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LIBRARY NEWS
<br /> NEED HELP WITH HOMEWORK? CHECK OUT THESE RESOURCES.
<br /> Now that students are back at school, teachers • In the SCIENCE area, there are thousands of entries
<br /> will be assigning reports and projects. The Li- that explore inventions, discoveries, theories, and life
<br /> brary has two online resources that are - - forms. Students will also find photos, illustrations, and
<br /> especially helpful to students: 1 (w ) even video and animation clips.
<br /> • Discovering Collection • For subjects in the SOCIAL STUDIES, there is
<br /> • Opposing Viewpoints Resource extensive information on ethnic groups, as well as up-to-
<br /> Center date information on the United States, Canadian prov-
<br /> These databases cover core curricu- t - - ' inces, and the nations of the world. For instance, there
<br /> lum topics for students and, because are overview essays on the tribes forced onto the Trail of
<br /> they pull from a variety of sources, can provide a one- Tears, the social and economic profile of Alaskan Indi-
<br /> stop resource for research. In addition, both provide help ans, and the culture of the Inuit people.
<br /> with writing student papers. They contain a "Toolbox" The Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center contains
<br /> of information about citing sources, writing a conclu- extensive information on the complex social issues we
<br /> sion, how to footnote, distinguishing between primary face today. Information is provided on all sides of these
<br /> and secondary sources, and many topics involved in issues.Topics covered include human -
<br /> writing a good research paper. rights, cloning,AIDS, alcoholism, - � �
<br /> The Discovering Collection contains in-depth refer- pollution, poverty, biological weapons, til‘Qg� '
<br /> ence content in literature, history, biography, science, and media violence. Students will find
<br /> and social studies: viewpoint articles, topic overviews,
<br /> • For LITERATURE projects, students can find in- statistics, primary documents, and
<br /> formation on the most-studied authors, analyses of full-text articles from more than 45 major newspapers
<br /> Shakespeare's most frequently studied plays, and tools to and news magazines, such as the New York Times, Time,
<br /> understand poetry. The Nation, and the National Review.
<br /> • For a HISTORY project, there are documents and These databases may be accessed within the Library
<br /> timelines of U.S. history, plus essays highlighting histori- and remotely. They are available through our web page
<br /> cal eras such as the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations. at www.ci.louisville.co.us/library. Access by clicking
<br /> This resource contains over 33,000 BIOGRAPHIES of SEARCH LIBRARY DATABASES and then INFO-
<br /> famous people from ancient times to the present and TRAC. If you are accessing them from home, you will
<br /> includes color and black-and-white images of many. need to enter your name and library card number.
<br /> CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK AT THE LIBRARY
<br /> November 14-20 marks the 86th annual obser- this year. The Louisville Public Library will feature new
<br /> vance of Children's Book Week. This event, books and will highlight the imagine theme in Story-
<br /> sponsored by the Children's Book Council, encourages times that week.
<br /> ) young people and their caregivers When Children's Book Week was established in 1919,
<br /> to discover—through books—the founding member Frederic Melcher noted its vital pur-
<br /> complexity of the world beyond pose, "...to put the cause of children's reading squarely
<br /> their own experience. before the whole community and, community by com-
<br /> IiAO I NE This year's theme is IMAGINE. munity, across the whole nation. For a great nation is a
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<br /> Author and illustrator, Mark Teague reading nation."
<br /> I 1 conveys the imaginative power and We couldn't agree more!
<br /> joy of books in the official poster for
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