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Distance Learning Master Guide: Home

Please use this guide as a landing pad for all of your distance learning needs.

Help Desk - Request Support

Citation

Noodletools is our citation generator. Used correctly, it will format your citations for you and ensure you get full credit for providing your sources. 

Accessing Resources Outside of School

State Library Databases (EBSCO) Link:

EBSCO Databases

 

username: ctlibresearch

password: Spring20!

Using Gale's Google integrated features

Resources for Copyright/Royalty Free Images

Use these archives of royalty/copyright free images. Remember they still need to be cited in your rpesentation! 

 

New York Public Library Reveals New Look and Mission for the ...     New York Public Library Free Images

Downloads - Creative CommonsCreative Commons   Creative Commons

Search photos for class    Photos for Class

Search flicker the commons    Flickr Commons

Collaborate & Create Amazing Graphic Design for Free    Stock Photos by Canva

Introduction

Introduction

Your WHS librarians put this guide together as a living document to support our learning community throughout the duration of our distance learning. We will be continually updating this in order to help meet the needs of all departments, students, and families. This guide is meant to provide resources and guidance around any research needs.

  • Teachers and Staff: Please let us know if there is a resource you do not see here and share any resources you may be using with your students so we can share them here with the rest of the Windsor High School community. Also, feel free to share the link to your specific page on Google Classroom so your students may access it.
  • Students: Follow the guidance of your teachers and use the resources here to supplement the work you are doing in your classes. Let Ms. Green or Mr. McGee know if there is anything you see that would be helpful to have here.
  • Parents and Guardians: Utilize what is here to support your child at home to conduct effective research and continue learning during this time where we try to effectively remotely educate our young people. Please do not hesitate to suggest resources as well!

Please use the Help Desk Form in the left column on any page to request any support from your librarians.

Questions to Ask When Doing Any Research

Research starts with what YOU bring to it. A great question to always begin with is:

  • How do you know what you know?

Some other great questions to come equipped with during research:

  • What information do you trust?
  • What causes you to disagree with a piece of information?
  • What counts as expertise?
  • Who CAN publish on a specific issue?
  • Who CANNOT publish on a specific issue?
  • Whose voice is included/excluded?
  • What information is trusted by society?

These are not the only questions to ask when doing research but it is important that you learn to keep these questions handy so you start to understand how you interact with information.

Catalog - Find Books, E-Books, and Audio Books

Log in to Destiny Discover to access these sources:

username: your ID#

password: your first name (all lowercase) (ie. kevin)

 

Accessing Ebooks and Audiobooks

MackinVia - EBooks available until September 30

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Login is your Follett catalog login:

Student ID#

First Name (lowercase)

Includes Lightbox Titles