Databases+LIS+5250

__**Elementary Schools **__
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 * North Elementary-Willard, MO pop. 3,378 **
 * Serves grades K-4 with 385 enrolled **
 * Site was slightly difficult to navigate, you had to click four different links to finally get to the library page you needed.
 * Resources are in lists by category.
 * No descriptions for the available resources
 * You can access the information at home with your library id but there's no description of how to do that.
 * Main resources available:They also have links to award winning authors and books
 * Kids InfoBits
 * Fact Monster
 * Encyclopedia Britannica

[| http://web.me.com/brennaac/Thayer_Elementary_Library/Welcome.html]
 * Thayer Elementary-Waynesville, Mo pop. 4,287 **
 * Serves grades K-6 with 224 enrolled **
 * Library page was very easy to find, link on the schools homepage.
 * Separate link on the library page to the librarian's web site.
 * Resources are sorted by student or teacher resources but description of the source
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sources are available for use at home but there are no instructions about how to log on to them.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Student resources include:
 * <span style="color: #7e2b11; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Study Island
 * <span style="color: #7e2b11; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pearson Success Net-online textbooks for math, science, and social studies
 * <span style="color: #7e2b11; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">SIRS Discover-online magazine search
 * <span style="color: #7e2b11; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">World Book Online
 * <span style="color: #7e2b11; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Library of Congress link
 * <span style="color: #7e2b11; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bookflix- fiction and non fiction eBooks
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teacher Resources can be used in the classroom with smartboards, they include:
 * <span style="color: #73200c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lit 2 Go
 * <span style="color: #73200c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Storybooks Online


 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I had a difficult time finding elementary schools with quality resources for their students. On the elementary level school size didn't seem to be as much of an issue. I looked at both small and large school districts and usually found little to no information. Most districts only had library information available at the middle and high school levels. This could be due to the fact that we generally think of older students being the ones who need research opportunities. The elementary libraries usually had minimal resources available and what they had available rarely matched what was on the lists we were given. Kids InfoBits was the only resource I saw from the lists and even still sites like Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book Online were more prevalent. **

**__<span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Middle/Intermediate Schools __**
[| http://www.ecarter.k12.mo.us/dept/researchtools/]
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">East Carter Middle School-Elsinore, MO pop. 400 **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Serves grades 6-8 with 118 enrolled ( this school serves students from all of eastern Carter County) **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">District home page has research links availableMiddle School home page has a student research link instead of of a library page link
 * <span style="color: #7c2113; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gale
 * <span style="color: #7c2113; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learning Express
 * <span style="color: #7c2113; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EBSCO Host
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pictures were available next to the sources but no descriptions other than all of the sites have been deemed kid safe by the disctrict.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can access the sources at home but there's no description of how to.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sources available include
 * <span style="color: #80220f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EBSCO Host
 * <span style="color: #80220f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Searchasaurus
 * <span style="color: #80220f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kids Search
 * <span style="color: #80220f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ERIC
 * <span style="color: #80220f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">World Book Online
 * <span style="color: #80220f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Webster's Dictionary

[| http://nixa.summit.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=103299&sessionid=e4673c41f4ce08178b97f44dd34f7061&sessionid=e4673c41f4ce08178b97f44dd34f7061]
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Summit Intermediate-Nixa, MO pop. 19,000 **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Serves grades 5-6 with 425 enrolled **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Library link on the school's main page
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Databases are in a table format with colorful pictures and descriptions of the sources.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Step by step instructions on how to access the databases at home were available.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Step by step instructions on how to search the databases and examples.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Has both student and teacher resource links.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Student sources include:
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fact Monster
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">infoplease.com
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">World Book Online
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kids InfoBits
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Also has a link to Mark Twain Nominees
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teacher sources include:
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bibliography lists for Language Arts and Physical Science

[| http://www.bluesprings-schools.net/gen/blue_springs_generated_pages/Kelly_Knudsen_m466.html]
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Delta Woods Middle School-Blue Springs, MO pop. 55,817 **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Serves grades 6-8 with 752 enrolled. **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Media Center link on the schools' home page.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Databases and resources are in list format.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Site did include information on how to access the resources from home.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sources available include:
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">World Book Online
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Net Trekker
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ABC Clio
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Marshall Cavendish

<span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Blue Springs school district was somewhat of a disappointment. Out of 13 elementary websites only 2 had any library media information. Out of 4 middle schools only 2 had library media information. The high schools fared better but as a whole the I felt that such a big school district should have had a better assortment of resources available for their students.

__**<span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">High Schools **__
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 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Logan-Rogersville High School-Rogersville, MO pop. 3,100 **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Serves grades 9-12 with 700 enrolled **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Link to library page on school's home page
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Library page is well organized and colorful
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Site tells you to see the librarian for your access password to use the sources at home. She will also give you instructions on how to use the resources.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Has both student reference links and teacher reference links
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Site also has an option to search the library's holdings at home.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Student sources available include:
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Literary Reference Online
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Facts on File-History, Government, and Geography
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Virtual Reference Shelf
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Refdesk.com
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Purdue Online Writing Lab
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Link to MLA citations examples

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 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Carthage High School-Carthage, MO pop. 14,000 **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Serves grades 9-12 with 1,200 enrolled **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Media center link easy to find on home page.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Organized in a list format, site is colorful and easy to navigate.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can access the school's entire collection from the site, if you have the password
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They also have a link to the Carthage Public Library
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Another link takes you to a space that serves as a virtual classroom. You can upload video, text, and audio files.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The site has a ready reference link with subject categories.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Also has a link to search the invisible web.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Also has subject specific search engines.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">References available include:
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learning Express
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">GALE
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EBSCO Host
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Discovering Collection

[| https://sites.google.com/a/fz.k12.mo.us/ehs-library-2/home]
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fort Zumwalt East High School-Kansas City Area **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Serves grades 9-12 with 1,300 Enrolled **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Library link on main school page, easy to navigate, appealing set up.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Like Carthage, East has links for searching the school's collection and the public library's collection.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Site also has the option to search eBooks by subject.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sources are listed
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can access everything from home with passwords but there are no instructions about how to on the site.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Resources available include:
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learning Express
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">World Book Online
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Literature Resource Center
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gale Virtual Reference Library
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gale
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Biography
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Viewpoints
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">U.S. History
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Global Issues

[| http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/west/lmc/]
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Parkway West High School-St. Louis Area **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Serves grades 9-12 with 1,400 enrolled. **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Library link on main page, very easy to navigate
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Library page is set up like a bookshelf with each book taking you to a specific location
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Page includes links to web resources, book reviews, events, research guides, assignments, and passwords
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Also includes both student resources and teacher resources
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Passwords can only be retrieved with your school id information.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All information can be accessed at home.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Research links can be accessed through the PANDA link-Parkway Automated Network for Data Access
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Databases are sorted by category in table format, general databases can be accessed through a pull down menu.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can also search the library's holding of non-fiction books
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sources available include:
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learning Express
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Discovering Collection
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Business & Company Resource
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Science Reference Center
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Newspaper Source
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MAS Ultra
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Master FILE Premier
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Funk and Wagraus
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ERIC

__**<span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">K-12 Schools **__
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 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Southland Schools-Serves Arbyrd and Cardwell, Mo (Covers a 75 mile radius) pop. around 700+ **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Serves grades K-12 with 381 enrolled **
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Main page has a link to online resources MOREnet
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Page is set up in a list format with descriptions about each database
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">One of the only schools with a visible tech support link.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No instructions on how to access from home but it would be possible if you have the necessary passwords.
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Page has several sources available, including:
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EBSCO Host
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gale
 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learning Express


 * <span style="color: #832711; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was surprised at how difficult it was, at times, to find library media sites. In general when schools had media sites, larger districts tended to have more resources available and their presentation was more appealing. Those districts also tend to have more funds available to keep up with a larger website. School websites in rural areas also tended to have less information available but in some cases the librarian had added a link to a personal page that they maintain and in these cases the sites tended to be much better. However, I found schools of all sizes that did not have media center sites available and in larger districts, like those in Kansas City or St. Louis, some of the schools have great media center sites and others didn't have any information at all. I would think that there should be some standardization among schools in the same district. I loved the presentation at Parkway West High School. As far as schools I looked into they had the best variety of information and they used more of the databases on the lists we were given than any other school I looked at. I also liked Summit Intermediate's page. The had great descriptions about how to search for and access information which is great when you've got younger students and parents looking for information. **