Where to find what?User education of students

BY

KVS VENU GOPAL LIBRARIAN KV NAD, Visakhapatnam

If you do not know the answer to a query, you should know where to find the answer. One of the primary objectives of a school library is to educate the students with the skills of searching information.

This can be achieved by enlightening the students regarding the utility of various reference tools available in the library

Information about states of India

Manorama year book Penguin year bookIndia you do not know/ sterling pub.India / a year book pub by govt. of India

Information about great leaders of India

Information about science projects

Britannica IndiaOur leadersFamous people of India

101 science fair projects/good will pub.71 Science Projects/Pustak Mahal

Information about animals Encyclopedia of animal kingdom

Information about human body Atlas of human bodyGuinness encyclopedia of human beingHuman body/time life publicationsABC of human body

Information related to dates of historical events

Encyclopedia of historical events /sterlingWhen where, why / readers digest pub

Biographies of great scientistsBiographies of great people of the world

Biographical dictionary of scientists.300 great lives

Information about geographical terms

Geography encyclopedia

Information about literature terms

Dictionary of literary criticism

English poems Golden treasury /rupa pub

Famous thoughts and quotations in Hindi & Sanskrit

Vishwa sukhti khosh

Information about scientific facts

Hindu speaks on scientific facts

Information about current achievements of India

India / a year book

Information about career counselling

Multiple career options;Career encyclopedia/ Gupta

Information about geographical facts

Geographical encyclopedia/Dorling Kindersley

FACTS about Ancient civilizations

CivilizationsHistory enclopedia/paraggon publicationsAncient civilizations/ Time-Life publications

In depth knowledge about various topics of physics

University physicsPhysics vol 1 &2 /Resnick& HallidayConcepts of physics/HC Verma

Topics of organic chemistry Organic chemistry/Morris and Boyd

Information about rules of a game

Sports and games encyclopediaJaitley Sports DictionaryEncyclopedia of Physical Education

InInformation about various famous tourist places of the world

501 Must visit Destination/ Pub by Bounty books

Hindi poems 1.Bachon ke liye 101 Kavita/prabhat prakashan 2.Sahitya Amrit (periodical)

Latest developments in Science & Technology

Dream 2047-[periodical]Science reporter[[periodical]Science&Technology supplement of Hindu Newspaper

To provide information in the right time to the right user is one of the primary objectives of any library. As some of the users may not be aware about the utility of different websites, it is the responsibility of the librarian to provide information about the importance of various websites available in the internet.

www.top100science.com This website directs us to various famous websites on various topics of science.It also gives the rating points of each website to evaluate its importance.

 

http://www.windows2universe.org/ : This site covers all the topics of astronomical sciences and it is the most authentic site in this field.

www.chmistryabout.com  This site gives complete description about Periodic Table and provides number of solved out problems in various topics of chemistry. It also offers several examples of Chemistry projects.

www.biologymad.comThis is an excellent website for biology teachers and students who want in-depth knowledge of various topics of biology .This site is highly illustrative and the topics are arranged into different modules like Bio-chemistry, genetic engineering , cell division, bio-technology etc.

http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/It offers interesting fun based games to identify elements and symbols and “chembalancer” exercises to balance equations 

www.mathsisfun.com This site creates interest in mathematics with illustrations and animations on various topics of alzebra and geometry. In addition to the topics, some quizzes and puzzles are also available in this site.

Websites on other subjects

www. nonstopenglish.comThis site enables us to practice English grammar and Vocabulary with interactive tests . Once we register we can have periodical tests to improve our English.

www.poemhunter.comThis website facilitates us to search for poems with the known Poet or title.

www.kamat.comThis site depicts the cultural heritage of India with a number of Photographs

www.freerice.comThis site offers quiz questionson English vocabulary,geographyand science. With every correct answer we will be donating 10gms rice to the poor and hungry people of the world.

www.cutlturalindia.netThis is an excellent site for learning about various aspect of Indian Heritage like Leaders of India, monuments of India, festivals of India Rituals of India etc.

www.infoplease.comThis website provides a free encyclopedia, a thesaurus, a dictionary and an atlas to provide information.

http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.inThis is the official site of Science & Technology Which covers Science news, biographies of Great scientists of India and the World.

www.dimdima.comThis website created by Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan presents interesting topics for students like biographies, activities for children, wonders of the world etc.

www.sciencedaily.com This website highlights the latest scientific developments on all fields. It is updated daily.

www.nationalgeographic.co.inThis website focuses on various topics like habitats, environmental issues,Travels,peoples and places etc.

www.bbc.co.uk This website covers all the subjects of primary and secondary sections with video downloads.

www.powerpoint-search.comThis website has ready made power points on all subjects for all classes and all subjects of primary and secondary sections .

Conclusion:

To conclude we can say that the knowledge of reference tools and awareness of websites makes the user thorough with the information sources.