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The Future of Food

Jacquie Henry — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:42:02 +0000

Thanks to Eric Bateman for pointing to this video in the Canandaigua Academy Library Blog.

The Future of Food, a 2004 documentary that offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade, is available to watch, for free, through Hulu.

Transitioning from Middle School to High School

Jacquie Henry — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:46:13 +0000

Moving on Up!

This page will give you insight into the anxiety that our 9th graders might be feeling. The project would be a great one for middle school teachers, and also for Chris Corey’s class to look at. His class is preparing a “handbook” for the upcoming class, full of advice from the kids who have “been there and done that”.

Some (most?) of the web tools used in the above link are blocked by BESS. But there are other tools that can be used. The other tools are not as good or as collaborative – but perhaps our district policy will become less retrictive in the future. Meanwhile – we are all pretty good at adapting ideas to our circumstances.

Hope you find some useful ideas.

Health & Wellness Resources

Jacquie Henry — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:39:06 +0000

From Judy Marsh, Director, Wayne-Finger Lakes School Library System.

Healthfinder.gov tutorial for librarians http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Librarians looking for a credible and easy-to-use health promotion and wellness online resource for their customers should visit Healthfinder.gov. This is a National Health Information Center website full of personalized health information and tools presented in an easy-to-read format with simple navigation. The site has been recognized as a key consumer resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health information on the internet. NHIC has created a tutorial specifically for librarians….

Protected: Teen Health & Wellness

Jacquie Henry — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:27:14 +0000

Freebies are good.

Jacquie Henry — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:59:29 +0000

We have a free trial right now from Gale – a company that produces very high quality databases. College professors will require students to use scholarly resources from databases, and not depend so heavily on websites from the free web. If you want to know more about scholarly resources, check out this video.

I am not sure how long the trial lasts – but it will be at least a month.

This particular trial covers several subject areas.

ENGLISH – LITERARY RESEARCH

For Students Online

Literature Resource Center

Literature eBooks

OTHER SUBJECT AREAS – BOOK CENTRAL

Arts

Biography

Business

Dorling Kindersley Collections

New resource for current/controversial issues

Jacquie Henry — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:24:16 +0000

We have subscribed to a new database this year – CQ Researcher. I think you will find it very useful for any of your classes that deal with current issues, ranging from stem cell research to voting rights.

User Name: cirillohs

Password: cqr

Direct Link – CQ Researcher

When the new library web site is up and running, you will simply need to click on the search icon to find it.

Drug Information Resources

Jacquie Henry — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:46:38 +0000

Always a reliable source of information for drug research projects.
NLM/NIH Drug Information Resources