The World Wide Web offers language teachers a new source of authentic materials. This article situates the use of Web sites in language learning within concepts of resource-based learning, offering various activities that introduce the range of resources available to teachers and students of French, including a Web browser, a range of foreign…

Describes how teams of grade 4-9 gifted students investigated unsolved mysteries like Bigfoot, aliens and UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, and Stonehenge to develop Internet and research skills. Highlights student observations on difficulties encountered using the Internet for research, notes student evaluation of the workshop, and provides addresses…

Describes the volunteer-based reference service provided by the Internet Public Library. Topics include advantages and disadvantages, patron needs, the virtual reference collection, the need for more volunteers, and other online question-and-answer services. (LRW)

Discusses ways to introduce young adults to materials dealing with the Holocaust and suggests a variety of resources to help young adult librarians. Highlights include meeting the user's needs in terms of level of interest; nonbook media, especially films; Internet sites; reference titles; and museums and other organizations. (LRW)

Proposes a variety of ways to help novice English-as-a-Second/Foreign-Language teachers be better prepared to teach pronunciation and develop as professionals, including education; self-studying; membership in professional organizations; attending and presenting at conferences; reflecting on classroom pedagogical and theoretical issues; and…

This article is designed to help public libraries provide support for people with mental retardation through the implementation of "Guidelines for Library Services for People with Mental Retardation", developed by the American Library Association. Topics include needs assessment; staff training; adaptive technology; resource formats,…

Describes e-global library, the first Internet-based virtual library designed for online students at Jones International University and that has grown into a separately licensable product. Highlights include marketing to other academic libraries, both online and traditional; fees; the e-global library model; collection development policies;…

Uses focus groups to facilitate identification and discussion of respondents' Internet experience. Explores respondents' awareness and experience of flow-identified in research as a key characteristic of Internet consumer behavior. Finds half the respondents recognized Internet flow experience and Internet flow seems to prolong Internet and Web…

Explored the impact of mentoring via the Internet within two special education teacher preparation programs in which graduate students mentored undergraduate students. Data from pre- and post-intervention surveys, Internet interactions, and video conferencing indicated that participants considered Internet mentoring a positive experience that…

Reviews the scope and effects of distributed information management. Discusses cultural and social influences, including library and Internet culture, information and knowledge, electronic libraries, and social aspects of libraries; digital collections; indexing; permanent link systems; metadata; the Open Archives initiative; digital object…

Describes the history and recent developments in the Internet Navigator Online Course that was developed by the Utah Academic Library Consortium (UALC) to teach information literacy competencies for online and distance learning students. Highlights include the UALC as a model for academic library cooperation; and administration and funding.…

Describes the development and implementation of a cross-listed undergraduate and graduate-level child psychology course taught over the Internet. Describes course content and instructional goals. Outlines the opportunities and pitfalls of teaching in a virtual classroom. (CMK)

Focuses on how the Internet has been used in the social studies at North Hagerstown High School (Maryland). Relates what works in the digital classroom and describes examples of student essays to cross-disciplinary units published on the Web. Discusses how students' web sites are assessed and the down side to using the Internet. (CMK)

School-community partnerships create empowered communities that become actively involved in the academic educational process and pursue lifelong learning. Examples of community education efforts involving American Indians include a community learning center at a reservation school, tribal language and dance courses, Internet use, distance…

Presents descriptions of using the Internet for music instruction by Laura Ferguson, James F. Daugherty, and Sandi MacLeod. Covers topics such as steps for creating and publishing movies on a Web site, a template for electronic learning called ChoirONLINE based on the creative use of interactive Web forms, and the Vermont MIDI Project. (CMK)