Teacher Resources

Search for a book or ebook

[Use this tutorial if your library has the "normal" interface. Delete the other video, then you can resize this one to be bigger.]

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

MackinVIA is where to find all of our school's ebooks.

This YouTube playlist shows how to find ebooks, and assign or share ebooks with your students.

MackinVIA is where to find all of our school's ebooks.

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.

World Book Student Encyclopedia (also in Spanish) is introduced in 3rd grade during library class.

Most students in 4th grade and above should be using this version. Articles have read-aloud features (in a robot voice).

This tutorial from Monroe County Public Libraries shows the features of World Book Student (starting at 1:10).

POWER Library for Teens is a collection of databases for research and ebooks.

This video shows how to navigate the POWER Library database choices.

More research websites with video tutorials

MyBib creates citations and bibliographies for almost any resource for free.