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Sharon
O'Neill, MLS, IT
Media Coordinator, Instructional
Technology Specialist |
Stacey Heeley
Media Assistant |
Gloria Manning
Adult Volunteer
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Eastern's ACCELERATED READING TEST LIST
Sorted by Title, Author or
Reading Level
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AUDIO BOOKTALKS
Find out what other students
think of a book before you read it!
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BROWSE OUR LIBRARY ONLINE
Use InfoCentre Search from
home!
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iWay STUDENT EMAIL
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JUVENILE SERIES AND SEQUELS
Ever read a great book and
want more? This website will help you find all the books
in a series, the order in which they should be read, and
other series by the same author. Easy to search
database allows you to search by
Series Title, Subject, Book Title or Author.
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GREAT
NEWS!!
In the Spring of 2007, Ms. O'Neill applied for and received
a $67,000 grant from the Perkins Foundation of Pitt County.
Our Library Beautification Project began right away with
ordering furniture and carpet, as well as packing up our
13,000 books! Once we removed the books, the old shelves and
furniture came out and was re-appropriated to our teachers,
who can always make good use of extra seating, shelving and
computer tables.
Over the summer, the work continued! Our wiring
infrastructure was updated and our server was replaced to
accommodate an increase in the number of classrooms and
bandwidth demands. The old metal blinds on the windows were
removed and replaced by UV protective film that not only is
more energy efficient and attractive but also provides a
level of safety to our students. Our old, worn carpet was
replaced and the entire room was painted, giving it a bright
shiny face!
At our Back To School Open House, our students had a chance
to see the media center without furniture and without their
beloved books. Unfortunately, it will be the first week of
September before our shelves are delivered and then we will
still have to put the books ON the shelves and Ms. O'Neill
will be recruiting volunteers to help her out with that
gargantuan task!
We have
pictures of the transformation, if you would like to see!
We have
BEFORES and
DURINGS ... and
finally ...
Constantly updated :
AFTERS!
Click
here for a PowerPoint presentation of our transformation
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Encyclopedias
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Bartleby.com -
Online publication of the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, and so much more.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - Provides complete text of Encyclopaedia Britannica with search
capabilities, related links, and multimedia enhancements. Free trial.
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How Stuff Works - Articles explain how hundreds of things work, from elements of the
human body to space-age technology.
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World Book Encyclopedia
- Offers in-depth information on a variety of subjects. Includes
resources for parents and teachers, features on current events, educational activities for
children, and World Book product information.
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Yahoo! Reference - Portal to a selection of reference tools.
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Electric Library Personal
Edition - Electric Library Personal Edition makes it possible
to conduct real research over the Internet, using a deep database of reliable sources.
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EncycloZine - Portal/concise encyclopedia offers fun activities for learning and
exercising the mind. Daily articles introduce new topics in the arts, humanities, science,
and technology, and provide links to related sites.
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Informationsphere.com
- Free online encyclopedia that allows users to submit their own
articles for inclusion in its database.
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Quisdom - The encyclopedia of trivia. Includes such things as the definitions of
acronyms and abbreviations, flags of the world, entertainment milestones, concise
information about sports and religion, and so forth.
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Xrefer - Search for free across a wide range of encyclopedia, dictionaries,
thesauri, quotations and biographies. Most entries feature multiple cross-references.
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Dictionaries
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AllWords.com - Features two modern English dictionaries, multilingual search, and
translation. Also features a guide to language sites on the web and a language discussion
forum.
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Dictionary of Difficult
Words - Search or browse this dictionary of more than 13,000
words.
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Dictionary Plus - Enter a word and find everything expected from a standard dictionary
plus similar words and synonyms.
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Information Please
Dictionary - Infoplease's free online dictionary. Features
almanacs, an encyclopedia, and an atlas.
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OneLook Dictionaries - Look up a word or term in an Internet dictionary or glossary. Free
search access to a frequently updated database of words, terms, names, and acronyms.
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Strange Dictionaries - Free online versions of the Dictionary of One-Letter Words, the
Dictionary of All-Vowel Words, the Dictionary of All-Consonant Words, and other strange
dictionary resources.
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The Alternative
Dictionaries - Includes a list of slang terms and phrases in
various languages.
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The Century Dictionary
Online - Free 500,000 word dictionary of English with an
encyclopedia and world atlas. Uses DjVu and JPEG formats to display page images. Has
headword lookup and full text search of 22 million words of underlying text.
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The Newbury House Online
Dictionary - Search over 40,000 entries to get clear concise
definitions and when available related pictures.
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The Superhero Dictionary
- Each entry compares a superhero's name with its real life meaning
and includes comparison pictures and pronunciations.
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Ghostwheel Information
Project - Made by taking a set of publicly available
dictionaries, indexing them into a SQL database, and then cross-referencing them.
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Quotations: The Yale
Dictionary - Project to create an searchable online database
and a quotation dictionary from Yale University Press.
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Research-It - Includes several dictionaries and a thesaurus as well as online tools
for shipping and mailing, currency exchange, and language translation.
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our courtyard in the snow!
hard at work during SprintNight!
having fun with
Starfall
our non-fiction
section
PICTURES OF OUR
BEAUTIFUL NEW LIBRARY
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