OverDrive® School Download Library(tm) can help you make reading cool with eBooks! Engage students with books they need in formats they love. Students can read and listen to popular and educational eBooks and audiobooks on their Windows® PC, Mac®, iPad®, iPhone®, Android(tm) phone or tablet, Sony® Reader, NOOK(tm), BlackBerry® and other devices. Educators select from 100,000+ eBook and 30,000+ audiobook titles in virtually all subjects to build their collection, which is housed on a custom-branded 24/7 website. Based on a system used at more than 13,000 public libraries worldwide.
For more information go to www.overdrive.com/sdl.
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Mackin Educational Resources is home to the largest PK-12 database of titles in the country and provides books, ebooks, DVDs, audiobooks, online databases and more to schools, classrooms and libraries around the world. Known for its superior customer service and customization, Mackin also provides:
Check out our special programs for librarians:
For more information go to www.mackin.com or call 800-245-9540.
Perma-Bound Books is a full service school/library vendor, who supplies books and media materials for PreK-12 school classrooms and libraries as well as public libraries. We currently offer over 150,000 titles on our website with an inventory of over five million copies on-hand ready to ship.
Our industry unique Perma-Bound bindings are unconditionally guaranteed, and processing is available for every title we supply.
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Big6 Learning Resources, headed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, is the creator and developer of the Big6 information problem-solving process. The Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching problem solving skills in the world. Application of the Big6 steps provides an essential framework to approach any information-based question.
In conjunction with Big6 Learning Tools LLC, Big6 Learning Resources created Big6 TurboTools™, the software solution designed to help students become more productive and successful using the Big6™ process. COMPanion is the exclusive reseller of Big6 TurboTools™.
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MetaMetrics, Inc., based in Durham, NC, is a privately-held educational measurement firm. Founded in 1984, MetaMetrics' goal is to bring meaning to measurement. MetaMetrics helps educators improve students' overall success in reading comprehension and math skills by evaluating both student ability and subject materials on the same scale. MetaMetrics licenses test methods and measures, provides professional development instruction and offers customized consulting services.
MetaMetrics is best known for The Lexile Framework for Reading, a widely adopted method to measure reader ability and text difficulty. MetaMetrics' research and development efforts were initially funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
Today, the Lexile Framework is recognized as the most accurate way to match readers with text. COMPanion Corporation has integrated Lexiles into its core product, Alexandria library automation systems.
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Syndetic Solutions, a Bowker company, is the premier provider of specialized, quality bibliographic data to enhance library online catalogs, and is the only company dedicated exclusively to that end. The word "syndetic" is defined as serving to connect or to unite. The company's products and services are designed to provide "syndetic solutions" to improve precision in the search and retrieval of information contained within large bibliographic databases, and to enhance the user's experience by presenting a wealth of information about the titles retrieved.
Syndetics offers Sneak Peek, a title enrichment service that grants patrons access to cover art, title profiles, table of contents, summaries, and reviews for titles in their collection. COMPanion Corporation has integrated Sneak Peek into its core product, Alexandria library automation systems.
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netTrekker, the trusted search engine for schools, enhances teaching and learning by providing fast and easy access to more than 180,000 high quality, pre-screened, and educationally relevant K-12 online resources. These online resources also align with each state's academic standards and benchmarks and can be used in the classroom to stimulate instruction and learning.
COMPanion Corporation has integrated netTrekker into its core product, Alexandria library automation systems.
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Auto-Graphics Inc. has provided information services to publishers since 1950 and to libraries for over 30 years. Auto-Graphics has kept pace with online technology development to maximize the benefits the Internet provides. They have the products and services to meet virtually any challenge a modern library faces.
Auto-Graphics has partnered with COMPanion Corporation in offering SearchALL, a revolutionary tool that allows patrons to simultaneously access a virtually unlimited number and type of information sources and obtain one high-quality query — displayed in one, organized window. COMPanion Corporation has integrated SearchALL into its core product, Alexandria library automation systems.
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