricaza@sonomalibrary.org

California K-12 Digital Resources

Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, ProQuest research databases, and TeachingBooks are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING

SOCIAL JUSTICE – DIVERSITY

Links to lessons, websites, information on teaching diverse topics. Resources for your personal journey too!

ONLINE TEACHING/DISTANCE LEARNING

Links to online tools for collaboration and/or presentation. Includes audio and video resources.

TEACHING INQUIRY AND RESEARCH

Outlines the inquiry and research process. A quick overview. This section includes information on Digital Literacy.

Links to lessons to help Identify authority/reliability

READING RESOURCES

Links to libraries of reading resources – books online, story-tellers online, literacy lessons

SCIENCE RESOURCES

K-12 science resources. From environmental science to anatomy, space and geology, check out these resources for your students.

SEND YOUR STUDENTS HERE FOR INFORMATION

RESEARCH STEP 1: DIG AND DIVE

FIRST: Basic info on our subject.

Find those ‘terms of art’ – the jargon, the people, and the history of the field.

Elementary Middle High Escolar

RESEARCH STEP 2: DIG DEEPER

SECOND: What are others saying on our topic?

Put your basic info into a context. Search here for magazines, newspaper, journals, videos and more.

ProQuest provides several places for you to go to find information. Explore them all to find the best articles for your paper or presentation!

Have a question on any of these resources? Be sure to Ask the SCOE librarian for help!

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RESEARCH STEP 3: K-12 RESOURCES FROM THE SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY to use today:

Sonoma County Library

Points of View

  • Alternative viewpoints are given on a subject and supported with resources to help students make their claim.

A-Z (maps, USA, world culture)

  • These three resources have the best content for discovery on the geography and culture of the world. These can be ‘one stop’ locations for the dig and dive info for reports and other presentations.

Explora

  • Three levels provide a way for students to find the information they need for a variety of uses.

Mango Languages

    Students create their own account and learn a new language – choose from over 50 languages!

National Geographic (Archives / Nat. Geo Kids)

    Explore the historical National Geographic magazine articles through their archives. National Geographic Kids opens the doors to the world for younger learners.

Wildlife Encyclopedia

    A true encyclopedia of every animal in the world!