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**The descriptions below was taken from its "About Us" page.**

The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) is a creation of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. NSDL provides an organized point of access to high-quality STEM content that is aggregated from a variety of other digital libraries, NSF-funded projects, and NSDL-reviewed web sites. NSDL is designed primarily for K-12 and Undergraduate instruction, but anyone can access NSDL.org and search the library at no cost. Access to most of the resources discovered through NSDL is free; however, some content providers may require a login, or a nominal fee or subscription to retrieve their specific resources.

NSDL serves as a nexus for educators, researchers, policy makers and the public by building bridges:

• Between private sector and public interests by providing access to resources such as publisher' journal articles, teacher-created lesson plans and real-time data sets from scientists;

• Between the scientific, research and educational communities by applying advanced technologies to stimulate new ways for educators and learners to access and use scientific information;

• Between teachers and learners at all levels, in all locations by supplying content and tools in open-access, non-proprietary formats in an easily accessible online environment.

NSDL Search Interface: http://nsdl.org/search
NSDL About Us Page: http://nsdl.org/about

**Courtesy of Amanda Price, Electronic Resources Assistant, University of Alabama Libraries, The University of Alabama**