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The library media center staff wants to help you in any way possible. Use the links below to access various resources. If you can't find what you are looking for, please ask Mrs. Dovre or Emily for help.
Books
Iowa Teen Awards 2021-2022
Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Wildfire: A Novel by Rodman Philbrick
the Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
You Owe Me a Murder by Eileen Cook
Iowa High School Book Awards 2021-2022
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
They Went Left by Monica Hesse
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
I Know You Remember by Jennifer Donaldson
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal
A Heart in a Body in the world by Deb Caletti
No Exit: A Novel by Taylor Adams
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Research Resources
Research requires information literacy, which is the ability to locate and use information. You must develop these skills to:
1. Determine when a need for information exists.
2. Locate information.
3. Use the information (read, view).
4. Analyze and synthesize the information.
5. Create a product.
6. Evaluate.
Depending on your stage in the research process, you will require different resources. Click the stage above for resources.
Locate Information:
Once you determine your need for information, you must locate quality information. You have many options for doing this, including:
Media Center resources - visit the
Search Engines (not as reliable as databases, but better than the basic search engine):
Create a Product:
Planning:
Use a variety of graphic organizers, diagrams, and thinking maps to brainstorm and organize your notes, thoughts and ideas from Webspiration or Mindmeister.
Organize and centralize your activities in one place and access them from any computer with your own website using iGoogle or My Yahoo.
Bookmark your favorite websites and share them with your friends with Del.icio.us, Diigo, orDigg.
Product Ideas:
Video Presentation:
Video Presentation:
iMovie (mac)
iMovie (mac)
MovieMaker (pc)
MovieMaker (pc)
Wiki:
Wiki:
PBWorks or Wikispaces share your research with classmates and friends. You can also use a wiki to share information with your group for group projects.
PBWorks or Wikispaces share your research with classmates and friends. You can also use a wiki to share information with your group for group projects.
Website:
Website:
Citing Your Sources:
Citing Your Sources:
Don't forget to give credit to your sources throughout and at the end of your presentation.
Don't forget to give credit to your sources throughout and at the end of your presentation.
Tools for help with citing:
Tools for help with citing:
Check out Mrs. Dovre's MLA Prezi
EasyBib - interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.
Oregon SLIS - Citation Maker - You must allow OSLIS pop-ups on your browser.
MLA Formatting with The Owl at Purdue University - A favorite for citing!
Help with citing Images/Videos:
1. Create an entry in the Works Cited page. Use www.easybib.com for help with this.
2. Give credit to these sources by in your Project: include near the image, the first item that appears in the Works Cited entry that corresponds with the image citation. This might be author name, article name, website name, film name, etc.
Want to find a good book?
Teens Read - watch the book trailer...read the book! This site highlights award winning books including YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, YALSA Teen's Top Ten, Iowa Teen Award, and Iowa High School Award books.
Blogger - reviews of books students enjoyed.
YALSA to check out what books make their booklists.
Barnes and Noble Studio: Interviews with authors.
Read.gov to find a book on a variety of topics from realistic fiction to historical fiction. Watch some of your favorite authors speak about their books on the webcasts!
Digital Library- Check out stories in different languages from around the world.
Can't find a book in our school library? Check the Huxley Public Library.
Have you read a book that's so good you want to own it? Check Barnes & Noble or Borders to see if they have it in stock!
Homework Help:
Need some help with Language Arts or Math? Click on Classzone to choose your subject area and grade level to get some additional help.
Take at look at the U.S. Geological Survey site for info about earthquakes, geology, and other Earth Science topics.
What happened On this day in history? Click on the link to find out!
Or visit: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/ballardhslibrary to leave feedback about the library.
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