The world wide web continues to offer us more resources & information, but which are the good ones? Here are two for you to try: Alexandria & Nettrekker. Over Spring Break, most of the library computers across School District 83 got an upgrade of their library software to Alexandria 6.0. With this upgrade, students, staff, and parents can check Parkviews' library resources from the comfort of their home computers or from any computer with internet access. Go to the library blog (from the Parkview Home Page page or directly to the Parkview Library Blog ), scroll down to "Web Links, Reference" and click on Alexandria & Nettrekker. The Parkview library search window will load & begin your search for books (& other resources our library has) on the top line.
For educational type web sites, scroll down the Alexandria page until you see the Nettrekker icon (bottom left); click on that & try some search terms; tsunami, lacrosse, soccer, black widow spiders, etc. and check out the web sites. See Ms. Murrells if you need any help and please offer your feedback on this cool resource.
Nettrekker has recently signed on with Canada's Nelson company to add more Canadian content to this American database, so let me know if you have success in researching Canadian type topics: British Columbia, David Suzuki, Canada Goose, Shania Twain, Thomas Edison, hockey, baskteball, Laura Secord, Norman Bethune, Canadian athletes, and so, so, so, so much more!
Happy researching, Ms Murrells.
