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Odyssey Academy
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Library Media
Information Center (LMIC)

"The ability to find and use information is the keystone of lifelong learning. Creating a foundation for lifelong learning is at the heart of the school library media program."
Information Power: Building Partnerships for LearningAASL,1998

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EDLINE
(Today's homework)
Help with Homework Help with Projects
Help with RESEARCH Research Process Subscription Databases 
Help with WRITING Citing / NoodleBib Plagiarism/Turnitin.com

COLLEGE Info

SAT / ACT Prep Fin Aid / Essay Help
Reading Lists:  
Core & Supplemental Lists
ACT practice/SAT practice
Odyssey CEEB Code:  334833
3rd Annual Poetry Coffeehouse
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New! IB CAS Forms
Activity/project
Self-evaluation
FREE TRIAL! Questia--complete books and journal articles available online!
Take the Tour for all the tips and features--all full text, create citations and bibliography, highlight and annotate the virtual pages.
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Teachers

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Access  iNotes

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Teacher Tools
(rubrics, quizzes, timelines, etc.)

ProQuest
for Teachers
 
Online Educational Journals

Inquiry Based Learning Links
 

Information Literacy: 
What is it and 
why do I need it?

Online Subscription Databases
Reliable information aligned to our curriculum needs. Search periodicals, newspapers, encyclopedias, reference books, and more! To use databases from  home, see Librarian for usernames and passwords. 

These help with research
(keep scrolling for writing help)
Career Cruising CountryWatch
(global; business; LOTE)
CQ Researcher
(social issues; incl statistics, graphs)
DISCovering Collection
(ALL subjects; incl. primary documents)
Facts.com
(US history; social issues; science)
Gale Virtual Reference Library
(eBooks for ALL subjects)
Grolier
(ALL subjects - general encyclopedia)
NewsBank
(ALL subjects - current events; D&C)
Opposing Viewpoints
(current events; social issues)
ProQuest K-12 
(ALL subjects; scholarly journals; social issues)
ProQuest Professional Ed
(for teachers)
Roth: Poetry/Literature
(Humanities - literary criticism; bios; explanation of works; poems, stories, plays, speeches)
SIRS
(ALL subjects; social issues; web links)
Databases
provided by
RRLC and
NOVEL:
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Y Online Virtual Electronic  Library
What is this?
Gale Databases
  Business & Company Resource Center
  Gale Custom Newspapers
(150 newspapers)
  Gale Nat'l Newspaper Index (top five newspapers incl NYT)
 
Health & Wellness Resource Center   
 
InfoTrac Junior (easier to read articles)
  Twayne's Author Series (Humanities)
EBSCO Masterfile Select
(scholarly journals)
EBSCO General Science Collection
 
(Science scholarly journals)
Databases
provided by
MCLS
Need a public library card to access these
What is this?
Biography Resource Center (ALL subjects)
Expanded Academic ASAP (ALL subj; scholarly journals)
General Reference Center
(ALL subjects)
History Resource Center: US (scholarly journals)
ˇInforme!  (periodicals in Spanish)
InfoTrac OneFile (ALL subj; scholarly journals)

  These help with writing 

 NoodleTools  
bibliography generator

Turnitin.com
 
plagiarism check

Teachingbooks.Net 

QUICK
LINKS

Almanacs

Atlases

Biography
Career
College

Converters
Copyright
Dictionaries

Encyclopedias
Financial Aid
Grammar
Government

Maps
News

Quotations

Pictures

Research Paper

Regents
Exams

SAT/PSAT / ACT

Scholarships

Speeches

Statistics

Translators

Still can't find what you are looking for? 
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Describe your research problem, what you need and where you've looked, and we'll get back to you-- usually
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Search Engines
The most used search engines are just a click away--includes image search engines.
Virtual Reference Desk
Links to quick facts--almanacs, dictionaries, translators, etc.
Project Links
Resources selected for specific
assignments

MS

HS

Homework Help
Links to sites selected specifically to assist with homework in almost any subject area
Help! I Need It Now!
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Compare worth of $ in 2004 to another year in history 
·Political cartoons

Research Papers
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Research process
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Writing process
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Citing MLA style
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NoodleBib
Great Reads
Links to recommended books
Teacher Resources
Links to lesson plans, rubrics, graphic organizers,
and more!

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Monday -- Friday

Library Staff:
Shirlee Carlberg, Library Media Specialist
Debora Donohue, Library Media Specialist
 Joanne Galusha, Teacher Assistant

Library Telephone: (585) 966-5531
Library Fax: (585) 865-7453

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