The mission of the Library Media Center is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of information and ideas.

The Library Media Center provides a comprehensive collection of resources to support the curriculum, to promote an appreciation of reading, and to develop information literacy skills. Additionally, the Library Media Specialists work collaboratively with teachers to develop projects that reinforce these skills. Two large research projects are planned for each grade level to ensure that students have the necessary skills to become independent researchers.

• Student Resource Center - A great resource for background information on all subject areas. Includes biographies, book reviews, encyclopedia articles, magazine and newspaper articles and current events.
• EBSCO - Magazine/newspaper articles and special databases on such topics as health, business, animals and education.
• Nettrekker - Access to the Internet with teacher evaluated web pages.
• Cobblestone Online - Articles in the following main subject areas: American History, World History, Physical Science, Astronomy, Earth Science, Archaeology, and general social science and science topics.
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and America the Beautiful - SCHOOL USE - Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia contains full text articles and provides links to useful websites, current events, a dictionary and an atlas. America the Beautiful includes historical and current information on states including major events, timelines, presidents, explorers, biographies of famous Americans and natural wonders.
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and America the Beautiful - HOME USE -
• NoodleBib - A very useful tool for creating bibliographies.
• Biography Resource Center - This online reference collection covers biographies of people in literature, science, business, entertainment, politics, sports, history, and arts from around the world and throughout history.
• Country Reports - Historical, Cultural, and Statistical Country Information.

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• Google - Google is one of the largest and easiest search engines to use. Google is also known for retrieving the most important web sites.
• New York Times Learning Network - An online current and special events news site for grades 3-12; updated weekdays during the school year with specific subject explorations.
• Kids Click! - KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians to guide users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.
• Awesome Library - A great web directory organized by school subject areas and easy to use.
• First Gov for Kids - The U.S. government developed this web site to provide useful links to Federal information sites for kids.
• Great Web Sites for Kids - This is a directory of kids related web sites maintained by the American Library Association. It is arranged by school subject areas.

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