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CAMDENTON LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER

IT'S ALL @ YOUR LIBRARY!

Hours

  • Monday - Thursday 7:00 - 4:00
  • Friday 7:00 - 3:30

Mrs. Sheena Self, Library Media Specialist
Mrs. Rebekah Kaus-Burns, Paraprofessional 

“The mission of the school library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. The school library media specialist empowers students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.” - AASL, 2009

The Camdenton High School Library/Media Center is dedicated to providing the highest quality resources and services for our students and staff. Information resources in both print and electronic formats are available. Students may access technology in the LMC from home to support learning. The LMC staff members are committed to assisting students and staff with research needs.

  • Listed below are resources you can use to complete research projects or to explore interesting topics.  The databases require passwords if you are attempting to use them outside of school. Pick up your passwords in the library. 

    GENERAL RESEARCH

    EBSCO Databases 

    • EBSCO gives students and teachers access to ebooks and articles on a wide variety of topics. Click the link above to select databases individually. Or you can use one of the Explora interfaces listed below. Password required off campus. 

    High Schools, explora, an EBSCO ExperienceEducator's Edition, explora, an EBSCO Experience

    GALE Databases 

    • Gale offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of references, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. New to the database are popular topic pick lists and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.   Password required off campus.

    Gale, US History in contextGale, World History in context

    JSTOR

    • This is a digital archive of academic journals covering unique and varied topics. Password required on and off campus.

    SIRS

    • SIRS provides an objective look at controversial, contemporary topics. Password required on and off campus.

    Google Scholar

    • Academic research via "googling!" Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other websites. Some articles you find will not be accessible for free; however, it is worth searching because there are many free academic articles and ebooks available.  

    MOBIUS Catalog 

    • The MOBIUS catalog allows you to search over 27 million items! When you find an item you could use, just request that the item be sent to the Camden County Library Branch.  You must have a Camden County library card to request an item.

    Library of Congress

    Google Books

  • OverDrive

    Our library provides students with eBooks from OverDrive.

    OverDrive is an online digital lending library providing ebooks for a variety of devices.  The system requires an account.  Please sign up in the library.

    Once you have received your account information, you will be able to login to the Camdenton Schools OverDrive site, browse the books, and download your favorites.

    You can view several help videos on the Overdrive Website. 

     

    eMagazines

    Our library provides students with eMagazines from Flipster.

    • High Five Bilingue
    • Newsweek en Espanol 
    • Newsweek Global 
    • Field & Stream
    • Popular Science
    • Science News 

    To view the magazines, visit FLIPSTER.
    Login with Camdenton and Lakers.

     

    Free Audio Books
    LibriVox, free public domain audiobooks

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     R.E.A.L. Overview (Audio is very quiet on this video.)

    R-Read the URL
    E-Examine the Content
    A- Ask About the Author
    L-Look at the Links

     

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    Evaluate the following sites:

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    Drug Science

     

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 R.E.A.L. Overview

R-Read the URL
E-Examine the Content
A- Ask About the Author
L-Look at the Links

EasyBib EDU

CHS provides all students a Pro Account with EasyBib. With a Pro Account, you can create citations in any format (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)  The pro account also presents fewer ads and provides extra tools such as an online notebook. EasyBib EDU is only available with coupon code access. Even though EasyBib creates accurate citations, the program can only be as good as the information you provide.  So make sure you are analyzing sources carefully and adding accurate information!