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WWW SITES
General Education
- Educator's Reference Desk
- K-12 Education University Library Subject Guide
- K-12@University of Wisconsin
- U.S. Department of Education
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
Health Education
- Adolescent Health From the American Medical Association
- Band-Aids& Blackboards
- Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
- DARE America : Drug Abuse Resistance Education
- Go Ask Alice
- Health Information Network From the National Education Association
- Healthfinder From the US government
- Healthy People 2010 Also has links to Healthy People 2000
- Injury Prevention web site From the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- InteliHealth From Johns Hopkins
- KidsHealth Children's Health & Parenting Information
- National Cancer Institute - Kid's home
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National SAFE KIDS Web site
- Nutrition for Children University Library Subject guide
- PREVLINE National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- Safe and Drug Free Schools Program US Dept. of Education
- Safe Sun Tips The American Academy of Dermatology presents tips about sun safety
- SIECUS Sexuality health information
- UCLA School Mental Health Project
- Yahoo Kids! Health and Safety
ADDICTION: ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND TOBACCO
- For Kids Only National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (grades 3-6)
- Freevibe Office of National Drug Control Policy; interactive site for teens
- IPRC Infosite Indiana Prevention Resource Center; for teens, educators, school counselors, adults
- Web of Addictions Accurate information about alcohol and other drugs
ASSOCIATIONS
- American Association for Health Education (AAHE)
- American School Health Association (ASHA)
- Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
- National Center for Health Education
- Ontario Physical and Health Education Association
DISEASES
- Asthma American Lung Association
- AIDS.org
- American Cancer Society
- HIV InSite
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.
- WilsonWeb
- Education Full Text Flash Demo!
- OmniFile
- EbscoHost Flash Demo!
- Academic Search
- Masterfile Premiere
- ERIC Flash Demo!
- Professional Development Collection
- Educator's Reference Desk (Formerly AskERIC)
- ERIC via U.S. Department of Education
- Free Library Includes a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading publications
- Google Scholar Set preferences to Stout to search for full text available through the UW-Stout Library
Some indexes provide access to full text curriculum guides:
- EbscoHost ERIC
- Kraus Curriculum Development Library Flash Demo!
Health Indexes and Databases
- Alt-Health Watch
- EbscoHost
- Health Source
- Medline Search
- ScienceResearch.com Free, publicly available web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases, some full text articles are available
LESSON PLANS
- Awesome Library Health and physical education lesson plans
- Educator's Reference Desk Health lesson plans
- edhelper.com Health lesson plans from a to z
- healthteacher.com A variety of lesson plans for health education
- K-12 Lesson Plans All grades; all subjects
- lessonplanspage.com Physical and health education lesson plans
- lessonplanz.com Health lesson plans
- PE Central Health lesson ideas
PUBLISHERS
STANDARDS
- National Health Education Standards For students from the American Cancer Society
- National Association for Sport and Physical Education National Standards for Physical Education; available through order only
- Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Health Education
- Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Physical Education
STOUT LIBRARY CATALOG
Use the Stout Library Catalog to identify resources owned by the University Library related to family and consumer education. Start with a guided keyword search. Enter your topic(s), then when you have identified a useful title, click on "Long View". Note the subject headings. You can click on any subject heading to find other resources on that topic. The following phrases may get you started:
- HEALTH EDUCATION
- YOUTH TOBACCO USE
- TEENAGERS TOBACCO USE
- SMOKING
- TEENAGERS ALCOHOL USE
- TEENAGERS SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- AIDS STUDY AND TEACHING
- ALCOHOLISM STUDY AND TEACHING
- DRUGS STUDY AND TEACHING
- NUTRITION STUDY AND TEACHING
- SEX INSTRUCTION STUDY AND TEACHING
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS CENTER (EMC)
The Stout Library Catalog includes materials located in the entire University Library. To search only those PK-12 materials located in the Educational Materials Center of the University Library, you can set limits on the catalog to search only that location.
The EMC contains several collections. Materials identified by "Educational Materials Center" listed in the Stout catalog will be in EMC Juvenile, EMC Curriculum, EMC Text Collection, or EMC Software Collection. Use the same terms as listed above for your searches.
WWW Search Engines
The search engines that are available on the WWW vary in depth and coverage. Explore the search options to find relevant WWW sites. For a list of available search engines and WWW directories, e.g. Google or Yahoo, use Searching the Web from the Library Home Page.
Citations
To cite online resources in appropriate bibliographic style see: Citing Resources
To organize citations and create bibliographies and papers in APA, MLA and other styles see: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools
Last Updated: 07/21/2008 and Last Revised: 12/04/2007
Contact Denise Madland for more information or help on this topic.