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Media Center Mission Statement

The Mission of Miami Springs High School Media Center is to promote the development of independent, literate students through the provision of open acess to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources. The Media Center strives to develop an ongoing interest in reading and learning by providing library materials in print and in electronic format. Most importantly the Media Center's objective is to serve and be responsive to the needs of the students and the community.

As long as people have the knowledge of how and where to find the information… learning will be lifelong!

Online Resources

Online Database
MDCPS Media Connection
Miami-Dade Public Library System
- Search the Miami-Dade Public Library System catalog.
SUNLINK - Search for books all over Florida.

Advantages of Using Graphic Novels

Comic books and graphic novels have been proven to be a motivational tool in getting students to read as they make a young person equate reading with pleasure.  Once reading is thought of as pleasureable it is no longer a dreaded chore.  The visual support of graphic novels attracts its readers.  Boys, in particular, are drawn toward reading materials that are highly visual (Smith & Wilhem, 2002) and for the ESOL student the visual clues help scaffold the text.  Graphic novels are also appealing to highly motivated readers, creative kids, and gifted teens (Lavin, n.d.).

ESL PRACTICE & DRILLS

Get Teens to READ!!!

 
Citing Online Sources
 

PARENTAL HOTLINE

U.S. Governemt of Citizen Services

Hotline Help

Miami-Dade PARENT Portal

 
2009 ALA Winners of Interest to Teens
 
  Holocaust Pathfinders

Holocaust Student Awareness Day

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Online Books

E-Library |
Proquest | Newsbank | Student Resource Center (SRC)| Herald.com

Online Encyclopedias

Grolier Online | Student Resources

Encyclopædia Britannica | Encyclopedia.com

Miscellaneous Databases

Literature Resource Center (LRC) | SIRS Knowledge Source | Maps101

Sparknotes

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College Board - Your Source for AP Testing

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