tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13556223813907291962011-11-10T03:25:02.078-08:00Mrs. Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03190171771402103294noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355622381390729196.post-17641197603783969662011-02-11T08:30:00.000-08:002011-02-11T08:34:26.942-08:00Garbage In, Garbage Out!&nbsp; Make sure you are using quality, reliable resources.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2010/march/The-Top-10-Reasons-Students-Cannot-Cite-or-Rely-on-Wikipedia.html">Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely on Wikipedia</a><br /><br />Search engine optimization is not our friend,; the top Google results are not the best for students doing research.&nbsp; The reason they are at the top is because users most often click on them, not because they are the most accurate or relevant.<br /><br />Gale Literature books (use indexes!), interlibrary loan<br /><br />school library <a href="http://10.0.0.20:108/">catalog</a>- see Alexandria Researcher link at left<br /><br /><a href="http://worldbookonline.com/">World Book Online </a><br /><br /><a href="http://kslib.info/">State Library of Kansas</a>- search the same high quality databases that you'll be required to use in college.<br />Use <a href="http://ksuc-agent.auto-graphics.com/homepages/customerwide/ValidateGlobalIP.asp?cuid=ksuc&amp;lid=kw9&amp;stfftype=Z&amp;defaultlang=english&amp;qmisc=&amp;s=EAS&amp;mode=A">Advanced Search</a> to narrow choices to full text etc.<br />Use <a href="http://www2.kumc.edu/SLK/resource.asp?myses=8301890&amp;cuid=ksuc&amp;cusrvr=muses">Explore Our Resources</a> to choose Literature Resource Center or another database.<br /><br /><a href="http://sweetsearch.com/">sweetsearch.com</a> is quality search tool.&nbsp; All websites have been evaluated by research experts before being included.<br /><br /><a href="http://library.sasaustin.org/paperOrganizerUS.php">Big 6 Research Paper Organizer</a><br /><a href="http://www.big6.com/go/wp-content/2008/08/checklist_big6_evaluation.pdf">Big 6 Evaluation Checklist</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1355622381390729196-1764119760378396966?l=solomonsecondarylibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03190171771402103294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355622381390729196.post-88799235955646161392010-11-04T13:57:00.000-07:002010-11-04T13:57:07.111-07:00We have received a Dollar General literacy grant of $4750.&nbsp; The funding purpose is to support reluctant and below-grade level reader success.&nbsp; Students, Mrs. Davidson, and the language arts teachers will work together to determine needs as well as preferred media, i.e. print books, Kindles, Playaways, audio mp3s, etc.&nbsp; We are very excited about how this grant can help our students!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1355622381390729196-8879923595564616139?l=solomonsecondarylibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03190171771402103294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355622381390729196.post-74732019375519682362010-04-14T12:44:00.000-07:002010-04-14T12:45:25.234-07:00<b>Bookmark contest</b>- get entry form in library starting Friday April 16, due on the 22nd.<br /><br /><b>Dress-up days</b><br /><b>Tuesday</b>- camo day&nbsp; -find literary elements in books, disappear in a good book<br /><b>Wednesday</b>- favorite book character day<br /><b>Thursday</b>- catch a good book- wear clothes supporting your favorite team<br /><b>Friday</b>- reading takes you places- wear vacation clothes<br />*all outfits must meet dress code standards<br /><br /><b><span class="il">Library</span> Trivia contest</b>- daily during 2nd hour- read by classroom teachers, winners drawn daily, free ice cream cones for winning entry (one per classroom), there will be a drawing for ice cream sandwiches on Fri. afternoon<br /><br /><b>Read-in</b> 5th hour on Friday with snacks and drinks<br /><br /><b>Door decorating contest</b>-&nbsp; must be finished April 21, winning entry announced Thursday<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1355622381390729196-7473201937551968236?l=solomonsecondarylibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03190171771402103294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355622381390729196.post-32678750395161108252010-03-23T12:03:00.000-07:002010-03-23T12:03:21.940-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/slm/images/25thSLMlogo_combined.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/slm/images/25thSLMlogo_combined.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1355622381390729196-3267875039516110825?l=solomonsecondarylibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03190171771402103294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355622381390729196.post-6869424334835821062010-03-23T09:20:00.000-07:002010-03-23T09:20:36.769-07:00We recently purchased Digital Libraries for the Early Peoples and Living Green sets. The book sets are available in the library and students can access the information from home as well using the World Book icon to the left on the front page.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1355622381390729196-686942433483582106?l=solomonsecondarylibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03190171771402103294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355622381390729196.post-79715697208058217432010-03-03T09:25:00.003-08:002010-03-03T09:25:00.604-08:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNjc2MzY2OTM2MjAmcHQ9MTI2NzYzNjcwMDQ*OCZwPTIwNjQyMSZkPWI5NTY2ODEmZz*yJm89NDI2NDZlZDJmNjcy/NDFkNjkwMmFmM2QwODgwZTNiZWMmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><object width="480" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=956681"></param><param name="wmode" 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This is an interesting new way for students and others to present information.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1355622381390729196-6200402384060062048?l=solomonsecondarylibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03190171771402103294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355622381390729196.post-74906746811468216922010-02-17T07:32:00.000-08:002010-02-17T07:32:49.797-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/45370000/45372169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/45370000/45372169.JPG" /></a><a href="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/26860000/26862949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/26860000/26862949.JPG" /></a><a href="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/33760000/33760398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/33760000/33760398.JPG" /></a></div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1355622381390729196-7490674681146821692?l=solomonsecondarylibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mrs. Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03190171771402103294noreply@blogger.com0