Ms. K. Kaplan - Media Specialist

    MEDIA CENTER MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Carusi Middle School Media Center is to create a vibrant environment where students and staff can find reading materials for enrichment, use information and technology critically, creatively, and ethically, and build a strong foundation for becoming lifelong learners.   

 

 

 

 

 

     Information Literacy Standards

MEDIA CENTER QUOTATION

“In a time of change, it is the learners who inherit the future.  The merely learned usually find themselves beautifully equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.”

Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition, 1973

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES:

NOTE:  For Home Use - "Yellow Squares" Require Passwords - List Available in Media Center


 Discoverer WebFind

(SIRS)

Websites Periodicals Reference Books

 

Athena Webserver

CARUSI MEDIA CENTER CATALOG

Books & Websites

 

NOODLE
TOOLS

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Create an MLA
Bibliography

OR

AP References
List

CultureGrams

Countries & U.S. State Information

Gale Virtual
Reference Library

Reference Books &
Journals
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LitFinder for Schools
Poetry
Short Stories
Speeches
Plays

FACTS ON
FILE DATABASES

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Issues & Controversies

American & World History
Countries
Science Online
Careers
Health
Teacher Handouts

 

CARUSI SCIENCE FAIR!

               

Information!  Project Ideas!  Useful Tools!

 

PRE-EVALUATED WEBSITES FOR GENERAL INFORMATION:

Periodicals (Magazines & Newspapers)

Other Encyclopedia and Reference Sources

PRE-EVALUATED WEBSITES FOR CLASS SUBJECTS:

Humanities

Physical
Education

  PRE-EVALUATED SPECIAL INTEREST WEBSITES: