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West Manor Media Center
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About the Media Center

Hours
The West Manor Elementary School media center is open from 7:30 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Tuesdays the media center closes at 2:40 and on Wednesdays it closes at 3:30 in the afternoon.

Visits
Students are encouraged to use the media center to check out books, to conduct research, browse through the collection, and/or use the available technology.

Whole-class visits are collaboratively planned by teachers and the media specialist.

Small groups and individuals may be sent to use the media center by a teacher at any time during the school day with a hall pass.

Circulation
Students are allowed to check out one book at a time for a one-week period. Overdue notices are sent to the homeroom classes each week. Check-out privileges are suspended until the student can either return the item in question or pays for the overdue item. Students and/or parents should see the media specialist to pay for any lost or damaged items.

Staff members check out books and audio-visual materials for units of study for a period of one-month.

Back issues of magazines are checked out for a three-day period. Materials can be placed on reserve for use in the media center when an entire grade level is studying a particular unit.

Reference books should be used in the media center.

Audio-visual equipment must be requested by 3:30pm on the day before planned use, and must be returned by the end of the day which it is used.

All media center materials must be checked out.
LINKS
KID FRIENDLY SEARCH ENGINES

Google – www.google.com
AltaVista - altavista.com
Ask Jeeves for Kids - /www.ajkids.com
Kids Click - www.kidsclick.org
Yahooligans Web Guide For Kids - www.yahooligans.com
Picture Search - www.picsearch.com
Research on the web - www.refdesk.com
Search, research, and language tools - www.itools.com


Study Island
www.studyisland.com

Atlas dictionary, encyclopedia - www.infoplease.com


Kids Corner
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Interactive chalk board,
use your mouse ~ just write and erase




ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Britannica Online School Edition

AT SCHOOL
automatic access (log on is not required)
AT HOME
Click the GALILEO link Enter current GALILEO password Click K12 link
Select Britannica Elementary School, and the home page will appear.
Go online to www.apskids.org
ALMANAC
World Almanac for kids




REFERENCES
DICTIONARIES
GALILEO
Galileo (GeorgiA LIbrary Learning Online): Georgia's virtual library, containing thousands of databases that index a host of periodicals, scholarly journals, and articles.
password - ?? (effective ?? thru ??)
www.galileo.usg.edu
www.kids.galileo.usg.edu
The Free Dictionary (with audio pronunciations)
www.thefreedictionary.com
NETTREKKER
http://school.nettrekker.com
see media specialist to set up password
Little Explorer's Picture Dictionary
www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionary.html

ON-LINE TUTORIALS
Georgia Online Assessment System
www.georgiaoas.org
See homeroom teacher or the media center to get the student's login ID and password.
Word Central: www.wordcentral.com
ATLANTA-FULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
www.afplweb.com
Websters Thesaurus: www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm

HOMEWORK HELPERS:
Encarta Dictionary - Encarta
Yahooligan’s Spanish Dictionary: Spanish Yahooligans

Homework Center - www.multcolib.org/homework/
Yahooligan’s American Dictionary: American Yahooligans

Your Dictionary: www.yourdictionary.com/

Cambridge Dictionaries:  dictionary.cambridge.org/
B.J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper:  http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
One-Look Dictionary - www.onelook.com/

School Work Ugh!  www.schoolwork.org/
Factmonster Dictionary: www.factmonster.com/dictionary.html
Click here to view TALK UP APS

ACCELERATED READERS BOOK LIST

Books on this list can be found in the school's media center, any public library or book store.
Student can only take an Accelerated Reader quiz while at school.



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