April is School Library Month

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Apr 122012
 

Across the nation, the school library is being recognized as a key element in student success. Our library has resources for student research, recreational reading, current events reading and is the setting for all kinds of events during the year to challenge the minds and hearts of students.  One student recently said our library was “like home.”  In honor of this special month, many activities have been planned to bring students together in learning and creativity.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 Make Origami in  Library 4 5 Harry Potter Club 6 Blessed Easter 7 Blessed Easter
8 Belssed Easter 9 Blessed Easter 10    Big            Screen          Gaming 11 12Harry Potter Club 13 Big Screen Gaming 14
15          100th Anniversary of Titanic Sinking 16 Download Free Music with San Antonio Public Library Teen Services 17 Make Fiesta Decorations 18 19 Harry Potter Club 20 Decorate Library for Fiesta 21
22 23  Quidditch on Soccer Field 24  Be a poet: Create Haiku        Haiku 25 26 27Happy Fiesta 28
29 30  Nook Drawing!          

All activites start right after school in the library.  Quidditch game (Harry Potter style, except flying) will be played on the soccer field.  Everyone is invited!  Don’t forget to earn tickets for the e-reader drawing by using library services and resources. You can earn 1 ticket per school day!

Mr. Koop’s Current Events Research Project

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Mar 292012
 

1.  THINK IT OUT AND PLAN

What is your topic?  What do you already know? What are related topics?

What info do I need for the paper and presentation? (Look at assignment under Research)

What are going to be the best research sources?:

               Encyclopedia -> World Book, Brittanica Online (great place to start-see links below)

              Search Engine -> www.Sweetsearch.com (authoritative sources for school research – also good start point)

             Book -> Library Catalog 

             News articles -> Newsbank (need specific search)  or News Organization Websites (like CNN.com, etc.)

             General Database -> Gale Student Resources in Context, Opposing Viewpoints (search can be fairly broad)

             Official Organization Websites: Government website – .gov/   Organization website – .org  / Education entity – .edu

2. DO THE SEARCH AND TAKE GOOD NOTES – CHECKING FOR CITATIONS ALONG THE WAY

 Use Knight Cite to help construct citations:

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/

ALSO LOOK FOR IMAGES FOR THE PRESENTATION! DO A CITATION FOR THOSE TOO!

 3. NARROW YOUR SEARCH AS YOU GATHER MORE INFORMATION.

               Use limiters in the databases, like dates, connect terms with AND, limit with NOT

4. WRITE THE PAPER, THEN THE PRESENTATION. YOU HAVE YOUR CITATIONS SO YOU CAN GO BACK ON ANY OF THEM TO GET MORE INFO OR RECHECK A FACT.

Best sources for this project:

(holycrossschool/goknights) (holycrosshome/gofightknights)

(cross/holycross)

(cross/holycross)

(lonestar or holycross)

English II (Mr. Villasenor) King Arthur Research

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Jan 252012
 

Medieval Women

or Republican Presidential Candidates and the Chivalric Code 

               At least three sources are needed for this project.  Here are some good places you can look for either topic using our library resources:

PRINT SOURCES

  1. Books on Middle Ages, Knights and Medieval era on reserve for your class.  These books may be used in the library.  They are located in the book holder near the “Get Graphic” poster.
  2. Magazines dealing with Republican presidential primary candidates. Located with reserve books.
  3. World Book encyclopedias – Look under Middle Ages and heading for People. Scan whole article for other pertinent information.

 

ELECTRONIC SOURCES (USING COMPUTER)

 Presidential candidates websites (in no particular order):

Women and Middle Ages database info (From Holy Cross websiteà Academics à Library Resources à Databases

  • DKC (try Student Research Center: Click “History” in Search by Topic, then click “Medieval”.  Try many combinations of search terms and scroll through results to check if something looks promising.

(Try Brittanica digital encyclopedia from here)

(Try EBSCO from here – History Reference Center

SEARCH TERMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT! TRY DIFFERENT ONES AND IN DIFFERENT ORDER. USE AND TO CONNECT THEM.

Just Arrived New Books

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Nov 112011
 

This week’s new titles:

Be the first to check them out!

Non fiction:

Social and Psychological Disorder in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Politics in George Orwell’s Animal Farm

Bioethics in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

What Rights Should Illegal Immigrants Have?

Racial Profiling

Oil

Hydropower

Factory Farming

Monsters and Mythical Creatures series

               Aliens

               Dragons

               Goblins

               Water Monsters

               Zombies

Graphic Novel Novels

               Frankenstein

               Henry V

               Macbeth

 Fiction:

Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri

               “An exceptional and deeply moving story about a father and son finding their way to each other and a community daring to fight for what they believe in.”  (cover review)

 Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez

               “Beautiful writing, a swoon-worthy romance, and tension that will keep you turning the pages.” (cover review)

 The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

               A Louisiana teenager arrives in London as murders mimicking those of Jack the Ripper keep the city in fear.

 First Descent by Pam Withers

               The extreme sport of whitewater combined with an adventure of an endangered world and a people struggling to exist.

 Jane by April Lindner

               A modern retelling of Jane Eyre.  After the death of her parents, Jane becomes a nanny for rock icon Nico Rathburn.  Since Jane Eyre is one of Mrs. Braeuler’s favorite oldies, she has first dibs on this one!

 The Only Ones by Aaron Starmer

               Everyone in the world is suddenly taken away one afternoon, except for a small band of children.  Imagine a world with no adults! 

 Troublemaker by Andrew Clements

               What if you have a reputation as a troublemaker and you want to change your ways? This book’s about the fine line between good humored mischief and dangerous behavior and how choices make all the difference.

 Boost by Kathy Mackel

               How far will a top girl athlete go to achieve superstar status?

Dual Credit Government Final Project

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Oct 262011
 

Dual Credit Government Final Assignment Resources

1)     EBSCO  History Research Center : http://search.ebscohost.com (username/password holycross/cross)

Put the case or legislation inside “quote marks“ so the database will look for those terms in that sequence.  You can add other search terms to that, such as “War Powers Act” AND effect.  Use limiters Full Text, and others if necessary.

Friendly suggestionJ – Make an account in EBSCO so you can save the articles that will be useful for your paper.  You can access these at home or school. 

2)      Holy Cross Library Catalog

3)     Annuals of America (in library)

4)     Supreme Court Decisions http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/opinions.html

5)     Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975 http://www.supcourt.ntis.gov/

6)     Supreme Court Decisions 1992-2000 http://www.fedbbs.access.gpo.gov.court01.html

More than just books

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Aug 222011
 

Did you know our library has a wide variety of magazines and publications? There are titles for all interests: Sports Illustrated, Money, Teen Vogue, America (national Catholic weekly), Newsweek, Cheerleader, Smithsonian, Time, Poder (focus on Hispanic leaders), National Catholic Reporter, Skateboarding, BMX, Motor Trend. We also have the daily San Antonio Express News and USA Today as well as the archdiocesan newspaper Today’s Catholic. Except for the latest issues, all of the current year copies are available for checkout.

Mr. Weber – Social Justice

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Apr 272011
 

INTERNET

Housed at the Center for Gender Equity at the nonprofit Academy for Educational Development, this site functions as an archive describing the nature of the problems of labor and sexual exploitation of humans, broken out by country. There’s a link to the 10th Annual Trafficking in Persons report released in June 2010 by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with coverage of 177 nations; despite some progress, millions continue to suffer modern forms of slavery while human trafficking remains a foremost concern in many countries.

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