Library Media Centers

Looking for a great book to read?

Book lists

• Bookspot will help you find the perfect book by genre, author or best seller list
• GoodReads Deciding what to read next?
• What should I read next? enter a book you like, get suggestions
• New York Times Best Seller List
• Teen Reads book reviews by teens for teens
• The PBS Great American Read  and the Top 100 Books list

Teachers

• Book Talks Quick and Simple by Nancy Keane many examples of book talks by students
• Read across America from the National Education Association Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication at the Indiana School of Education. Includes Public domain materials, including ERIC Digests and other publications, Web Resources, and online courses.

Library Catalogs

• Canton 
• Plymouth
• Salem
• Canton Public Library
• Plymouth District Library

High School Subscription Databases - see Media Specialists for passwords

• Detroit Free Press and Detroit News for digital versions of current and recent local newspapers
• USA Today national and international news

P-CEP has access to the following databases through the Michigan Electronic Library 

Databases are all available at school but may require a password for home access. Some databases work better in the Google Chrome Browser.

Michigan eLibrary (MeL) eReources contain a tremendous number of resources including more than 78 databases of print and multimedia, full text periodicals, subject gateways and career information.  Please see the Best Bets at the top that include Opposing Viewpoints, Explora for High Schools, and Britannica School.

Research Basics Course from JSTOR - this is an a free course hosted in a non P-CCS Moodle site

Reference and Citation Resources

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Online handouts cover writing, research, grammar, and MLA and APA style
• Merriam Webster OnLine References include: dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary. word games and word of the day podcast.

Automatic bibliography makers:

• EasyBib- only MLA format is free
• KnightCite- see the column on the left for other formats

General Internet Resources

• Library of Congress  
  • Digital Collections 
  • National Screening Room, a free collection of digitized historical films, commercials, newsreels and other clips.
• National Archives A-Z Subject Index Primary source for documents, genealogy, presidential records and more
• HathiTrust Digital Library access to published works in the public domain - search can be easily refined by subject, author, date of publication and more
• Open Culture  - high-quality cultural & educational media

• Canton Public Library Teens
• Plymouth District Library Teen Zone
• QuizHub - lists of subjects, quizzes and school appropriate games

Math

• Webmath - Large collection of tools for K-12 Math topics.
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - Library of interactive, web-based virtual manipulative or concept tutorials
• Illuminations - Provides activities that model a variety of math concepts

Social Studies

• Digital History Great site for American History multimedia resources.
• United States Military Academy (USMA) Department of History: Atlases.  Atlases of wars throughout history

World Languages

• Conjuguemos! French, German, Spanish and Latin practice for verbs conjugations, grammar and Vocabulary, requires free registration
• Learn Spanish Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar explanations in English, online quizzes.
• Quia Shared Activities Online activities for review created by other teachers

Video Resources

• PBS Learning Media  Bring the world to your classroom.FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more
• TeacherTube videos created by teachers and students provide curriculum resources and tech tutorials

Sites for Teachers

• Library of Congress - Teacher's Page
• ERIC Clearinghouse
• MERLOT Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching - peer reviewed lesson plans
• Michigan eLibrary (MeL)

Michigan

• Michigan K-12 Curriculum and Standards
• EduPaths free MI professional Development funded by MDE
• Michigan LearnPort - free registration provides access to online Professional Development courses, social network and netTrekker d.i. from MI Virtual University and MI Department of Education.
• MACUL Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning