Educator Resources @ BPL
Bentonville Public Library is committed to collaborating with area educators as we work together to build a community of readers. The library offers a variety of resources to assist educators with curriculum support, enrichment activities and professional development opportunities. If you are an educator in the Bentonville Public School District, you are eligible for a free library card at BPL.
If you would like to schedule a field trip, librarian visit or need assistance, please contact BPL’s Children’s Librarian, Sue Ann Pekel at 479-271-6816 or email spekel@bentonvillear.com.
Field Trips | Librarian Visits | Request or Reserve Materials | Professional Development | Meeting Space | Online Resources | Websites
Field Trips to the Library
All field trips to the library are free of charge and designed to meet grade-appropriate curriculum frameworks for grades K-12. All field trips will include a tour with a behind the scenes look at the circulation process.
- Students in kindergarten and 1st grade will enjoy stories and activity stations, in addition to the tour.
- 2nd grade students learn how books are organized on the library shelves, listen to short booktalks of popular titles and enjoy activity stations as well as the tour.
- 3rd and 4th grade students will review how books are organized on the library shelves, hear brief booktalks on popular titles, tour the library resources then exercise their library skills by following clues on a library scavenger hunt.
- Students in 5th through 12th grade will tour library resources then focus on research skills using both print and computer resources.
Librarian Visits to Your Classroom
All librarian visits are free of charge and designed to meet grade-appropriate curriculum frameworks for grades K-12.
- The Library Online
Help your students become familiar with the library’s website and the many resources available online. We'll craft a customized program of the library's online resources.
- Booktalk Visits!
Encourage your students to read! We present booktalks for the latest titles, current award winners, specific genres, multicultural topics or other subjects you suggest.
- Outreach to your Event
Planning a public event for students and parents? BPL will gladly host an information booth to promote our services to local families.
Request Materials for Classroom Use
Submit requests to library staff for items for use in the classroom. Library staff members carefully select classroom-appropriate materials matching the criteria given by the teacher, such as specific titles or subject areas, grade or reading level and type of material.
Reserve Materials for Student Use in Library
Submit request to library staff for items to be placed on a reserve shelf in Bentonville Public Library for use by students at the library. Library staff members carefully select appropriate materials matching the criteria given by the teacher, such as specific titles or subject areas, grade or reading level and type of material.
Professional Collection Resources
Professional Collection resources including professional journals, books, big book, puppets and more are available for check-out to educators.
Professional Development Opportunities
BPL librarians will create customized workshops to assist educators in using library resources to meet teaching needs and update or improve professional knowledge and skills.
Meeting Space
Bentonville Public Library’s meeting rooms are available for in-services and/or team meetings. Reserve your room online today.
Featured Online Resources
These online resources will support curriculum planning and professional development for educators. You may also wish to incorporate some of these resources in your classroom with students of all ages. For more databases you can use to promote student learning, check out BPL’s Online Resources: Just for Kids or High School & College.
- Britannica: School Edition
This resource gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that are age-appropriate. Designed for all levels of learning from elementary school through high school. Includes teachers’ resources with links to curriculum standards. - EBSCOhost Web
Link to entire list of EBSCO databases in the Traveler subscription: EBSCOhost’s full range of magazine and journal products. A powerful research tool for students, educators, general use, research and professionals in the medical, business, legal and information industries. EBSCOhost offers a free mobile app. - Educator's Reference Complete
450+ full text academic journals and hundreds of full text reports and reference sources focusing on educational principles, child development and psychology and best practices in education. - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture Project strives to offer a definitive, comprehensive, and accurate record of the twenty-fifth state. The online version of the Encyclopedia is the first component of the Project. - ERIC
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full text documents dating back to 1966. - Facts on File
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Explore all three Facts on File resources: World News Digest, Issues and Controversies and Today’s Science. Includes curriculum tools for educators. - Information Science and Technology Collection
100 leading industry journals covering information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures and more, beginning in 1980. - Issues & Controversies
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In-depth investigations of today’s top issues, this resource provides an Encyclopedia, Almanac and quick links to Research Topics. Plus, easy access to issues citing pros and cons. Includes curriculum tools for educators. - Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. - Literary Reference Center
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Literary Reference Center contains full text for plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, literary criticisms, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, author interviews, classic texts and much more. - MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps and flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles for key magazines. - Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world. - Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. - Today’s Science
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Science news for today’s students includes a Science Encyclopedia, Glossary and quick links to Images and Research Topics. Includes curriculum tools for educators. - Virtual Reference Library (Gale: Bentonville Library)
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More than 90 reference eBooks on various subjects including arts, biographies, history, literature, medicine, religion, science, social issues and more. - Wilson Web
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Provides online access to digital copies of HW Wilson’s library texts: Children’s Catalog, Middle & Jr High School Catalog, High School Catalog and Graphic Novels. - World News Digest
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A comprehensive resource for US and World news dating back to 1940, this resource provides an Encyclopedia, Almanac and quick links to Research Topics. Search headlines by decade, country or subject. Includes curriculum tools for educators.
About Online Resources
BPL is everywhere you are! If you like to learn, about any subject, from your computer or mobile device, visit BPL’s Online Resources.
Recommended Web Sites
- ARBookFinder
- Arkansas Department of Education: Frameworks for Educators
- Arkansas History Hub
- Arkansas State Library for Teachers/Students
- Common Core State Standards Initiative
About Recommended Sites
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