Overview+of+Available+Online+Resources+for+Students

=Overview of Available Online Resources= Link for today's training: http://destiny.vbschools.com/common/welcome.jsp?site=403   ||  ||  ||   ||  ||   ||   ||       ||   ·  __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">World Book Kids __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">-Easy-to-navigate with articles, illustrations, maps and activities tied to curriculum standards <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">World Book Student __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">-A reference center with articles, multimedia, Web sites and more <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">World Book Online Reference Center __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">-Search articles, dictionary, atlases, standards and lesson plans <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos __<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">- Spanish version <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || || <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || || <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || Online Resources Overview Handout Database Products
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 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Destiny Library Manager **<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">™ combines circulation, cataloging, searching, reporting and management in one centrally installed library software system. Our students and faculty patrons access the system through any VBCPS workstation with internet connection: [|http://destiny.vbschools.com] . Faculty and staff members also have remote access via their network log-in from any computer with internet access. Students cannot access Destiny from home.
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grolier Online Passport ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">provides access to encyclopedias, web resources, and magazines. Students can search across all resources or search within a specific encyclopedia. Grolier Online also provides access to dictionaries, thesauri, and an atlas. Grolier Kids Online provides a kid-friendly search interface for younger students. Students can request an at-home account through [|www.vbschools.com] **
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 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ProQuest K-12 ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">is a collection of databases, including CultureGrams, eLibrary, History Study Center, SIRS Decades, Proquest Platinum, and Proquest Professional Education. Advanced search options are available for each database. Students can ask their library media specialist for the at-home log-in. **<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Gale Databases ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">is a collection of databases on various topics such as biographies, science, literature, opposing viewpoints, medical, and many others. These databases may be searched individually or as a group. Elementary students can access Gale Databases at home through Find It Virginia [|www.finditva.com] . Secondary students can ask their library media specialist for the at-home log-in. **
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 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">World Book Online ****<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">provides access to **
 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Students can ask their library media specialist for the at-home log-in. **
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">DiscoveryEd Streaming (DES) **<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> provides access to over 5,000 full videos as well as segmented clips, photos, clip art, articles, speeches, writing prompts, sounds, quizzes, assignments, lesson plans and professional development tutorials. DES provides the means to create and save original quizzes, assignments and writing prompts. Search by grade level, content area, or standard. Content may be streamed or downloaded for use in teacher and student presentations.
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">IRC Catalog **<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> provides access to the division’s audio-visual collection which contains almost 10,000 titles and nearly 12,000 copies of instructional media that support the curriculum. Media formats include video, audio, DVD, video laser disc, computer software, CD-ROM, art prints, sculpture, slides, sheet music, kits and, most recently, __digital streams__. Clients can reserve materials by using the online catalog twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week; by emailing the IRC at irc@vbschools.com; or by calling the IRC (648-6140). Materials are delivered to schools and departments twice weekly. Teachers can also call and make arrangements to pick up materials that are needed between deliveries.