Sunday, January 8, 2012

Changes to the Webpage

A few changes have been made to the setup of the Media Center webpage to help you with your research. 

1. We now have 3 eBook Shelves for you to use : FollettShelf, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and NC WiseOwl ebooks.  Check at the Circ Desk for passwords.

2. More Direct Links -- to the databases we have available to us from NC Wiseowl have been placed in the left-hand column of this page.  You can use the same passwords that you have been using with NC WiseOwl.

3. Ten Dewey Decimal Pages  -- located at the top of the webpage.  Each page has reliable website links that you can use for research.

We will be adding more website links throughout the year, if you come across any that you find helpful, let us know and we will add them to the list. 

Finding Dulcinea --  has Web Guides that provide resources on thousands of topics. The Beyond the Headlines section takes news stories and current events and provides answers to the questions that most media sources neglect.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online -- contains articles, videos, interactives and also current events.

Grolier Online Passport -- contains an online version of The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and People, Amazing Animals of the World and Encyclopedia Americana.  If it asks for a login and password when you sign in, they will both be the same word.

The Homework Help and Khan Academy links have been moved to the right-hand column of this page.

All resources are still available for use from home or school, if you don't have the passwords, stop by the library to pick them up.