Library Media Center
The
High School Library Media Center
provides opportunities for students and staff
to effectively use information and ideas for learning,
personal growth and
social responsibility.
So many books and so many great choices! Stop in the library
and check out all of our new books. Check our card catalog to
see all the books we have to offer or ask me, and I’ll be happy
to give you some suggestions. Here are some web sites that
discuss books and reading.
ALA Youth: American Library
Association picks for teenage readers
ATN
Book Lists: Site gives suggested reading by genre,
theme and award winners.
New York Public Library: Teen section of the NY
Public Library
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Library Media
Center Staff |
Tangeline Sechrist,
Library Media Specialist
Karin Decker,
Library Aide
858-3113
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High School
Library Card Catalog |
You can use the card catalog to
find books.
Conduct searches by author, title, subject or keyword.
Click here to access the
High School Library Card Catalog.
Students need to see Ms. Sechrist for passwords.
Proquest:
This database indexes periodicals of general interests &
Professional Education Periodicals.
http://umi.com/proquest
Country Watch:
A wealth of information on countries of the world and the US.
www.countrywatch.com
Roth Poetry &
Literature Index:
Indexes and gives full text of short stories and poetry.
www.litfinder.com
SirS:
This database includes full text reprints of articles from
newspapers and magazines on social issues.
At school access:
http://sks.sirs.com
Home access:
www.proquestk12.com
Teachingbooks.net:
Programs and discussions about books and authors, including
videos and authors. Available through the School Library System.
http://teachingbooks.net/home/
Available through New York State’s NOVEL Program:
EBSCO host:
This site provides access to full text of periodicals,
newspapers and reference sources includes, MasterFile Select,
TOPIC Search, Primary Search and a General Science Collection.
http://search.ebscohost.com
Gale Resource Group:
This group of databases from Thompson-Gale has the following
sections: Business & Company Resource Center, Health Reference
Center, New York State Newspaper, InfoTrac Newspaper, InfoTrac
Junior (articles from periodicals geared towards Middle school
students), Inform Revistas en Espanol, Info Trac in Spanish
provides articles in Spanish. There is also a special section on
Health & Wellness materials. Reference books on Science,
Biographies, and Nations of the World have been provided through
Southeastern Libraries.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_se_pjhsl
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Reference &
Research Help |
General Online libraries and reference tools
Library Spot:
Provides access to a huge variety
of references.
www.libraryspot.com/
Internet Public Library:
www.ipl.org
Best Online Reference Site:
http://ansernet.rcls.org/deskref/
First Gov:
U. S. government
information.
www.firstgov.gov
KidsClick!:
A search site developed by
librarians.
www.kidesclick.org
Noodle Tools:
Register here to create work cited pages and your personal
folder.
www.noodletools.com See
Miss Sechrist for passwords.
Reference Desk:
www.refdesk.com
Dictionaries
American Heritage
Dictionary the English Language:
www.bartleby.com/61/
Merriam Webster Dictionary:
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary.htm
Online Dictionary:
www.onelook.com/
Almanacs
Infoplease:
www.infoplease.com/
Fact Monster:
www.factmonster.com
World Almanac for Kids
Online:
www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
U.S. Census site:
www.census.gov/index.html
Old Farmer's Almanac:
www.almanac.com
Atlases
Google Maps:
www.google.com/maps
National Atlas:
http://nationalatlas.gov/
National Geographic:
Map Machine
www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
Culture Grams:
http://online.culturegrams.com
Students need to see Ms. Sechrist for passwords
Encyclopedias
Annuals of American
History: An
encyclopedia on American History
http://america.eb.com
Britannica Encyclopedia:
www.school.eb.com
Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Encarata Online
Encyclopedia
http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter
News
Middletown’s Times
Herald-Record
www.record.com
Local, State, National,
and International Newspaper sites
http://onlinenewspapers.com/
New York Times
www.nytimes.com
The Associated Press’
online site
www.ap.org
ABC’s news site
http://abcnews.go.com
NBC’s news site
http://msnbc.com/news
CBS’s new site
http://www.cbsnews.com/
You will need to obtain passwords
from the library or your teacher.
United Streaming
www.unitedstreaming.com
Power Media Plus
www.powermediaplus.com
Teachers’ domain
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
ENGLISH
Creating citations
StudyGuide.org
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Instructions on using MLA
citations and parenthetical references
Citation Machine - Interact site designed to
help students and other researchers respect other people's
intellectual properties.
OWL Writing Center – Step by
step writing guides
KnightCite Citation Guide –
Helps you create Work Cited entries
ElectraGuide – Thesis builder
and topic suggestions
NoodleTools - Innovative tools to guide students
through research process.
Grammar
Grammar Slammer - Online guide
to grammar
Literature
Bartley.com - Indexing to a variety of books
Absolute Shakespeare
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Resource for William
Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and the Globe Theatre
Spark
Notes - Free online study guides
Teaching Books - Information and discussion site
about books and authors. See Ms. Sechrist for passwords.
Quoteland
- Excellent source of
quotes
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Parlez-Vous Français?
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A Resource for French students and teachers.
BBC Languages -From the British BBC Television-
information on a variety of languages.
MATH
S.O.S. Math - Resource for math review material from
Algebra to Differential Equations!
SCIENCE
BioInteractive - Features
animations & virtual labs
How Stuff Works - Ever wondered how cable television
works? – Find out how all kinds of “stuff” works.
Physics Animations -
Computerized physics animations
Missouri
Botanical Garden - Biology of plants web site
Blue Planet Biomes -
Information about our planet, its complex patterns of biomes,
plants, and animals
Ran
- Rainforest Action Network
Web
elements - Periodic table
SOCIAL STUDIES
Library of Congress - Library
of Congress American Memories contains a treasure trove of
primary materials
National Geographic
History
Channel
Biography - Diverse video library of newsmakers
Find Law
- Award-winning web site
Best of History Web Sites -
Contains links to over 1,000 history web sites, history
activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
Law
- A chronology of historical documents
Smithsonian Education - Gateway
to Smithsonian educational resources
OTHER AREAS
Art Encyclopedia
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