Library Learning Commons                       

Digital Information Resource Networks

Creighton Williams Abrams Library at Agawam High School

Hours Monday -Thursday 7:05-2:30, Friday 7:05-2:00
Library's Mission of Support: As a learning commons, we support school programs and extend our resources beyond the physical space of the library's floorplan through connected virtual networks. Our goal is to ensure that all students are effective users of ideas and information in all formats as we support the school's academic mission and standards.
Policies: See Mrs. Mokrzycki for database passwords when needed, googleclassroom codes for the virtual help desk and whenever you need help. We follow all of the school policies and rules and expect you to do the same. You do not need a pass before, during lunch and after school.  See Mrs. M. for a pass if you are coming directly from the CAFE during luch to get down the hallway. Use digital books and check-out 3 books for 3 weeks.
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Standards for the 21st Century Learner
Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Standards for the 21st Century Learner

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Internet
Internet

iSEEK Education is a targeted search engine for students, teachers, administrators, and caregivers.  Safe - Put your mind at ease with safe search technologies and editor-reviewed content.  Authoritative - Search hundreds of thousands of trusted resources from universities, government, and established noncommercial providers

DeweyDigger - numbers match the subject areas in a library

Mrs. M.'s LiveBinder of Subject Links

LibGuides Community - Search for links on every topic.

Google - all of the visible internet

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State Library Databases
State Library Databases

Look at the State Library databases.

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Printed Library Books
Printed Library Books
AHS Print Books in the Library   
Agawam Public Library Books
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Classroom Video on Demand
Classroom Video on Demand

Classroom on Demand Videos

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Teachers
Teachers

Classroom Videos on Demand 

Social Studies Professional Sites:

      MA Council for the Social Studies

WatchKnowLearn - free videos

Mrs. M.'s Live Binder of Links by Subject 

LibGuides Community  

Internet Modern History Sourcebook  

Library of Congress    

Library of Congress Teacher Resource Center  

PBS MA Teachers Domain

TeacherTube

Thinglink - create

Podcasts for Science/Engineering/Technology

 

 

 

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Social Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Business/Careers/Economics, Law
Social Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Business/Careers/Economics, Law

Classroom Videos on Demand for teacher and student use

Careers 

Zoom In 

 Database of American History Beginning of the 16th century to present

U.S. History Database  

 Database of Modern World History Mid 15th century – present

 Database

  Database of World News 1940- present

 c 1000- present 

Database Credo articles and News 

Economics Database   

Wars Database                

Psychology Database 

Law Database              

Sociology Database    

LiveBinder on Sociology

Sociology - LibGuide

Sociology Resources

Holocaust and Genocide

Click here for all Databases by Subject             ​​​​​

DIGITAL/ONLINE BOOKS

Infobase Mid/High School Digital Online Books 

Salem Digital/Online Books 

Gale Digital/Online Books

Web Links

Library of Congress

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

Mrs. M.'s LiveBinder of Subject Links

LibGuides Community - Search for links on every topic.

History Today rss feed

Podcasts for History

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Languages and Communities
Languages and Communities

 Database of American History Beginning of the 16th century to present

U.S. History Database  

 Database of Modern World History Mid 15th century – present

Easy Reading General Country Information

Country Information from InfoPlease 

Countries of the World in Alphabetical Order 

A-Z Country Pages by the Department of State   

World Maps   Other World Maps  Capital Cities of the World

Spain

Spanish Culture

French

French Speaking Countries 

French Facts

France Cultural Facts

French Culture

Italy

Italy Cultural Guide

Italy Facts

 

 

 

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English
English

Blooms Database of Authors and Literature

Salem Digital/Online Books - Authors/Literature/Biography/History/Innovators/Careers

Databases - All Subjects

CommonLit find passages

Mid/High School Digital Online Books 

Salem Digital/Online Books 

Gale Digital/Online Books

 Database of American History Beginning of the 16th century to present

U.S. History Database  

 Database of Modern World History Mid 15th century – present

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Science, Engineering, Technology, Computer Science, Digital Literacy, Visual Communication and Production
Science, Engineering, Technology, Computer Science, Digital Literacy, Visual Communication and Production

Jove Teaching Videos - see the librarian for account information.

Database Articles

Today’s Science (get the username and password from the librarian)

Salem Digital Online eBooks and these:

Principles of Chemistry

Principles of Physics

Principles of Astronomy

Principles of Computer Science

Principles of Biology

Principles of Physical Science

Principles of Scientific Research

Principles of Sustainability

Principles of Programming & Coding

Principles of Biotechnology

Principles of Climatology

Principles of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence

 

Internet Sites:

National Science Digital Library  

Wilderness Arkive

 

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Business/Technologies/Careers
Business/Technologies/Careers

 

Help from the librarian Mrs. Mokrzycki, for the Junior Career Research project:

Try these resources:

Click here to go to Salem Digital/eBooks Online for descriptions of specific Careers - Get the password from the librarian, Mrs. Mokrzycki

We also have printed books on the cart near you for these eBooks online.  See Mrs. Mokrzycki for help if you can't find them.

Click here to go to the website, Occupational Outlook Handbook for specific information about wage, work experience, employment outlook for an occupation and other very specific information about a job.

 

Here are some specific books about computer work:

Gale Principles of Programming & Coding

Multiple pages of LiveBinders for Computer Science

 

 

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Mathematics
Mathematics

World of Math

WolframAlpha

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Family and Consumer Sciences, Child Development, Health, Life After High School
Family and Consumer Sciences, Child Development, Health, Life After High School

Digital eBooks:

Go to the Salem digital online books. There is a specific book on addictions. 

Also, Magill’s Medical Guide, 8th Edition

Try this one as well. Salem Health: Nutrition

And this one: Salem Health Community & Family Health Issues

Web Sites:

Mrs. M.'s LiveBinder of Subject Links

LibGuides Community - Search for links on every topic.

Child Development

Life after High School

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Art and Photography
Art and Photography

LibGuides Community - search for guides containing many links

LiveBinder - search for binders containing many sites

Classroom Videos on Demand

TeacherTube

Thinglink - create

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Music
Music

Music Research Guide

Top 10 Sites for Researching Music

LibGuides Vocal Music

Music Research Guides

LibGuides Community - search for guides containing many links

LiveBinder - search for binders containing many sites

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Academic Standard 3

Agawam High School students will be able to research information using appropriate methods.

Student utilize a wide variety of search methods including library investigation, print sources, technological resources, and/or data base analysis, evaluate the reliability and biases of sources, choose appropriate and specific materials from a wide variety of sources to support their opinions, develop valuable products beyond assembling facts and create self-generated, insightful, properly-documented products.

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Featured Sites
Featured Sites

Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything

http://www.schrockguide.net/

This site serves as a page of resources – an entry point to resources, ideas, tips from an educational technologist.

Dewey Digger

@ http://www.deweydigger.com/

Students search by cloud tags in subjects-like an old library, but now it’s virtual…  

Digital Public Library of America

@ https://dp.la/  Discover 33,064,394 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States

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Project Assessments and Rubrics
Project Assessments and Rubrics

Schrockguide.net Project Assessments

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Best Apps and Sites
Best Apps and Sites

ALA/AASL Best List 

ALA/AASL Best Lists (past years)

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Teacher Projects
Teacher Projects

Biology and Environmental Science Activities

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Library Information
Library Information

The library was named after a former student, General Creighton Williams Abrams Junior.

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Information for Parents
Information for Parents

Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Please contact me if you have any questions. My email is:

emokrzycki@agawamed.org

 

Mrs. Mokrzycki, Agawam High School Librarian

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Virtual Production
Virtual Production

Piktochart

Storyboardthat

Fotor Editor

SoundCloud

Vizeo

Infogram - up to 10 projects for free

Voicethread

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Cite Sources, Avoid Plagiarism
Cite Sources, Avoid Plagiarism
How to avoid plagiarism
Quick Citation Generators:

KnightCite from Calvin College – Just add information and create!

EasyBib Online Citation Generator


Information about how citations are made:
Owl Purdue Citation Examples
Search the Creative Commons
What is Creative Commons?         
Creative Commons - Share
EasyBib Online Citation Generator        
How to Give Credit

 

 

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Easier to Read
Easier to Read

InfoBits - easier to read database articles

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Audio Books
Audio Books

Search LiveBinder for Audio Book sites.

Search LibGuides Community pages for multiple sites.

 

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Books to Read
What to Read Next
Books to Read
goodreads
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Search the News
Search the News

Newstand

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By the Numbers

Framework for 21st Century Skills - P21

 
Program Guides:
We use principles from the American Library Association (ALA), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the P21 Partnership for 21st Century Learning, the Library Learning Commons Model, the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Student Standards, the Massachusetts English Language Arts (ELA) and the school's Academic Standards as our guides when we work with students.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Mokrzycki at emokrzycki@agawamed.org