Resources

Medianet
The Medianet web catalog is a new keyword searchable online catalog that contains media items available for loan from Heartland. Items that may be scheduled using Media Reservations on the Web include Professional Library inservice materials, video lending items, boxed books, and films. Searches can be limited by grade level, media format or year. Items can be checked for availability and reserved online. Teachers should use the ComCat online catalog for a broader search, including print materials or the collections held by other libraries.

Com Cat
Com Cat is a keyword searchable catalog that includes all materials available from Heartland Media Services. Teachers and students can search for materials by author, title, subject, media type or keyword. Com Cat also includes the collections of 120+ school media centers. Teachers and students can request materials from other schools through interlibrary loan and have materials delivered to their school by the Heartland van at no cost. Over 1,000,000 titles are listed on Com Cat.

Equipment/Software Resources

Equipment Disposal Database
Furniture and computers slated for auction.

AEA Collaborative for Educational Media (ACEM)
Information on cooperative purchasing programs for Iowa K-12 Schools. This site includes special pricing for computer software, AV and library equipment and supplies, online databases, and other educational materials.

Special Resources

World of Media - WWW Version
The World of Media monthly print newsletter is also available on the Internet. World of Media can be browsed article by article or searched by keywords. Hyperlinks to web sites and e-mail addresses are convenient additions to the WWW version of World of Media.

Heartland Listservs
Now you can subscribe or unsubscribe to any of the listservs hosted by Heartland. NOTE: These are listservs designed specifically for the educators in area 11.

ERIC and Online Resources for Teacher Research
This page is for teachers who are taking a university class and would like a refresher on how to research educational topics using ERIC, the Internet, and various online databases.

Electronic Texts, Journals, Newsletters, Magazines and Collections

NCSU Libraries
Collected works, magazines, newsletters and scholarly journals.

Electric Library
Magazines, maps, books, transcripts and newspapers available online

Virus Information

Updated 11-10-99
 
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