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Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Discusses the nature and quality of visual dictionaries and other reference sources heavily dependent on graphics; and considers whether they are useful reference tools for elementary school libraries, criteria that determine whether they are successful, and how they fit in an information literacy program. (LRW)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Literacy
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Discusses selection of Internet ready-reference sources for a home page or bookmark list. Notes that teachers and students should participate in the selection process and suggests activities for students to make their own evaluation criteria. Provides a list of geographic information and government information sites and makes comments about them.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Sources, Internet
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
This article reviews the new Grolier Student Encyclopedia, intended for grades three through eight. Good middle-level readers might become frustrated with this source, but primary and intermediate students, middle-level students reading below grade level, and English language learners of any age will find the style of information presentation…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Elementary School Students, Librarians, Book Reviews