Links

• Access Science: Search encyclopedia articles on 7,000+ scientific topics; search biographies, news, study center, image galleries, and multimedia all related to science.

  Username:  falconhs

  Password: password

• Ask Colorado: Chat with librarians 24/7; for all Colorado residents and students; ask general questions, do college research, help on homework and research, even in Spanish.

• Boolean Search Tutorial:  http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/boolean_info.html. How to search websites effectively using and, or, not.

• Colorado Virtual Library: Information from Colorado libraries; search Colorado libraries; access to Ask Colorado

   

• DESTINY: Catalogs from all Falcon School district libraries; choose the school; search the library catalog

  USING DESTINY (lib.d49.org)

  Name__________________________________________________________________

  Class & teacher that this book will be used for_____________________________________

  Due date for this extra credit assignment (speak to the teacher above and the 2 of you determine this date.)_________________________________________

  Possible extra credit points available. (Determined by teacher above.)___________________________

  Title & author of book________________________________________________________________

  FICTION or NONFICTION (circle the correct one)

  Please complete the following for your extra credit. Answer "F" questions for a fiction book; answer "NF" questions for a nonfiction book.

  F—Name and describe the physical characteristics of 3 characters. List 3 things that each of those characters likes to do.

  F—What is the genre of this book? (If you do not know the meaning of "genre" find the definition and then answer the question.)

  F—If you were one of the characters in this story, which one would you be and why?

  F—Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

  NF—What is the general subject of this book?

  NF—Why did you choose to read a book about this topic?

  NF—What were 3 things you learned from reading this book? (Include page numbers where you got the information.)

  NF—Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

  As a final project, choose one of the following to turn in to your teacher with this paper.

  1. Make a new book jacket that should include an attractive picture or cover design, an original summary of the book, and information about the author.
  2. Prepare a television commercial about the book that would make people want to read it.
  3. Convert the events into a song or poem.
  4. Invent a word game for the book. Create a crossword puzzle or word search incorporating characters, events, and places.
  5. Design the front page of a newspaper and write an article describing the major event in the book. Include an attention-grabbing headline.

• EBSCO:Search research databases including full-text magazine and periodical articles; “advanced Google”

  Username: falconhigh

  Password: falcons

• Encarta Resources: Search encyclopedia articles

• Grolier: Includes 7 databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and America the Beautiful.

  • Username: fhslib

  • Password: falcon

   

• Media Center - Student Expectations: Student Expectations:  Rules, policies, and procedures for the FHS library

• MLA citation sites: Websites to go to when citing sources for papers.

  • www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

  • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html#Handling

  • www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

  • http://citationmachine.net/?g=5

  • www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/rptemp.htm

• Pikes Peak Library District:  Website for the public library

• Student Resource Center Gold: includes Litfinder: Search a variety of subjects in full-text articles from academic journals, magazines, periodicals, newspapers, reference, creative works, multimedia, primary sources, and statistics. Search Litfinder for full-text plays, poems, short stories, and biographies of authors, poets, and playwrights.

  Username: falcon

  Password: remote