Library Tools and Information
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CCS Library Upgrades to Destiny!
Our Library
Circulation software, Destiny Library Manager by Follett Software
Company, now allows online searching of our in-house library items and will
also support e-books as we begin to move toward more digital resources. You
can access the CCS Library Catalog @ https://ccs.follettdestiny.com. This easy-to-use library management software will help our
libraries become gateways to a wealth of information resources. Contact
Lori Farmer, Head Librarian, at lori.farmer@sa-ccs.org if you have any
questions about the program or suggestions for the library collection…Happy
Searching!!
Cornerstone Christian Schools Online Databases
Remember to add these to your Internet Favorites and also choose “yes” on the “remember my passwords” option! (To get login and password information, please contact the CCS Librarian or check the Library page on your Edline account.)
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BrainPop (For students during school hours)
www.brainpop.com What you’ll find: BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students. The resources include movies, quizzes, experiments, timelines, activity pages, and much more covering hundreds of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health. All content is aligned to and searchable by state standards.
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DE Streaming (Students)
http://students.discoveryeducation.com/ Sign up using the code (found on the Cornerstone Library page in Edline)to create your own personal password for Discovery Education™ Student Center. From this page, you will be able to access Assignments, Quizzes and Writing Prompts that your teacher has created for your class.
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EBSCO K4-12 Reference Package http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=cookie,uid What you will find: Periodicals, biographies, literary criticisms, primary source documents. Almanacs, newspapers, transcripts, extensive image database, etc. NEW - EBSCO Literary Reference Center, History Reference Center, and Science Reference Center for high school students.
4) Encyclopedia Britannica
What you will find: Encyclopedias, 2 Spanish Encyclopedias, a PreK through 2 learning environment, dictionary, atlas, maps, video, audio clips, timelines, learning materials, learning activities etc.
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NetTrekker www.nettrekker.com What you’ll find: Educational search engine for all students. NetTrekker connects you to a wealth of standards-aligned digital resources and technology tools specifically designed for engaging students in a learning experience that supports their unique needs.
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Newsbank http://infoweb.newsbank.com What you’ll find: NewsBank, NewsBank KidsPage and Archive of Texas History. NewsBank is a collection of Newspapers, periodicals, speeches, wire services, transcripts, historical documents, KidsPage classroom projects, current events, special reports, web links, elementary Spanish content, state standards, Big6, etc.
Additional Resources.
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TeachingBooks www.teachingbooks.net What you’ll find: TeachingBooks.net is a diverse and constantly growing online collection of multimedia K-12 book and author resources that integrates books throughout the curriculum.
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Visual Thesaurus http://www.visualthesaurus.com (Note—You need JAVA installed on computer for this program to work)
What you’ll find: The Visual Thesaurus has over 145,000 words and 115,000 meanings. Your students can search for the word they're looking for and then follow a trail of related concepts to reveal the way words and meanings relate to one another.
9)
Gale PowerSearch http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/san59812 What you’ll find: A collection of more than 6,000 full-text
periodicals, 3,000 refereed journals and 300 full-text newspapers. It
all adds up to nearly 11,500 titles with 25 years of backfile coverage,
and an astounding 50 million database records, easily searched and
retrieved.
10)Proquest http://www.proquestk12.com/ What you’ll find: General reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. Helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.
Other Resources: