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Book Access
Book Access
Library Catalog: Search our Alexandria catalog to find books in the library or extend your search to books we can borrow from other libraries in the HFM BOCES region.
Book Request Form: If you're looking for a specific book that's not in the library, use this form to request it. We may be able to borrow from another library or purchase a copy.
Community Resources
Community Resources
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library: Saint Johnsville's public library is just blocks away from the high school and offers book lending, history and genealogy research support, and online databases free to the public.
Opportunities: This page highlights opportunities to get involved outside of school, in competitions, organizations, etc.
Databases and research tools
Databases and research tools
Clubs and student leadership
Clubs and student leadership
24-7 access to books on any device! Just follow the link and search for "Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery Boces" and then you'll see another list where you can select Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville as your school. This will prompt you to log in with OESJ Google credentials. The process is similar on the mobile app.
Recommended Websites
Recommended Websites
7th grade Library
7th grade Library
A 10-week course for all OESJ 7th grade students to review basics of information literacy and prepare for high school level research requirements.
AI Literacy
AI Literacy
Infographic: 6 Things to know about AI
What is a Large Language Model? 3Blue1Brown explains briefly
Careers and College Test Prep
Careers and College Test Prep
Did you know that thanks to NovelNY free resources, you can sign up for a free account on Petersons Test and Career Prep, allowing you to prep for the SAT, ACT, and more?
You can also explore careers and search for scholarship opportunities.
Just follow the link and create an account with your school email address so you can save your progress!
Ancestry Classroom
Ancestry Classroom
Ancestry Classroom Available for free while on campus or at the public library with no need for an account...just go ahead and search. This resource allows you to personally connect to history by searching through primary sources including family history documents, official records, and historic artifacts.
Nerd Out WITH Hidden Gems FOUND on the Internet!
Nerd Out WITH Hidden Gems FOUND on the Internet!
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: No Starch Press's amazing and very useful guide to using Python for automating common (boring) tasks for increased efficiency, so you can focus on the not-so-boring stuff. There's a learning curve involved here, but it's worth it! Free in digital format.
Free and Open Cornell Course on Cornell Note Taking: Why do you take notes? What do you hope to get from your notes? This module will teach you about different note-taking systems and styles and help you determine what will work best for your situation.
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) Series: A series of historical documents compiled and maintained by the Historian at the Department of State.
Freedom Forum: A website dedicated to educating about and defending the first amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
GothamEd: Free online courses in New York City History. Note, too, that if you scroll to the bottom of the page, you can see all the past course as well, which include: City of Sedition: New York City and the American Civil War, Before Central Park: Its Secrets and Stories, The Long History of Terrorism in New York City, Sister Strikers: NYC Women, Labor, and the Making of Early 20th c. US Culture, Epidemic City: Infectious Disease and the Making of Early New York, New York, City of Birds and Trees, and more!
Introduction to Information Retrieval: One of the foundational texts in Natural Language Processing taught at Stanford University. This book guides you through the fundamentals of search and retrieval processes in computer science.
National Security Archive: Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions ranging from investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs to library and archive of declassified U.S. documents.
Poynter Institute Guide to Pink Slime Journalism: Low effort news sites posing as legitimate news outlets are often funded by special interest groups as a way to spread information supporting their viewpoints.
StatsQuest with Josh Starmer: The deep dive into statistics you never knew you were missing. BAM!
WizardZines-Questions: Interested in the really techy stuff? Julia Evans created wizard zines to educate about things like computer networking, security, and internet protocols. Questions is a part of her website dedicated to learning by checking what you know about a topic through attempts at answering a question. Sometimes you don't know what to learn about next until you know what you don't know. Highly recommended!
Just for Fun
Just for Fun
Complete Book of Card Games: From the Internet Archive.
Library Playlist: Recommend a song for the library playlist ❤️
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