Andre S. Dvila MEDT 7474 Fall 2013 Yearbook Reference Logs National Council on Teacher Quality. (2010).

Blueprint for change in Georgia: 2010 state teacher policy yearbook. Retrieved from
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED515804.pdf.

The 2010 edition State Teacher Policy Yearbook is meant to complement the 2009 State Teacher Policy Yearbook . The updated edition gives an account of each state with an individualized Blueprint for Change, basically, an overview of states policies that impact the educators. This GA edition was very interesting to read and critique as a parent, classroom teacher and future media specialist in Georgia. State teacher policy areas of discussion include teacher preparation, certification, evaluation and compensation. As with any huge task, a "roadmap" of sorts has been suggested including policy concerns, policy changes, and long-term systemic issues. I am pleased that this online pdf was published by NCTQ and readily available for the interested public, including a range from concerned parents to heads of state. The language is such that a non-education-field person could understand easily. The format and presentation of the yearbook allow for a flowing review, however there is no table of contents or index. I was surprised at a few facts that I learned about GA from the 2009 grades that it received: Area 1: Delivering Well Prepared Teachers C Area2: Expanding the Teaching Pool B Area3: Identifying Effective Teachers D+ Area 4: Retaining Effective Teachers D Area 5: Exiting Ineffective Teachers C Overall CGrades: governors, state school chiefs, school boards, legislatures and advocates seeking reform. Subject(s): Teachers, Education, Policies. Overall rating: 8.

U. S. Central Intelligent Agency (2012). The world fact book. Washington DC: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/. The World Factbook was introduced onto the Internet in 1997 (CD-ROMs were available from 95-98). A print version had been availably published since 1981 (although since 1962 the CIA had a classified version). A special printed edition prepared for the CIA's 50th anniversary. A schema or Guide to Country Profiles was introduced next. New color maps and flags began to accompany each country profile. A new physical map of the world was added to the back-ofthe-book reference maps. Revision began on individual country maps to include elevation extremes and a partial geographic grid. Weights and Measures appendix was deleted in 2001. In 2002 Gini index was added. A new appendix, Weights and Measures, (re)introduced to the online version. In 2008, responsibility for printing of The World Factbook given to the Government Printing Office. In 2010, Weekly updates inaugurated on the The World Factbook website. In the Government category, a new National anthems field was introduced. By 2012, several special features added to The World Factbook website: 1) playable audio files in the Government section for t he National Anthems entry, 2) online graphics in the form of a Population Pyramid feature in the People and Society category's Age Structure field, and 3) a User's Guide enabling visitors to navigate the Factbook more easily and efficiently. A new and distinctive Map of the World Oceans highlights an expanded array of regional and country maps. Size of the printed Factbook' s 50th anniversary edition reached 847 pages by 2012. In browsing this site and thinking about who would use it, I believe that middle school and high school students could learn from it (and feel "cool" to be on the CIA website). The appendices have a Cross-Reference lists to help with searching. There are 267 world entities listed in the search and within each there are the following li nks: introduction, geography, people and society, government, economy, energy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. From country reports to pre -study abroad experiences, a student could find detailed information about any country of their interest and one would know that the facts are TRUE. I learned from the website that there are three types of "finished intelligence", which the CIA has published accordingly to share with the rest of the world: The three types of finished intelligence are: basic, current, and estimative. Basic intelligence provides the fundamental and factual reference material on a country or issue. Current intelligence reports on new developments. Estimative intelligence judges probable outcomes. The three are mutually supportive: basic intelligence is the foundation on which the other two are constructed; current intelligence continually updates the inventory of knowledge; and estimative intelligence revises overall interpretations of country and issue prospects for guidance of basic and current intelligence. The World Factbook, The President's Daily Brief , and the National Intelligence Estimates are examples of the three types of finished intelligence. Grades: 6th-12th + University students. Subject(s): Social Studies (geography & civics) Overall rating: 10.

"Year in Review: 2013 Notable Anniversaries of 2013." Britannica School. Encyclopdia Britannica, Inc., 2013. Web. 1 Oct. 2013. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.proxygsu-k12d.galileo.usg.edu/levels/high/article/604753. Britannica School (Online) edition had a Year in Review section. I wanted to look for something current, so I scrolled through the pages until I found something for this year. I saw quick tips for the website, such as when you double-click any word you can see a quick definition. As well, the articles within the yearbook are at different reading levels by clicking 1, 2, or 3, which can be chosen in the upper right corner. Searching for a specific word within an article is done by pressing the Ctrl+F on your keyboard (or Command+F on a Mac). This yearbook has an image or two for most "anniversaries". The images pull up tags as the image enlarges. The picture is described within the tag. Furthermore, each blue keyword/subject has a hyperlink with further information for that topic within the encyclopedia. I was impressed by how many yearbooks Britannica had. Wonderful features of the website were the icons/links to do the following: Print, E-mail, Cite, Translate, Listen, and Increase/Decrease font size. I realize the importance of yearbooks for their detailed facts, including proper names. Less breadth and more depth. Bopp & Smith said that the "challenge" of using this type of reference would be "a rewarding one". Grades: 6th-12th + University students. Subject(s): Social Studies (geography & civics) Overall rating: 9.

2011: The year in review. (2012). The 2012 annual register: world events 2011. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com.ts.isil.westga.edu/entry/qara/2011_the_year_in_review. I had never heard of CREDO reference before this research class. I still cant imagine how much information it must have in its collection. I found this link using year in review as a keyword search. The information in the yearbook was published by ProQuest and the name below the text is Paul Rogers, so I believe that he is the author of the yearbook. The language of the text is in British English, so perhaps ProQuest is a company based out of England. Im not sure if a print version exists for this yearbook. Interesting features of this online version include the citation link which opens up a window called Easy bib with bibliography information in APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard styles. The reference citation can be then e-mailed, saved to a file, sent to Easy Bib, Zotero, EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager, RefWorks, or Clipboard. These multiple referencing options make it much easier to keep references together and sort them accordingly, therefore allowing copyrights not to be harmed. The 4,230 words of reference text can also be e-mailed, saved in its entirety via PDF, saved as a document, or shared via social bookmarking sites (336 listed choices- I have never heard of so many choices!) Here is an excerpt from the conclusion of the 2011: The Year in Review from The 2012 Annual Register: World Events 2011 yearbook which sums up the year in a general themes: Thus, in broad terms 2011 saw a slowly increasing recognition of the potentially dangerous consequences of human impacts on the global ecosystem, especially climate change, and a growing concern that the dominant economic modelthe free market systemwas not delivering sufficient socio-economic equity. These, coupled with strident calls for greater emancipation, especially in the Middle East, looked to be the most significant issues, not just for 2012 but quite possibly for the rest of the decade. As a media specialist, Credo reference will be something that I would recommend to middle school and high school students as well as their teachers. They would all benefit from the wealth of knowledge that the online site has to offer. I would use it to find research with fifth graders (in my future K-5 media center) towards the end of the school year before they head off to middle school so that they would be familiar with the great resources that the collection holds. Grades: 6th-12th and adults. Subject(s): Civics. Overall rating: 7.

Spies, R. A., Carlson, J. F., Geisinger, K. F., & Murphy, L. L. (2010). The eighteenth mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln, Neb: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The most widely acclaimed reference series in education and psychology, the Mental Measurements Yearbooks are designed to assist professionals in selecting and using standardized tests. The objective of the series, initiated in 1938, provides factual information, critical reviews, and comprehensive bibliographic references on the construction, use, and validity of all tests published in English. The importance of testing in our everyday lives has never been more vital or pronounced. Recognized worldwide as an essential resource on tests and testing, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) series is an indispensable reference for anyone involved in the evaluation, selection, and use of commercially published assessments. The Eighteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook continues this long-standing tradition by providing professional reviews of over one hundred and fifty new or recently revised tests. This is important to me as an educator as the students are often tested using these measurements. This current edition of the MMY series offers evaluations of the latest assessments in education, psychology, business, law, healthcare, counseling, and management. In addition to test reviews, descriptions of the purpose, target population, administration, scores, price, author, and publisher for all listed tests are provided. Reviews are written by highly qualified professionals with expertise in a range of disciplines. Test entries are cross-referenced and indexed by title, subject, name, acronym, and score. An updated directory of test publishers is also included. Grades: University Level students and Practicing Professionals. Subject(s): Psychology. Overall rating: 9.