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Reference Materials and Resources

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There so much more available beyond Google!                      (Retrieved from Google Images) Reference resources and materials make up a part of reference services in school library learning commons.  Reference materials can propel and expand students’ learning when they are taught how to access and use it effectively and efficiently.  For this to happen reference resources and materials need to be known and used consistently by students and teachers.  Which is all the more reason to co-teach and collaborate with subject teachers. In this unit, there were a lot of new learnings for me. Specifically, I really enjoyed learning about the variety of geographical reference sources. I have limited knowledge of this, so I created a list of geographical reference material to have on hand for future reference.   I was also quite surprised and happy to find that there are a lot of free and good res...