Media Center

The Media Center is open

Thursdays and Fridays, as well as every other Wednesday from 7:45 am to 3:15pm

Our parent volunteers, Chrissy MacQuillan and Patty Norton, help keep the library in tip top shape. They also welcome students to the library to exchange their books on Tuesdays from 11am--1pm

Check out these new library books!

• The Research Cycle:

  1. Question: identifying and listing the questions you need to explore
  2. Plan: developing a strategy to find pertinent information rapidly
  3. Gather: getting information which casts light on the key questions
  4. Sort, Sift & Analyze: rearranging the puzzle pieces, make a graphic organizer
  5. Synthesize: making sense of the puzzle pieces - getting the picture
  6. Evaluate: figuring out what's missing, what else is needed
  7. Report: sharing insights persuasively

  Adapted from "The Research Cycle" by Jamie McKenzie. Available at:http://questioning.org/rcycle.html.

  
  

  Easy bibliographies: www.easybib.com orwww.citationmachine.net

  Recommended search engines for research:

  • www.answers.com
  • www.ask.com
  • www.altavista.com

  Evaluating research web sites: The "Four A's"

  • Accessible
  • Accurate
  • Appropriate
  • Appealing

  Use the link in the upper right corner to get evaluation criteria.

  "Four A's" adapted from The Yahooligans! Teachers’ Guide for Evaluating Websites at yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/evaluatingwebsites.html.