CMS Library

Lauren Goldman

Librarian and Tech Coach

Mrs. G can create login for you

Vision
Our school library empowers students to make relevant real-world connections while growing their empathy, reflection and evaluation skills.

Mission Statement
We engage in inquiry across subject areas through Project Based Learning. We use class jobs to explore new questions and ideas and paint the Portrait of a Graduate.

Resources from

Gale eBooks, KidsDiscover, Learn360, Lightbox Learning (in Bulletins), News-O-Matic, NovelNY, Research Rocket, Rosen eBooks, Sora, SWANK, TeachingBooks.net

Kids Discover

Click on this HFM BOCES IRC link and then choose Kids Disover from the list.

Student review: The thing I like about Kids Discover is that they show every animal and insect. I also like that they show a lot of facts and that they have the animals I am interested in. Kids Discover could add more about human history. (S.S. Class of 2029)

Noodle Tools Help

CCSD purchases or subscribes to contents

Student Review: I like that it gives you a source of books online that you can access any time in the day. (L.H. Class of 2029)

Resources from

No username or password needed in NY State.

Includes Gale Databases and Britannica Encyclopedias.

Click on NOVELNY and under the section called "Encyclopedias" you will find this resource

Available through NOVELNY, funded by NY State

Click on "high school" tab to access Opposing Viewpoints

Britannica School - Student Review (J.H. Class of 2029)

It's harder to find information in the elementary because it's for little kids. It only gives a little bit of information so you don't understand if you're writing about it. There are not that many big words in the elementary article. Because there aren't teenagers in the elementary school and it only goes up to 5th grade so the kid can't read bigger words. Elementary videos tell you less but they are easy to understand and to know what is happening.They tell you facts about what you're learning. Instead of going into details about the important stuff.

It's a little easy to write an article in the middle school version but you don't get that much information. But the information is still good for writing about. There are a lot of big words and most kids can read chapter books in middle school. So the reading gets harder because they have to put more evidence in the text. Middle school tells you facts about an animal for example: where it lives, different types of species, and what is different about it than others.

It’s very easy to write an article about because it is high school and you have more evidence to write about. There are the biggest words in high school. Because there needs to fit even more evidence in the article and their vocabulary has expanded a lot so there are a lot more words. High school goes into straight details. body part facts. Where it lives like an ocean land forest. And all of the species of that animal are different about each one.

Middle School - Annual Subscriptions

Subscription: East Hilll and Middle School

Student Review: My topic is Vollyball. I find it quite easy to find information on volleyball on the kids ‘level’. It's a little bit weird to find information about volleyball in the student ‘level’. The articles on the subject are vertical and kinda hard to find. The articles on volleyball in the advanced ‘level’ are in a more ordered fashion and a little easier to understand. The pictures are very comprehensible and easy to look at in the kids ‘level’. It turns out that in all the ‘levels’ have comprehensive pictures. (N.P. Class of 2029)