Download "Access My Library School Edition" from the i-phone store or the Droid store now for free login to Santa Susana’s account, and use Santa Susana’s databases on the go!
Do you need help using the Destiny Library Catalog Search? If so then click here to view the Destiny Library Catalog Webcast tutorial.
We have a NEW tutorial on how to use the schools e-books. To watch Part A click here and for Part B click here.
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College Library Lesson
Description
Seniors are visiting the library to learn how to make the most of their future college library experience. Seniors learn about topics such as:
LCC Classification, union catalogs and college inter-library loan programs
unique resources available to students through their college library
library and research classes and online tutorials
course and electronic reserve programs
During this lesson, students: use advanced features found in Google Scholar, create their own personal learning space through iGoogle, and develop a marketing campaign for their future college library. Students will produce materials they can use when conducting research at college.
This lesson addresses 3 Common Core English/Language Arts (ELA) Writing Standards, and 5 California State Library Standards.
New Webcast Tutorials
The SSHS Library Media Center now offers 2 new webcast tutorials. These 5-minute lessons demonstrate how to make the most of your database research experience.
Learn how to:
Effectively use the resources found in the Gale databases
Limit searches to find the most helpful information for your research
Conduct a targeted search using Advanced Search features
Temporarily save articles to help organize your research
Use the bookmark tool to permanently save articles
Download, email, and print articles
Read, share, and translate articles
Cite articles using MLA formatting
You may access these tutorials by navigating to our "Library Without Walls" page. The 2 webcast links are right next to the Galegroup logo.
Library Mission Statement:
The mission of the Santa Susana High School Library Media Center is to encourage students to become lifelong readers and to assist faculty and students to be effective users of information through the management of print and electronic sources and through the seamless integration of these resources into the curriculum.
"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education."
~ Harold Howe ~
Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a former U.S.
Commissioner of Education
