FMS Library Media Services

Library Media Program | Subscription Databases | Search the Internet

General Reference | News | Tools

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Music | Art | Health | Home & Careers | Physical Education | Technology | French \ Spanish

Teacher Resources

FMS Library Media Program:

The goal of the Frontier Middle School Library Media Program is to create students who are effective, efficient and ethical users of information. Our Library Media Program builds upon the foundation of information literacy skills students were introduced to in elementary school. By instructing students in Information Literacy, through all subject areas, the Library Media Program provides further opportunities for students to achieve and represent the District's commitment to creating self-directed life-long learners.

In addition to providing assistance in selection of appropriate required and pleasure reading, the Library Media Program focuses on development of strong research skills. Students are instructed in the Big 6 Research Process. This research model gives students an explicit step-by-step process for approaching all research. During their middle school experience it is expected that students will practice research skills and the use of research tools so that they are better prepared for in-depth high school research and beyond.

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Subscription Databases

Below you will find several subscription databases that are available for our students to use from home for research. Students will need to see Mrs. Brew for usernames, ID numbers and passwords.

• World Book Online - This database provides access to encyclopedia articles, behind the headlines articles, maps, definitions World Book Kids and Spanish Language Encyclopedia.

SIRS Discoverer - click on picture above to open database - This database provides access to magazine articles, newspaper articles, reference resources and authoritative web site links.

• {Student Resource Center Junior}

Student Resource Center Junior - click on picture above to open database

• {Biography Resource Center}

Biography Resource Center - click on picture above to open database

• Teen Health & Wellness
• CultureGrams
• ABC CLIO American History & United States at War

• Gale Databases - Some titles provided through NOVEL - New York Online Virtual Electronic Library. Others purchased by FCSD and Erie 1 BOCES.
• EBSCO Databases - Some titles provided through NOVEL - New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
• Groliers Online - This database provides access to The Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge and links to valuable web sites.
• For School Use Click Here
• For Home Use Click Here
• Proquest Platinum
  

{New York Online Virtual Electronic Library}

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Internet Search Engines and Directories

Search Engines & MetaSearch Engines (search a variety of common search engines)-

Enter a search phrase for a list of related websites.

• IXQuick - http://www.ixquick.com

• Clusty - http://www.clusty.com
  

• Metacrawler - http://www.metacrawler.com
  

• Google - http//:www.google.com

• Ask.com -http://www.ask.com

• Answers.com Question Answering Engine - http://www.answers.com/bb/
  

Search/Subject Directories -

Lists of websites organized by subject. Navigate through the subject tree to find relevant lists.

• Yahoo Kids : Study Zone - http://kids.yahoo.com/learn
  

• KidsKonnect -http://www.kidskonnect.com

• Dewey Browse -http://www.deweybrowse.org/ - Get lists of websites using the same number system we use in the LMC.

• Kid Info! -http://www.kidinfo.com/schoolsubjects.html

• Cybrarian -http://www.cybrary.org

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General Reference Resources

Quote Websites

• Yahoo Quotes Directory -http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Quotations/
• Brainy Quote -http://www.brainyquote.com

• American Sign Language Browser -http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

• Merriam Websters Online Dictionary / Thesaurus -http://www.m-w.com/

• CIA World Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html - Find information about every country in the world by choosing the country name from the drop down menu.

• Infoplease -http://www.infoplease.com - Find biographical information, ecyclopedia articles and other reference information.

• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library -http://www.buffalolib.org

News

• Buffalo News -http://www.buffalonews.com/

• Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition -http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/current/index.html

• NY Times Student Connections -http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/

• Time For Kids Online -http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/index.html

• 1st Headlines -http://www.1stheadlines.com/

• USA Today -http://www.usatoday.com/

• MSNBC -http://www.msnbc.com

• CNN Interactive -http://www.cnn.com/

• NewsHour Extra -http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/index.html - NewsHour with Jim Lehrer special for students - connects current events with our lives.

Tools

Below are resources which may help you get better results on homework and projects.

• Time Line Maker -http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/

• Online Conversion Website -http://www.onlineconversion.com/

• Classroom Clipart -http://classroomclipart.com/

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Class Related Research Links:

This site is constantly being updated.

Teachers: Please forward sites to include in your respective subjects as needed.

ELA

Looking for a something to read?

• Book Adventure - http://www.bookadventure.com
  

• International Children's Digital Library -http://www.icdlbooks.org/ - Fulltext of books. Can make lists according to rating, age level, types of characters, genre and length.

• In Search of Shakespeare -http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/

Mythology / Fables

• Myth Web -http://www.mythweb.com/

• Aesop's Fables -http://www.aesopfables.com/

Poetry

• Poet's Corner -http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/

• Giggle Poetry -http://www.gigglepoetry.com

• Poetry for Kids -http://www.poetry4kids.com

• Poets.org - advance search - http://www.poets.org/search.php/prmResetList/1

• League of American Poets - http://www.poetryamerica.com/
  

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Social Studies

General

• Eyewitness to History -http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/

• PBS History -http://www.pbs.org/history/

• American Memory Timeline -http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/

• The History Place -http://www.historyplace.com/index.html

• Social Studies for Kids -http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/

• Best of History Web Sites -http://www.besthistorysites.net/

Ancient History

• ODYSSEY Online -http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html

Middle Ages / Renaissance

• Middle Ages -http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

• Renaissance -http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/

Age of Exploration

• Discoverers Web -http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index.html

• Zoom Explorers -http://zoomschool.com/explorers/

Colonial/ American Revolution

• From Revolution to Reconstruction -http://odur.let.rug.nl/%7Eusa/B/

Civil War

• Many Roads to Freedom : Abolitionism and the Civil War in Rochester - http://www.libraryweb.org/rochimag/roads/home.htm
  

• The Valley of the Shadow - Civil War Resources -http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

20th Century

• US Holocaust Memorial Museum -http://www.ushmm.org/

• First World War -http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

• BBC World War II -http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/

Government

• THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet -http://thomas.loc.gov

• Ben's Guide to the US Government -http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html

• Congress Link -http://www.congresslink.org/

• American President -http://www.americanpresident.org/

Primary Documents

• Our Documents -http://www.ourdocuments.gov - fulltext of important documents in US history.

• Harper's Weekly Online -http://www.harpweek.com - political cartoons and various other information from this historical magazine.

• Online Speech Bank -http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm

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Science

General

• The WhyFiles - The Science Behind the News -http://www.whyfiles.org/

• MadSciNet -http://www.madsci.org/ - Links to general science information and ask-a-Scientist.

Animals and Plants

• eNature -http://www.enature.com/home/ - National Wildlife Federation provides online field guides from the Audubon Society.

Weather

• Meteorology Guide -http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/home.rxml

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Math

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Music

• Essentials of Music -http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/

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Art

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Health

• Healthfinder -http://www.healthfinder.org

• Kid's Health -http://www.kidshealth.org

• GirlsHealth -http://www.4girls.gov/

• WNYServices -http://www.wnyservices.org - Searchable database of Health & Community services in Western New York. Choose Find a Service and plug in zip code to get list of service types.

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Home & Careers

• Occupational Outlook Handbook -http://www.bls.gov/oco/

• BLS Career Information -http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm

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Physical Education

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Technology

• How Stuff Works -http://www.howstuffworks.com/

• How Everyday Things are Made -http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/

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French / Spanish

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Teacher Resources

Below are resources that may help you in the classroom, in grad school and professional development. Please feel free to forward additional sites to me for inclusion in this section or those above.

• TeachingBooks.net -http://www.teachingbooks.net- Author programs, book guides, links to websites and various other resources realted to authors. Resources span all grade levels and subject areas. Provide by Erie 1 BOCES.

• Museum Education Consortium of Buffalo - http://www.museums4teachers.org
  

• WNED ThinkBright EdVideo Online (previously Video on Demand) -http://www.thinkbright.org/video/ - all Western New K-12 educators can register for free access to videos arranged by curriculum standards and grade level. Copyright dates of videos are indicated in descriptions.

• PBS Teachersource -http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ - PBS TV Schedule with copyright information, lesson plans and online learning opportunities.

• FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence -http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm

• No Child Left Behind -http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

• Educator's Reference Desk -http://www.eduref.org - Research articles and links for teachers.

• MiddleWeb -http://www.middleweb.com/ - Exploring Middle School Reform on the Web.

• Filamentality -http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ - Resource to help teachers create online content such as WebQuests.

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