What are NSDL Pathways

NSDL Pathways are partners who provide access to audience-specific views of appropriate NSDL resources and services (portals). Pathway audiences may be grouped by grade level, discipline, resource or data type, or some other designation.

Pathways projects represent a strategy for building the NSDL in a manner that best supports efficient resource discovery for broad categories of users. Pathway portals are developed and managed in partnership with organizations and institutions that have a history and expertise in serving their portal's target audiences - in effect, they act as reference librarians for their communities. These partnerships enhance the educational character of NSDL and demonstrate the value of NSDL in a variety of educational settings.

A one-page flyer describing the Pathways projects is available for use at conferences, meetings, or other events. Go to the Outreach materials page to download it and other useful materials.


NSDL Pathways News


Links found below on the title of a Pathways project (in blue) will take you to additional information about that Pathways project, and to all its resources in the NSDL. Following the link on the URL (in green) will take you directly to the indicated Pathways portal.

Current Pathway Partners are:

AMSER: Applied Math and Science Pathway
BEN: Biological Sciences Pathway
CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network Pathway
ChemEd DL: Chemistry Education Pathway
ComPADRE: Physics and Astronomy Pathway
CSERD: Computational Science Education Resources Pathway
DLESE: Digital Library for Earth System Education
Ensemble: Computing Pathway
Engineering Pathway: Engineering Education Resources
MatDL: Materials Digital Library Pathway
 MathDL: Mathematics Pathway
MathPath:  Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Middle School Portal: Math and Science Pathways
SMILE: Science and Math Informal Learning Educators Pathway
Teachers' Domain: Digital Media Resources Pathway
Teach the Earth: the SERC Portal for Geoscience Educators
TeachingwithData.org: Pathway to Quantitative Literacy in the Social Sciences