Library Literacy Home

Literacy Brochure (8/2007), Let the Library Help You! (Volunteer tutors are needed): Page 1 Page 2

The GEDonline Community
[This website is a new online resource for people
wanting to prepare for the GED exam.]

Educational Opportunity Centers, Inc.
This website assists adults with career planning, returning to school, researching career opportunities, and getting a GED.

Math

E-Mail

READING

ADULT LEARNER WRITINGS ON THE WEB
http://www.nsn.org/wkkhome/adult/stuwri.html

WEB PAGES CREATED BY ADULT LEARNERS
http://www.nsn.org/wkkhome/adult/StuWeb.htm

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY
http://novel.nifl.gov/

includes: Teaching and Learning with Internet-Based Resources - A Set of Lesson Plans and Activities. [http://novel.nifl.gov/susanc/inthome.htm]
Web-based Lesson Plan Gallery [http://www.lacnyc.org/technology/institute/gallery.htm]

ONLINE BOOKS PAGE
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/bookauthors.html

PROJECT GUTENBERG
http://www.gutenberg.net/

online literature

IMMIGRATION FAQS
http://www.murthy.com/txlaw/txfaq.html

UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/law/

This is the official government law site. It contains the Immigration and Nationality Act and Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations in their entirety.

BOOKMARKS
http://www.prendergastlibrary.org/refers.html

from the Prendergast Library's Reference Desk

CNN NEWS NETWORK
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/week.html

AUDIO BIBLE
http://www.audio-bible.com/

WRITING

BASIC PROSE STYLE AND MECHANICS
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/text/proseman.html

BIG DOG'S GRAMMAR - A BARE BONES GUIDE TO ENGLISH
http://gabiscott.com/bigdog/index.htm

GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND WRITING
http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm

includes quizzes

EXCHANGE [English as a Second Language]
http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/exchange/
"The author of articles submitted to EXCHANGE should be a non-native speaker of English.
All submissions must be the author's own original work."

pen-pals
submit your recipes, short stories, poems or read what others have sent in

MATH

Workshops and Activities for Teacher Trainers and Teachers of Mathematics to
Adults
http://easternlincs.worlded.org/TEACHERS/Maththing/ny1home.htm

MATH DRILL WORKSHEETS
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/index.shtml

create your own math drill worksheets

WEBMATH
http://www.webmath.com/

everyday math skills -- includes figuring a tip & sale price
decimals
fractions
simplifying expressions
and a lot more!

FLASHCARDS
http://www.aplusmath.com/flashcards/index.html

addition
subtraction
multiplication
division
square roots

MEASUREMENTS / WEIGHTS:

CALCULATORS ON-LINE CENTER
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html

COOKING MEASURES & CONVERSION CALCULATOR
http://www.2way.com/cgi-bin/hts?convcalc.hts+weight+new

includes metric conversion calculator

WHAT IS A DOLLAR WORTH?
http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/economy/calc/cpihome.html

"What would an item or service purchased in 1998 be worth in 19?? dollars?" & vice versa

HOW FAR IS IT?
http://www.indo.com/distance/

finds the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them

MEASUREMENTS CONVERTER
http://www.mplik.ru/~sg/transl/index.html

automatic measurements converter

COMPUTER SKILLS

WHAT IS THE INTERNET?
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/WhatIs.html#Internet

HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml

SEARCHING THE WORLD WIDE WEB
http://thewebtools.com/searchgoodies/tutorial.htm#index

HOW TO CHOOSE THE SEARCH TOOLS YOU NEED
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ToolsTables.html

INTERNET 101: SEARCHING THE INTERNET
http://www2.famvid.com/i101/search.html

SEARCH ENGINES
http://www.prendergastlibrary.org/bookmarks/s.html#SEARCHENGINES

This website and workshops for adult learners and tutors are presented by the Prendergast Library through the Library Services and Technology Act Funds granted by the New York State Library.