PROSSER SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEDIA RESOURCES

Providing access to information, services, & essential skills for our schools & our community
Prosser School District Information Literacy Guidelines K - 12   Created in 2001 and approved by the Prosser School Board, these Information Literacy Skills are taught across the curriculum.
 
Culture Grams - Find information about the USA and the world.  Get the login and password information from your school's Library Media Specialist.
 
World Book Online - Use the World Book to found information.
 
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - AP photos, graphics, text, and audio clips.  Get the login and password information from your school's Library Media Specialist.
 
Consulta  Spanish Langauage Database Now Available At PHS   
Consulta provides a comprehensive collection of Spanish-language materials, including award-winning reference material from both Gale and Oceano, a wide range of journals, plus essential primary source documents. In addition to standard and advanced search methodologies and a dictionary function, Consulta provides a graphic chronological timeline to simplify research of specific eras, plus an extensive image gallery.Get the login and password information from your school's Library Media Specialist.
  

New Database Now Available At PHS:  eLibrary Curriculum Edition is a comprehensive resource that provides schools with the tools and content they need to extend and reinforce student achievement.  Components available in this database are eLibrary, ProQuest Learning: Literature, and History Study Center.  Get the login and password information from your school's Library Media Specialist.  This resource is available from the PHS Media Center at the following URL:

http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/curriculum/do/search

ELibrary includes the following:

  • 1600 full text magazines and journals
  • 230 full-text newspapers and newswires
  • 190 full-text reference works
  • 130 TV and radio transcript programs
  • 5000 historic and modern maps
  • 500,000 images and photos
  • 150,000 editor-selected weblinks
  • 17,000 audio/video clips

ProQuest Learning: Literature includes the following:

  • 150,000 full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama
  • 11,000 literary articles, essays, criticisms, reviews, and interviews
  • 1,300 full author biographies
  • 650 author thematic study units
  • 190 literary study guides
  • 900 multimedia files on literary subjects

History Study Center includes the following:

  • 25,000 primary and secondary sources
  • 500 history study units
  • 65 history study guides
  • 2,700 historical maps and images
  • 200 historical audio/video clips
  • 2,000 history-related websites

 
Big6 Handouts  Explain the Big6 and Super3 Information Problem Solving Process In question form.  Adobe Acrobat format allows easy access to handouts.
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