In the course of their high school experience, students are expected to develop their knowledge of the research process through the use of various search engines and/or credible web sites.

The Abington Collaborative Project – an effort to create a site that provides valuable source listings for major subject areas – will facilitate the realization of this expectation. The project is the result of collaboration among librarians and the web page developer at the Abington Township Public Library and students and teachers at Abington High School.

One of the key aspects of the project is to foster information seeking skills among high school students. Students in grades 10-12 can find information on any topic/subject area using the sites listed to help them with their research. Students can utilize the site to improve their information-seeking abilities as well as to help them progress in independent research, thus developing necessary college skills.

This quality resource will be freely available from anywhere anytime.

Through this site, students will acquire a wealth of knowledge that will aid their learning experience throughout a pivotal period in their lives.

Abigail Smith and Kevin Bors are working on the Abington Collaborative Project. They have been checking the links for accuracy, adding new, helpful and trusted links, and planning a redecoratation of the look of the Project.
- January 2009

Credits

This project would not be possible without the inspiration, hard work and expertise of

Jay Bhatt, Reference Librarian of Abington Township Public Library and

Naomi Hardy, former Abington High School Junior, Poet Laureate and Abington Township Public Library Volunteer.

and valuable support from

Nancy Hammeke Marshall, Executive Director of Abington Township Public Library and

Mimi Satterthwaite, Head, Reference Department of Abington Township Public Library.

B.J. Neary, Abington High School Librarian

Thanks also goes to

Karen Burnham, webmaster of Abington Township Public Library.