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6th Grade

Grade 6 Ancient Civilizations Pathfinder Document - PDF

Gates Middle School

Africa Research Guide -- PDF

Download the slides from the Parent Research Presentation -- PDF

What is a periodical? What is a database? HELP?!

High School

English III-H Research Guide PPT

English III-H Research Guide PDF


 

For Teachers:

If you are planning an assignment that requires students to use library resources, please let us know as soon as you can.

Fill out this Assignment Alert form online or fax us a copy of your assignment at 781-545-8728

With advanced notice, we can be better prepared to help your students find what they need, when they need it.

If you assign annual projects, we would love to hear about any suggestions that you have for additions to our collection.

When teachers and public librarians work together, every student succeeds!

 

Online Resources you might find helpful:

NoveList - Looking for curriculum ideas, book summaries or ideas for connecting novels with classroom lessons? From Home*  | From the Library
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The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
A public library for the World Wide Web with special sections for kids, teens and teachers.

Library of Congress site for Teachers
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
Library of Congress has a special section for Teachers with many resources.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.html
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

A to Z Teacher Stuff
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more.

The Educator’s Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/
The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.

PBS Teachers
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
Multimedia resources and professional development for America’s PreK - 12 educators from Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

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Periodicals & Databases

What is a periodical?

From the RandomHouse Dictionary
–noun: a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals

How do I find a periodical?

-- You can pick up a magazine, newspaper or other journal.  (Finding exactly what you want in a stack of magazines or newspaper can be pretty frustrating. 

OR

-- You can search a database for articles.

What is a database?

From the RandomHouse Dictionary
–noun: a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.

What is the difference between a database and a periodical?

-- A periodical is a magazine or journal that contains articles.  An example of this is National Geographic or Seventeen.  There are many articles in each issue of these magazines. When you’re doing research, you’re looking for an article on your topic, not the entire magazine. 

-- A database is a place where articles are organized.  Imagine that someone has taken the time to type up every article in every magazine or journal ever printed.  It would be pretty hard to find what you need without a way to search.  A database organizes them so that you can search and find the specific articles you want. 

-- You search a database to find articles that were published in a periodical

To find Scituate Town Library’s Databases, click HERE.

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