Library Policies
The resources listed below are excellent for helping you to find information on a topic you are researching.
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World Book Online |
To access at School: http://www.worldbookonline.com To access at Home: http://www.worldbookonline.com (You will need to get the password from the school library media specialist first.) |
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| Grolier Online (Includes seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science) |
To access at School:
To access at Home: http://go.grolier.com (You will need to get the password from the school library media specialist first.)
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| ICONN (Provided by the Connecticut State Library, ICONN contains 25 million full-text popular and scholarly articles, newspapers, business information, health information, over 400 Connecticut library catalogs ("reQuest"), and more.) |
To access from School or Home: http://www.iconn.org (You will need the barcode from the back of your valid Connecticut library card to log in to ICONN.)
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Search Engines for Students (If you still need information on your topic and need help finding it on the Internet, try one of these search engines and/or directories.)
| KidsClick! (Subjects for kids to explore, listed in Dewey Decimal order... just like the library!) |
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
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| Ask for Kids (Type in an actual question to find information. Formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids.) |
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| Awesome Library (A selective collection of educational websites for kids.) |
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Website created by:
K. Frost, Library Media Specialist
Clover Street School, Windsor, CT 06095
Last updated: April 14, 2008