Awesome Library

The Awesome Library is a website which provides information resources for education. The site organizes the Web with 33,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5% in education. It is a Web site that was developed for K–12 teachers, students, parents, and librarians. Over time its purpose has expanded to include college students and professionals. The Awesome Library is published by the Evaluation and Development Institute and Dr. R. Jerry Adams. The Awesome Library opened in 1996 under the name of Neat Schoolhouse and changed to its current name in 1997.

Web tools

The publishers of the Awesome Library, in partnership with Code-It, make available free copies of the Awesome Talking Library [http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Awesome_Talking_Library.html] , a browser that allows children to hear articles that they select on the Web. The browser is designed to assist children with building their reading and research skills by reading along with an adult voice.

External links

* [http://www.awesomelibrary.org Awesome Library]

External reviews and listings

Reviews

*Gale Group Reference Reviews, [http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/HTMLFileServlet?imprint=9999&region=7&fileName=reference/archive/200103/awesome.html] , March 2001; by Peter Jacso: Extensive review: "same serious sloppiness, gross negligence and hypocrisy"
**Dr. Peter Jacso in 2004 posted the publishers reply: [http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jacso/extra/gale/awsome/Jacso-vs-Adams.htm] , along with a comment that "it has already improved"
*Education World [http://www.educationworld.com/awards/past/2001/r0301-17.shtml] . A one paragraph notice (March 2001) with an overall rating of "A."
*Child Welfare League [http://www.cwla.org/positiveparenting/] one of its two recommended Education Resources.
*Family Education [http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,4-5190,00.html] February 19, 1999: "A must have resource link for parents, teachers, and kids. It now lives at the top of my bookmark file. Great site!!!"
*Forbes [http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/review.jhtml?id=7145] in its "Best of the Web" section. "A portal obsessed with usability."
*NASA Kids Science News Network [http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/educator.html] list of science resources for Educators.

Listings

*American Library Association, one of the "Great Web Sites for Kids." [http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=24]
*USA Today [http://www.usatodaysecure.com/bets/bets.cfm?keywords=&smonth=07&sday=01&syear=1999&emonth=07&eday=31&eyear=1999&submit=SUBMIT] "Best Bets in Education" July 11, 1999.
*The Educator's Reference Desk, formerly the ERIC Clearinghouse: one of two internet sources for Special Education Lesson Plans. [http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi/Resources/Specific_Populations/Special_Education/Special_Education_Lesson_Plans.html]
-Beaucoup [http://www.beaucoup.com/1kids.html] includes the Awesome Library as one the 10 best search engines for kids.

*Educational Testing Service (ETS), [http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c3921509/?vgnextoid=553f57618f535010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=bf26be3a864f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD] , y for several subject areas. "as a resource only and does not necessarily endorse these products or services."
*Idiom Sisters [http://www.ossweb.com/idiomsisters-winners.html] Award Winners in January 1999.

*Anne Collier [http://ctr.childrenssoftware.com/articles/savvysearching.html] , editor of the SafeKids/NetFamilyNewsletter and president of NetFamilyNews.org, reviewed half a dozen search engines for kids. One of top 3,(AskJeevesKids first, Yahoooligans second.)

Library Recommended Lists

*Berkeley public [http://www.berkeley.lib.sc.us/childrens.html] ,
*Los Angeles [http://www.colapublib.org/children/classmat.html] ,
*Fort Worth [http://www.fortworthgov.org/library/info/default.aspx?id=4192&ekmensel=1808_submenu_4108_link_3] ,
*Fresno [http://www.fresnolibrary.org/teen/hc/genhh.html] ,
*Milwaukee [http://www.mpl.org/File/kids_parents_websites.htm] ,
*Minneapolis [http://www.mplib.org/list.asp?subhead=Children+_and_+Teens:Kids+Web+Guides] ,
*Salem [http://www.salem.lib.nh.us/children.html] ,
*Salt Lake City [http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=13&page_id=104] ,
*Multnomah County [http://www.multcolib.org/homework/ref.html] , and
*Yuma County. [http://www.yumalibrary.org/links.html]