Middle+School+Resources

=Resources for Middle School=

**Assembling Your Research & Citations**

 * ===**EasyBib**===
 * Logon using your Google Drive account
 * Citations
 * Note Cards
 * Works Cited Page
 * Free App available

Online Encyclopedia

 * ===World Book ===
 * For home use see librarian for password
 * Primary and Secondary Sources
 * Daily Newspapers
 * eBooks
 * Timeline Maker
 * 30 Languages
 * Read to You Feature

Search Engines
[|Teaching Web Research Skills] teaches Web research skills to educators and students [|SweetSearch4Me] is our search engine for emerging learners. [|SweetSearch2Day] is where students Learn Something New Every Day. Visit [|SweetSearch Biographies] for profiles of 1,000+ significant people. Visit [|SweetSearch Social Studies] for our best social studies content. media type="custom" key="27308512"
 * ===SweetSearch===

Databases

 * **Marshall Cavendish Digital**


 * Gale Databases (Use links on left menu bar)
 * Newspapers
 * Magazines
 * Books
 * Maps
 * Websites
 * Pictures
 * Audio/Video
 * Transcripts


 * **POWER Library**
 * Sirs Discoverer
 * Magazines
 * AP Photo Archive

Library Books
=eBooks=
 * ===DestinyFollett===
 * Use to search the school library
 * Also searches district-wide
 * ===ACCESS PA===
 * ===Library Media Specialist===
 * **EBSCO K-8 Collection**
 * 3,000+ digital titles
 * Accessed using Destiny Follett
 * See your LMS for Home access passwords
 * ===Follett Shelf===
 * Mostly non-fiction titles
 * eBooks load on computers, iPads, iPhones, and android systems.
 * ===**Marshall Cavendish eBooks **===
 * ===OverDrive OverDrive ===
 * Mostly fiction titles
 * eBooks load on computers, laptops, Macs, iPads, Iphones, IPods, and on most eReaders including: Nooks, Kindles,and Sony eReaders

Websites - Educator Approved

 * ===WebPath Express===
 * Part of DestinyFollett
 * ===World Book Online===
 * Evaluating a Web Site

Tools

 * **Google Drive**
 * Students use the Gmail addres and district password
 * Use Firefox or Chrome browsers
 * **[|EasyBib]**
 * Students use their Google Drive login and password.
 * **[|Wikispaces]**
 * Requires a teacher to register and set-up the wiki.

District Documents
to assist high school students when writing research papers.
 * The Research Paper guide is a document created by the Neshaminy Language Arts Department
 * **[[file:nsdresearch/Researchpaperguide.doc|Researchpaperguide.doc ]]**