Zimmerman Library at Thomas Metcalf School
Campus Box 7000
Normal, IL 61790-7000
Library Hours: 7:50 am - 3:30 pm Monday - Friday
Contact Us: 309-438-2465 Front Desk
Librarian: Brenda Thompson bkthomp@ilstu.edu 309-438-2527
Teaching Consultant: Dee Damkoehler dddamk1@ilstu.edu 309-438-5328 Library Schedule
Find a book for interlibrary loan
Professional
Organizations
For links to subject area standards, see the
Learning Standards Resource site.
National Council
for the Social Studies
National Council of
Teachers of English
National Science
Teachers Association
National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
Teaching Resources
These sites contain lesson plans, suggestions for activities, databases
of information - all kinds of resources to help you plan your classes.
Learning Standards
Standards are the keyword in education today. Click here for links to
general standards and specific subject area standards.
Reading Rules
For students AND teachers!
This page contains links to online book lists, clubs and all kinds of
reading sites.
Subject Area Information Sites
Art and Music:
Art
Institute of Chicago
Art History Resources on the Web
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Business:
Consumer Information Center (Pueblo, CO)
Hoover's
company information
Health:
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Healthfinder
Medline
Plus (National Library of Medicine)
Literature:
Mathematics
National Science Digital Library
Science:
Adler Planetarium
Animal Diversity Web
Environment links
The Field
Museum
Mars
Pathfinder
Nine Planets
Periodic Table of Elements
Shedd
Aquarium
The
Weather Channel
The Whyfiles:
Science Behind the News
National Science Digital Library
Social Studies:
American
Heritage magazine - also available in the library in print
At Home in the Heartland, 300 years of Illinois
history
CIA World Factbook
Illinois in the Civil War
Inventor of the Week
Native Peoples
Statistical Summary of America's Major Wars
The U.S.
Civil War Center
U.S. Supreme
Court database
Vietnam: Yesterday and Today
Virtual Religion index
The
Web of Culture
The
White House
Sports:
ESPN Sportszone
Sports Halls of Fame:
Baseball,
Basketball,
Football