The easiest way to find articles from earlier FOBs on topics you're interested in now is to go to the NCSALL web site (http://www.ncsall.net). On the righthand side is "subject link", right under the GOOGLE search thing. Click on subject link.

Scroll down that list to find the topic that best describes your interest. Click on that, and it will bring you to a list of all the related NCSALL products. Scroll down to see Focus on Basics articles are grouped under the heading "Focus on Basics".

If your topic doesn't appear on the subject topic list, you can try using the GOOGLE search bar.

Or, you can post your question to the FOB list serve, and in my role as human search engine, I will send you to the most relevant articles. 
Barb Garner  
Editor, FOB

From: Julie  McKinney <julie_mcKinney at worlded.org>
Date: Thu Apr 13 09:05:31 CDT 2006
To: focusonbasics at nifl.gov
Subject: [FocusOnBasics 227]  Searching for topics on FOB

I agree that the variety and relevance of the topics covered are one of
the strengths of FOB. Almost every article I read gives insight into
some specific aspect of working and learning in a classroom that
teachers face daily, and the "Implications for Teaching" sections at the
end of the articles tie that insight into action. 

KC Andrew mentioned keeping copies for later because the topic "becomes
relevant over time." This reminded me that there is a wealth of past
topics that may become relevant and are worth going back to find. When I
recently did a presentation on Health Literacy, I found the issue that
addressed Health Literacy, used the information from it, and distributed
it. (I always feel like Santa when I distribute copies--they are so
prized!)

I am lucky enough to work at the dissemination center for FOB, so I can
easily find the back issues with topics I need, so I am not very
familiar with searching for back issues and topics on the NCSALL
website. Barb, can you please give us a run-down on how to search for
past FOB topics?

Thanks,

Julie

Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org

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