Library Orientation September 2016

To access the LESP library online catalog, click here:
LespLibrary Online

 Today you are researching different issues. The links below will help you find articles relating to these issues.
Opposing Viewpoints - Pro/Con database
The Newstand - Database for Newspaper Article
Gale Databases - Link to all databases in the group


Looking for info on how to appropriately cite these articles?  Check out the Citation Machine for information on APA and MLA citation formats.

Ms. Feit's Class ESL 8

Today you are researching different issues. The links below will help you find articles relating to these issues.
Opposing Viewpoints - Pro/Con database
The Newstand - Database for Newspaper Article
Gale Databases - Link to all databases in the group


Looking for info on how to appropriately cite these articles?  Check out the Citation Machine for information on APA and MLA citation formats.


To search for book in the LESP library Catalog, click here Destiny.


See Ms. Tsivitis for more information!

LESP Library Catalog

To access the LESP library online catalog, click here:
LespLibrary Online

NOVELNY Databases

Business and Finance	Contents
Business Insights: Essentials	Includes company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers.
General Reference/ School-Oriented	Contents
eLibrary Elementary	Contains over 140 magazines and books for elementary students. Also includes the American Heritage Dictionary.
Scholastic GO! (formerly Grolier Online)	Includes access to Amazing Animals of the World*, America the Beautiful*,Encyclopedia Americana,Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Lands and Peoples*,The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science*, and La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre* as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Amazing Animals* is for elementary school students and includes facts and photos for over 1,200 animals. America the Beautiful* is for elementary and middle school students and includes articles on US cities, states and Presidents. Encyclopedia Americana articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected full text articles, web page links, and links to related articles. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes and games, and research starters. It also includes an atlas and dictionary. Articles can be grouped by lexile level and are aligned to standards. Lands and Peoples* is for middle and high school students and includes articles on countries, cultures and current events. It also includes an atlas and almanacs. The New Book of Knowledge is for middle grade students and includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and experiments, news, homework help and more. The New Book of Popular Science* is for middle and high school students and includes articles in the areas of science, technology and medicine. La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre* is a Spanish language encyclopedia written from a Latin American perspective.
Kids InfoBits	Contains over 100 age-appropriate magazines for grades K-5. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context -- New!	Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more.
Health and Medicine	Contents
Health Reference Center Academic	Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources
Multi-Subject	Contents
Academic OneFile	Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources
General OneFile	News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics
Newspapers	Contents
Gannett Newssstand Complete	Contains over 85 Gannett newspapers, 6 of which are New York newspapers. These include the Ithaca Journal, Poughkeepsie Journal, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Journal News (White Plains), Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton) and Star-Gazette (Elmira).
InfoTrac Newsstand	This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.
National Newspaper Index	Provides indexing (1977 to present) of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Indexing only.
New York State Newspapers	A subset of InfoTrac Newsstand, this database includes articles from newspapers from around New York State including: Glens Falls Post-Star, New York Times, New York Observer, New York Post, and Newsday.

CUNY Databases- Primary Source Documents

These are free databases available through CUNY.  NYC is password if accessing site from home.  See Ms. Tsivitis for more info.

Title	URL
Common menu	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12
17th and 18th Century Burney Collection	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12?db=BBCN
Artemis Primary Sources	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12?db=GDC
Eighteenth Century Collections Online	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12?db=ECCO
Gale NewsVault	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12?db=DVNW
Nineteenth Century Collections Online	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12?db=NCCO
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12?db=SAS
The Economist Historical Archive; 1843-2011	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12?db=ECON
The Making of the Modern World	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cuny_k12?db=MOME

Links for research - Ms. Economos Class

Today you are researching different controversial issues. The links below will help you find articles relating to these issues.
Opposing Viewpoints - Pro/Con database
The Newstand - Database for Newspaper Article
Gale Databases - Link to all databases in the group


Looking for info on how to appropriately cite these articles?  Check out the Citation Machine for information on APA and MLA citation formats.

The Fault In Our Stars - Review by Keyzla Rodriguez

The Faults in Our Stars is an amazing book. John Green writes about these two teenagers that are diagnosed with Cancer. He writes about a young girl known as Hazel who was diagnosed with lung cancer known as Thyroid. Hazel wouldn’t bother getting to know others and keep her circle of friends limited because she wouldn’t want them to pity her after her death.  Hazel would usually stay at home, sleeping or reading her favorite book over and over again, The Imperial Affliction by Peter Van Houten. She doesn’t make an effort to connect with her parents before her inevitable death, at the most sitting down to watching America’s Next Top Model together. Hazel is 16 and reluctant to attend a support group her mother was told about that is mainly for kids who are diagnose with terminal illness. Her first day attending support group she met a handsome one-legged young boy named Augustus Waters. Augustus is a very attractive, charming and witty young man. He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, but has recently had it all cleared. He got a leg amputated to remove the cancer. Hazels and Augustus friendship began when she first laid eyes on him. They had this staring contest that spiced everything up between them. After that we already knew that their friendship would even become more than just a friendship. Augustus would be the type of boy that would be so determined to leave a mark on anything or anyone who speaks to him. Augustus took no time in getting to know Hazel but wasn’t hesitant to invite her over to watch a movie right after Support Group was over. Gus would attempt to make the impossible possible.

            Now let’s talk about Hazel. She refers herself to a “ticking bomb” nearly close to blow up any minute. As we’ve read, her first time attending the Support Group she doesn’t make any effort trying to communicate with others. Even though we know that she becomes friends with Augustus and Isaac. Isaac is Gus best friend; he had to get his eyes removed in order to get rid of the cancer. Back to Hazel and Gus; Hazel was very attractive to Gus, but didn’t want their friendship to become anything else. She was afraid that when she dies she would break his heart. Although, after their trip to Amsterdam she realized that loving someone was actually worth it.

            For a good portion of The Fault in Our Stars, I found myself chuckling at Hazel and Augustus’ dry humor. The first half was generally light-hearted despite the grim situation the characters were in. Even when things got more serious, the humor was subtly there as a convenient ice-breaker of sorts. It’s awkward and uncomfortable, but oddly reassuring that it’s possible to joke about something so morbid. Life goes on.

The plot was simply “ok” for me, at times wowing me, keeping me on the edge of my seat. It seemed to just float by with occasional things happening. There weren’t many plot twists or “ah ha!” moments because you could tell from the beginning how it would end. You knew from the subject matter that it would be sad, and yet… I, of course shed a few tears towards the ending of the book. There are many different ways people reacted to this, some cried some didn’t.

I would definitely read this book again and not get tired of it. So in that case I recommend this book to anyone, I’m pretty sure you’ll like it.