Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Research Success @ your Library gr. 7-12

Check out the links for Research Success and the Virtual Library for help with your culminating task projects!

Research Success has tips for each stage of the Research Process and the full MLA and APA citation style guide. It includes tips for note-making, visual organizers, forming a thesis statement and an essay outline. It also has checklists for evaluating information sources.

The Virtual Library is a great resource for on-line lessons and helpful tutorials on how to write a thesis, how to evaluate a blog, a web-site, a wiki, a search engine etc. It is very informative on all aspects of the research process from accessing information to writing the project. Look at the Information Fluency Resources. Also, this library is accessible 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week from the comfort of your own home!

Friday, May 2, 2008

Bookfest Bonanza!!!

St. Joseph Library's Bookfest raised roughly $500.00 for library resources and reading incentive prizes for FeVeR! Thank You to those who donated their preloved books to our sale! Thank You to those who took away boxes and boxes of books from our sale last night! We are now accepting used book donations for next years sale! Thank You to all the Red Maple Club Members and their friends who ran the Bookfest all week and last night at the Open House! We couldn't have done it without your help!