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RESOURCES
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Middle school research used to be simple: students would come to the library
and find a book or two, take notes, and write a paper. Technological advancement
has been a commitment of the Richmond School and the Dresden School Board, and we
now have the capacity for demanding more sophisticated research and a wide variety
of final products. A balanced search includes locating magazine articles, newspaper
articles, World Wide Web pages, books and audiovisual materials. Students in all
grades are encouraged to fully utilize the library media center's collection and
subscriptions. Local resources and Internet databases are accessible from computers
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Internal Resources:
- Email: Students may only use personal email for school work and with a
teacher's permission. All 8th graders gain access to the school email system at the
beginning of 2nd quarter in computer literacy class.
- Card Catalog:The "InfoCentre" computerized card catalog system
is used in all Hanover schools and allows students to check the library's collection
of materials by author, title, subject, or key word from all computers in the school.
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External Resources: RMS subscriptions, unless otherwise
noted, are available from home and school with username and password; these are available
in the media center and in RMS assignment books.
- Authors 4 Teens: Interviews with contemporary
young adult authors
- EBSCO Publishing Service:
This database allows access to multiple magazine and newspaper databases via NHewLink.
- Biography Resource
Center: Biographies of contemporary authors
- Grolier Online: accessible
only from school. This database combines three general and one specialized encyclopedia:
- The New Book of Knowledge
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia for graphic rich articles and current events
- Encyclopedia Americana for in depth information and news archives.
- World Atlas Online: Terrific atlas for research.
- World Book Encyclopedia
Online: This online encyclopedia contains every article from the 22-volume
print set plus thousands more, World Book Online continues as our favorite pick for
a general encyclopedia. World Book Online features thousands of articles, maps, pictures,
sounds, and videos and has been chosen to be the media centerís homepage to encourage
its use during all research projects.
RMS INTERNET GUIDELINES
World Wide Web Access Guidelines: At
the Richmond School, we provide materials to meet the informational needs of our
school community in keeping with First Amendment rights. The Richmond staff recognizes
that students should have full, confidential, and unrestricted access to information.
As with print and other non-print materials, parents are urged to discuss with their
children the kinds of Internet locations they wish their children to use and to avoid.
Because of the diversity in family values in our community, it would be inappropriate
for our materials to reflect any particular standards or values.
Internet Rules For Personal Safety and Appropriate Use:
The unique attributes of the World Wide Web demand certain guidelines for access
in order to assure the safety and well-being of our students. Students are expected
to follow clearly defined Internet rules.
- Protect yourself by never giving out personal names on the Internet. This is
a serious safety issue. Do not identify yourself or others with any personal information
(name, phone number, address, etc.)
- Electronic communication may be used only for school purposes with a teacher's
permission.
- Sites should only contain words, terms or images that students would say or use
in front of a teacher, parent, or other adult.
- Ask a teacher to pre-approve research websites not listed in our schools' Internet
subscription list. Be prepared to identify the author or organization who produced
this site.
- Remember to include websites in your bibliography and cite all inserted graphics
from sites.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIES: FORMATS
& SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
PUNCTUATION IS TRICKY: Please pay attention to where commas, periods and
colons belong. Alphabetize by authorís last name or the beginning of the title if
there is no author.
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BOOKS: Author (last name, first name).
Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Examples:
Allen, Thomas B. Vanishing Wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National
Geographic Society, 2004.
Bearles, Baird and Martin Last. A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction. New York:
Facts on File, Inc., 1999. |
WEBSITES: Author
(last name, first name) [if available] or name of institution. "Page or Article
Title." Date. Website Title. Date of Access. <URL> NOTE: All
websites not on a school subscription require printout of "About Us" to
secure a teacherís initials.
Example:
NASA. "Galileoís Legacy." 2003. Solar System Exploration. National
Aeronautics and Space Center. 1 May 2007. <http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/> |
ARTICLE FROM AN ENCYCLOPEDIA: Author (last name, first name) [if available]. "Title
of Article." Title of Encyclopedia. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
Example:
Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. "Falcon and Falconry." Growing Up With
Science Encyclopedia. Danbury, Ct: Grolier, 2006. |
ARTICLE FROM AN RMS ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA OR DATABASE - Author (last name, first name) [if available]. "Article
Title." Source Title [if available]. Source Copyright Date. Database Title.
Database Copyright Date. Database Publisher. Date of Access. <URL>
Example:
Raunders, Christopher. "South Africa." New Book of Knowledge.
2007. Grolier Online Passport. 2007. Scholastic Library Publishing. 3 May 2007. <http://www.gogrolier.com/...> |
ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE PERIODICAL: Author. "Title."
Source Title. Copyright Date: Pages. Date of Access. <URL>
Belluck, Pam and Katie Zezima. "Red Sox Nation Finally Hails Its Champions."
New York Times.
31 Oct. 2004: 1-2. 1 Nov. 2004 <http://www.nytimes.com...> |
ONLINE GRAPHIC OR ILLUSTRATION: Creator (last
name, first name). "Graphic Title." Image Type. Date of access. <URL>
Example:
ìRoald Amundsen's Ship.î JPEG. 3 May 2007. <www.library.state.ak.us/ hist/cent/074.jp> |
INTERVIEWS: Interviewee [last name, first
name] (Credentials). Interview by Interviewer [first name last name]. Place of Interview:
Date of Interview.
Example:
Leahy, Patrick (U.S. Senator). Interview by Jody Horan. Norwich, VT: 3 Apr. 2007. |
ALL OTHER QUESTIONS: See the index in the source of all this information:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers ~ Sixth Edition.
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
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Sample Bibliography
Allen, Thomas B. Vanishing Wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National
Geographic Society, 2004.
Bearles, Baird and Martin Last. A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction. New York:
Facts on File, Inc., 1999.
Belluck, Pam and Katie Zezima. "Red Sox Nation Finally Hails Its Champions."
New York Times. 31 Oct. 2004: 1-2.
1 Nov. 2004 <http://www.nytimes.com...>
Leahy, Patrick (U.S. Senator). Interview by Jody Horan. Norwich, VT: 3 Apr. 2007.
NASA. "Galileoís Legacy." 2003. Solar System Exploration. National
Aeronautics and Space Center. 1 May 2007. <http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/>
Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. "Falcon and Falconry." Growing Up With
Science Encyclopedia. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2006.
Raunders, Christopher. "South Africa." New Book of Knowledge. 2007.
Grolier Online Passport. 2007. Scholastic
Library Publishing. 3 May 2007. <http://www.gogrolier.com/...>
ìRoald Amundsenís Ship.î JPEG. 3 May 2007. <www.library.state.ak.us/ hist/cent/074.jp>
NOTE: Bibliographies should be single spaced with a space between entries.
The second line of an entry should always be indented.
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