First Baptist School Library - Teacher Resources

Welcome Teachers and Staff!

The links and videos below include all of the resources our school purchases for student and teacher use. Some resources need a username and password to use from home.

All teachers and staff members may check out an unlimited number of physical items for classroom instruction.

Once a quarter, the library will send a printed reminder of what teachers currently have checked out to make sure items are returned in a timely manner. Please return items you are finished using so that others may enjoy and use them as well.

Click to view the Library Passwords -
You and your students must be signed in to your school Google account to access this document.

Search for a book or ebook

Destiny Online Catalog for print books

This video shows you how to search for print books and ebooks in our library catalog.

EPIC! ebooks offers a free teacher account for you and your students to use Monday through Friday, 7 am - 3 pm.

IMPORTANT! To use EPIC after school, your students' families need to sign up for a subscription.

Walk-through to set up your teacher account on Epic. See Educator Resources for more help.

Storyline Online book videos have copyright permission from the publisher to read the books aloud to a public audience.

Our library databases and passwords

Click to view the Library Passwords - You and your students must be signed in to your school account to access this document.

Discus is South Carolina's Virtual Library for K-12 students.

Discus, which stands for Digital Information for South Carolina Users, provides free access to an online library that's available 24/7.

This short 3½ minute video shows all that Discus has to offer, and how to access the different resources.

Discus SmartSearch Kids is best for elementary and middle school students.

Use the username and password on the Library Passwords document. You and your students must be signed in to your school Google account to access this document.

More tutorial and training videos for teachers and students can be found on this Youtube playlist.

This 6-minute video is made to share with elementary students to learn how to browse and search the Discus Kids resources.

Pebble Go & Pebble Go Next are research databases of trustworthy, age-appropriate information. Every article has read-aloud features in a real person's voice. If your students use the links on the library website, they do NOT need a password to sign in.

You and your students can access these databases through Discus:

PebbleGo Animals
PebbleGo Animales (Spanish)
PebbleGo Next Biographies

Overview of Pebble Go features, all of which are in Pebble Go Next too.

Capstone Connect lets you search Pebble Go and Pebble Go Next, and it gives you the direct link to share in Google Classroom. No passwords or logins needed.

Britannica Kids is an online encyclopedia that you and your students can access through Discus.

CultureGrams® is an online database about countries, cultures, and people around the world. You can access it through Discus.

This video tutorial from Amanda Olson shows the different parts of CultureGrams and how they can be used.

Welcome Teachers and Staff!

Search for a book or ebook

Our library databases and passwords

More research websites with video tutorials