The United Nations has a vocabulary game called Free Rice. Each time you correctly define a vocabulary word, UN sponsors donate actual food (rice) to people who need it around the globe.
It is free, it's for real, and here's the link:
Free Rice
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Win a Great Book!
Get Caught Doing GREAT!
Earn an A on a project?
Get 100% on a test?
Do something especially kind or caring?
You can win a FREE paperback book of your choosing at the upcoming GMS Book Fair!
One of your teachers must nominate you. Bring your note of nomination (signed by a teacher) down to the library and put your name in the Big Jar of Doing Great. On the first day of the book fair, Ms. Harrington and Ms. Shtulman will draw at least 5 names (maybe more!). If your name is chosen, you will get to come down to the book fair and pick out your favorite paperback book.
The more GOOD you do, the GREATER your chances of winning!
Earn an A on a project?
Get 100% on a test?
Do something especially kind or caring?
You can win a FREE paperback book of your choosing at the upcoming GMS Book Fair!
One of your teachers must nominate you. Bring your note of nomination (signed by a teacher) down to the library and put your name in the Big Jar of Doing Great. On the first day of the book fair, Ms. Harrington and Ms. Shtulman will draw at least 5 names (maybe more!). If your name is chosen, you will get to come down to the book fair and pick out your favorite paperback book.
The more GOOD you do, the GREATER your chances of winning!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
All About Newsbank
And here is another resource we may use courtesy of our membership in the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System: Newsbank!
At Newsbank, you can search the following periodicals:
The Springfield Republican newspaper
~and~
BUSINESS (5 titles)
Business 2.0 (11/1/2002-Current)
Fortune (1/11/1993-Current)
Fortune International (5/29/2000-Current)
FSB: Fortune Small Business (2/1/2000-Current)
Money (11/1/1993-Current)
ENTERTAINMENT (3 titles)
Entertainment Weekly (1/8/1999-Current)
People Weekly (1/11/1993-Current)
Teen People (2/1/2000-Current)
LIFESTYLE (7 titles)
Baby Talk (9/1/1999-Current)
Essence (1/1/2003-Current)
Family Life (12/1/1999-12/1/2001)
In Style (1/1/2000-Current)
Life (9/1/1993-5/1/2000)
Parenting (9/1/1999-Current)
Real Simple (4/1/2000-Current)
NEWS (7 titles)
Foreign Affairs (2/1/1994-Current)
Newsweek (2/25/1991-Current)
Slate (6/25/1996-Current)
Time (1/4/1993-Current)
Time For Kids (1/16/1998-Current)
Time International (6/1/1998-Current)
U.S. News & World Report (1/1/1993-Current)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2 titles)
ON Magazine (includes Time Digital) (5/1/2000-1/1/2002)
Popular Science (11/1/2002-Current)
SPORTS (3 titles)
Sports Illustrated (1/11/1993-Current)
Sports Illustrated For Kids (1/1/1996-Current)
Sports Illustrated Women (5/1/2000-12/1/2002)
Newsbank also has special reports on hot topics such as oil prices, world health, the 2008 election, the war, and more.
Simply look to your right under "Helpful Links" and click on "Newsbank." You will need to get the user name and password from Ms. Shtulman in the library.
Happy reading!
At Newsbank, you can search the following periodicals:
The Springfield Republican newspaper
~and~
BUSINESS (5 titles)
Business 2.0 (11/1/2002-Current)
Fortune (1/11/1993-Current)
Fortune International (5/29/2000-Current)
FSB: Fortune Small Business (2/1/2000-Current)
Money (11/1/1993-Current)
ENTERTAINMENT (3 titles)
Entertainment Weekly (1/8/1999-Current)
People Weekly (1/11/1993-Current)
Teen People (2/1/2000-Current)
LIFESTYLE (7 titles)
Baby Talk (9/1/1999-Current)
Essence (1/1/2003-Current)
Family Life (12/1/1999-12/1/2001)
In Style (1/1/2000-Current)
Life (9/1/1993-5/1/2000)
Parenting (9/1/1999-Current)
Real Simple (4/1/2000-Current)
NEWS (7 titles)
Foreign Affairs (2/1/1994-Current)
Newsweek (2/25/1991-Current)
Slate (6/25/1996-Current)
Time (1/4/1993-Current)
Time For Kids (1/16/1998-Current)
Time International (6/1/1998-Current)
U.S. News & World Report (1/1/1993-Current)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2 titles)
ON Magazine (includes Time Digital) (5/1/2000-1/1/2002)
Popular Science (11/1/2002-Current)
SPORTS (3 titles)
Sports Illustrated (1/11/1993-Current)
Sports Illustrated For Kids (1/1/1996-Current)
Sports Illustrated Women (5/1/2000-12/1/2002)
Newsbank also has special reports on hot topics such as oil prices, world health, the 2008 election, the war, and more.
Simply look to your right under "Helpful Links" and click on "Newsbank." You will need to get the user name and password from Ms. Shtulman in the library.
Happy reading!
Friday, November 2, 2007
About Those Databases
Courtesy of the Greenfield Public Library, here are some descriptions of the Gale InfoTrac Databases that you may find helpful.
InfoTrac is broken down into separate units that index magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, sports, medicine, arts and humanities, science and technology; provide company profiles, company rankings, investment reports, market trends; and much more. Search them one at a time or search several simultaneously. InfoTrac now has podcasts available as well as the ability to change the text into one of eight languages.
Databases include:
Academic OneFile (academic journals; contains transcripts and podcasts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC; also includes full-text NY Times content back to 1995)
Biography Resource Center (includes over 1 million thumbnail biographies)
Business and Company ASAP (research businesses; no investment analysts' reports)
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (essays on contemporary writers; includes biography and list of sources for further review)
Expanded Academic ASAP (full-text articles on Astronomy, Religion, Lay, History, Pyschology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications, and the General Sciences)
General BusinessFile ASAP (use to research all business and management topics; directory listings for 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries)
General Reference Center Gold (general interest database on current events, arts and culture, sports, etc.)
Health Reference Center Academic (full-text articles designed for nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health research)
InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition (for junior high and middle school students)
InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition (for high school students)
InfoTrac OneFile (comprehensive periodical resources; content goes back to 1980)
Kids InfoBits (targets grades K-5 with 75 full-text curriculum related magazines and 7 reference books)
Educator's Reference Complete (over 300 full-text journals for educators, administrators, and librarians)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (over 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science)
Massachusetts History Online
New York Times 1995 - present
InfoTrac is broken down into separate units that index magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, sports, medicine, arts and humanities, science and technology; provide company profiles, company rankings, investment reports, market trends; and much more. Search them one at a time or search several simultaneously. InfoTrac now has podcasts available as well as the ability to change the text into one of eight languages.
Databases include:
Academic OneFile (academic journals; contains transcripts and podcasts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC; also includes full-text NY Times content back to 1995)
Biography Resource Center (includes over 1 million thumbnail biographies)
Business and Company ASAP (research businesses; no investment analysts' reports)
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (essays on contemporary writers; includes biography and list of sources for further review)
Expanded Academic ASAP (full-text articles on Astronomy, Religion, Lay, History, Pyschology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications, and the General Sciences)
General BusinessFile ASAP (use to research all business and management topics; directory listings for 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries)
General Reference Center Gold (general interest database on current events, arts and culture, sports, etc.)
Health Reference Center Academic (full-text articles designed for nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health research)
InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition (for junior high and middle school students)
InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition (for high school students)
InfoTrac OneFile (comprehensive periodical resources; content goes back to 1980)
Kids InfoBits (targets grades K-5 with 75 full-text curriculum related magazines and 7 reference books)
Educator's Reference Complete (over 300 full-text journals for educators, administrators, and librarians)
Gale Virtual Reference Library (over 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science)
Massachusetts History Online
New York Times 1995 - present
Start Your Search HERE!
Need biographical information on your favorite founding father? Want to know what causes a tsunami? Do you want to browse the latest issue of Africa News, American Art Journal, Anthropology Today, Guitar Player, Drama Review, Time, Seventeen, Gardening Life, Skateboarder, or any of hundreds of magazines, encyclopedias, and other resources?
Start by searching in the Gale InfoTrac Databases. Again, these are brought to us via our membership in the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System (and how grateful we are!).
In this amazing resource, you will find the following:
Start by searching in the Gale InfoTrac Databases. Again, these are brought to us via our membership in the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System (and how grateful we are!).
In this amazing resource, you will find the following:
- Academic OneFile
- Biography Resource Center
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
- Educator's Reference Complete
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- General BusinessFile ASAP
- General Reference Center Gold
- Health Reference Center Academic
- InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition
- InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition
- InfoTrac OneFile
- Kids InfoBits
- Massachusetts History Online
- New York Times (1955-)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
These are all edited, reviewed, authoritative sources where you will find true and useful information!
You can find these great resources by looking in the list of "Helpful Links" to your right. Click on "Gale InfoTrac Databases." You will need to see Ms. Shtulman for the password.
Need a Newspaper Article?
Start here!
As a benefit of our membership in the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System, we have access to full archives of the following newspapers:
Please see Ms. Shtulman in the library for the password and for searching tips.
Have fun!
As a benefit of our membership in the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System, we have access to full archives of the following newspapers:
- Boston Globe
- Berkshire Eagle
- Boston Herald
- BusinessWest (Chicopee)
- Gazette (Haverhill)
- North Adams Transcript
- Patriot Ledger (Quincy)
- Plymouth County Business Review
- Sentinel and Enterprise (Fitchburg)
- Standard Times (New Bedford)
- The Sun (Lowell)
- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
You can also reach these newspapers by clicking on "Massachusetts Newspapers" in the "Helpful Links" menu to your right.
Please see Ms. Shtulman in the library for the password and for searching tips.
Have fun!
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