Media Center

The Spring Book Fair will be held April 21-30. Any parent interested in volunteering to work in the book fair please contact Ms. Cross @ 221-7125 X126. Students: The Sunshine State Book Celebration will be held in the Media Center on March 27th. Read three of the Sunshine State Books by that date in order to be invited for the fun, food and prizes!! Check out these books "under the sun" in the Media Center.

The next reading deadline for the Superintendent's 25 Book Reading Program is March 25th. Read 18 books by that date for and reward and to see your name posted in the atrium. Be sure to turn in your reading logs to your Language Arts teacher so you will be recognized!

While the chief purpose of the media center is to extend the learning experience of the classroom by providing additional materials for broadening and enrichment, it also aims to develop in Landmark Middle School students a love of books and proficiency in their use.

Here at Landmark we have an electronic card catalog system. To access the system click below. The system can only be accessed while at school on the schools network

LOAN PERIODS

Two weeks- Books (Maximum of two books at one time unless special permission is given.)
Overnight- Encyclopedias, Reserve Materials, Other Reference Material
Library Use- Periodicals

OVERDUE BOOKS

Fines are 5 cents per day with a maximum of $.95 for each overdue book. Students with overdue or lost books may not check out additional books. Overdue notices are weekly.

COMPUTERS

The Media Center has four internet computers that run Microsoft Office XP. Students may use these any time provided they have turned in their computer use permission form.

BOOK CHECK-OUT/BOOK RETURN

The automated circulation system requires students to present their ID cards to the media center clerk who checks for overdue books or outstanding fines. Students must return books to the slot at the circulation desk.

COPY MACHINE & SUPPLIES

Copies can be made for 10 cents each.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Nettreckker is the recommended search engine for Duval County students and teachers. You can search by subject area in school (geography, chemistry, etc) or by keyword. Be sure to Register the first time you log on. This will create a user account for you and you will be able to "Save Your Searches."

Reference resources available to all Landmark Middle students are listed below:

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Culture Grams provides a wealth of information on 182 countries. You will have access to the latest maps of a region. Also included are religion, recipes and customs of the people in the region. You can print maps of different areas and identify the "famous people" from a specific country. There is also a photo gallery containing more than 600 photographs of different countries.

http://online.culturegrams.com
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Wilson Biography Plus Illustrated encompasses biographical coverage from a host of resources including Current Biography, World Authors, and Junior Authors and Illustrators. There are more than 140,000 narrative profiles and more than 30,000 images.

http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/login.jhtml
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Grolier Online encompasses biographical coverage from a host of resources including Current Biography, World Authors, and Junior Authors and Illustrators. There are more than 140,000 narrative profiles and more than 30,000 images.

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Encyclopedia Britannica another great online reference tools for students. It searches not only Encyclopedia Brittanica, but also Compton's, Brittanica Elementary Encyclopedia and Brittanica Concise Encyclopedia Americana.

www.school.eb.com/
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Jacksonville Public Library has their collection online for your convenience. If you have a library card, you can even reserve items to pick up later.

http://jpl.coj.net/

04/22/08