Library Catalog | LGS Library OPALS site -- search books & materials in our library from anywhere, 24/7
| Accessibility | Overdrive -- enter your assigned number and download books to your electronic device.
| Book Suggestion Resources | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Red Clover Book Award Goodreads Listopia Worldcat NoveList Plus -- stay tuned! NPR Books No Flying, No Tights -- graphic novel recommendations! CLOVER - interlibrary loan (ILL)
| Research Resources | World Book Online -- click here for the LGS login & password. Vermont Online Library -- Gale Databases CIA World Factbook Library of Congress
| Dictionary & Thesaurus | Merriam-Webster
| Writing Aids | EasyBib -- citation tool (be careful, it's not perfect!) Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
| Neighboring Libraries | North Country Union Junior High School Jay-Westfield Joint Elementary School Leach Public Library -- Irasburg (their Facebook page) Hitchcock Museum & Library - Westfield Goodrich Memorial Library -- Newport
| Class Units & Pathfinders | Stay tuned!
| Tech Tools | Cool Tools for Schools -- Research, Multimedia, Productivity & More Library 2-oh (courtesy of Stowe Middle/High School Library)
| Young Writers Project | Young Writers Project -- Creative & expressive writing, collaboration, and publishing opportunities for Vermont students, K-12
| Recommended Websites | ALA Great Web Sites for Students Discovery Education -- STEM Resources for Students, Parents, & Teachers Internet Archive -- Music, Literature, Video, Web Archives & More Bartleby.com -- Great Books Online, For Free Project Gutenberg -- 45,000+ Free eBooks in Full Text
| News | Burlington Free Press WCAX Local News Vermont Public Radio VT Digger Seven Days Vermont The New York Times New York Times Daily Replica Edition (stay tuned, see staff for login credentials) CNN10 (ten minute student news edition from CNN)
| Library Policies & Procedures | Stay tuned! |
Library media services at the Lowell Graded School strive to prepare all students for productive, responsible citizenship, college or career readiness, and personal fulfillment in a complex, ever-changing world. As information specialists and instructional partners, library media specialists enrich curriculum, develop students’ multiple literacies and critical thinking, and foster the lifelong enjoyment of reading and authentic learning in all disciplines by: - providing equitable physical and intellectual access for all students, faculty, staff, and community members to learning services and resources including equipment, technologies, and information media; and
- collaborating with teaching staff to promote the skills, dispositions, and responsibilities entailed in the use and exchange of information in all formats, modeling appropriate, effective, and ethical strategies for inquiry, research, creativity, innovation, collaboration, and communication.
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