Welcome to the Tappan Zee High School Library
The Library Commons!
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
--- Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
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Digital Literacy & Media Literacy
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OPALS -Online Public Access Library System
Use OPALS to locate books and other materials in our Library Media Center. You can preview many books and even view student developed book trailers.
Download the Overdrive App and listen! Use the same credentials you use to sign into computers at TZHS!
Checkout our new e-books! Learn how to access and use our e-book collection here
You can read these e-books online! These e-books are part of the TZHS Library's collection. Click on Follett Destiny Discover icon to the left. Use your computer login and password to get in.
We also have access to the Rockland BOCES School Library Collection (an additonal 280 books). Just use the link below (see our password list for access)https://wbb03228.follettshelf.com/shelf/servlet/presentshelfform.do?site=03228
We also have access to the Rockland BOCES School Library Collection (an additonal 280 books). Just use the link below (see our password list for access)https://wbb03228.follettshelf.com/shelf/servlet/presentshelfform.do?site=03228
E-books from Mackin. Just login and READ!!!!
Inter-Library Loan
Did you know you can also search for books in all of the Rockland County Schools? Search here and then see your librarian to arrange an inter-library loan
Public Library Website - Tappan Zee High School's "Home" library is the Orangeburg Public Library - Ask the librarian about Inter-Library Loans. Use your public library card from the Rockland Catskill Library System.
The World at your fingertips...
Looking for an article, book or movie but can't find it in our library OR the local public library? World Cat allows you to search libraries around the world for your item. We have relationships with many academic libraries and other institutions in our region (and beyond). Ask Ms. Parker-Hennion and she can request it via inter-library loan and can often get the item within a week. If you need help using this database, just ask!
Teaching books is a great resource for teachers. But students can use it too!
Encyclopedias
World Book - always a good place to start
This is not your mother's World Book. World book web includes hyperlinks, pictures, video and audio clips, a dictionary, website links, periodicals, a citation generator, and even research guides. World Book has the perfect encyclopedia for every grade level! Each of the modules will open with a click of the link when students are in school. Away from school, it will be necessary to put in a username and password (see your librarian).
Social Studies Databases
ABC-CLIO
They are all here at your fingertips. ABC-CLIO Ancient World History, Modern World History, American History, American Government, Issues, Pop Culture, Daily Life Through History, and World at War.
Literature Databases
Gale’s core repository of full-text literature, LitFinder (and the full-text-only LitFinder for Schools) spans history and geography
to deliver an extensive, ever-growing selection of online poems,
short stories, essays, speeches and plays.http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_se_tap?db=LITFS
to deliver an extensive, ever-growing selection of online poems,
short stories, essays, speeches and plays.http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_se_tap?db=LITFS
Great Books of the Western World
From Homer to Samuel Beckett, this collection includes some of the greatest thinkers in World History (although half the population is all but excluded - there are about 4 women included here). Nonetheless, this resource of mostly free e-books, may help students with research projects in World History and Literataure.
From Homer to Samuel Beckett, this collection includes some of the greatest thinkers in World History (although half the population is all but excluded - there are about 4 women included here). Nonetheless, this resource of mostly free e-books, may help students with research projects in World History and Literataure.
Women in World History - Primary Sources |
Here you will find important Women's history left out of the GREAT BOOKS
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HEALTH
Medline Plus Find information on health conditions, wellness issues, and more in easy-to-read language on MedlinePlus, the up-to-date, trusted health information sites.
General Reference - All Topics
Gale Databases from NOVELNY
This suite of databases can be searched with one click of the mouse. General One File is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. there is also a Health Reference Center, Criminal Justice Collection, Popular Magazines, Psychology Collection, and a General Science Collection. One of the best resources is Opposing Viewpoints in Context. There is a Pop Culture Collection, World History Collection, and a War & Terrorism Collection, and a Fine Arts Collection. But there is still more. Home Improvement, Agriculture, Gardening,Culinary Arts. You name it, it's all here and you can search the entire suite of databases at once.
EBSCO Databases
OmnFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson) is a 100% full-text database and presents full text with every entry from more than 1,600 publications. This includes Ebsco's E-book collection and the Funk and Wagnalls Online Encyclopedia. This database used to be H.W. Wilson Full Text Select.
Current Events - Issues
CQ Researcher is just about the best resource available for current events topics and issues. This is the place to go if you have to take a stand on a controversial issue such as gun control, stem cell research, off-shore drilling, etc. If you are lucky enough to have a teacher who will let you choose any topic, CQ has a ready made list for you to explore. Check it out.
What to read...so many books, so little time
If you are looking for a specific book, NoveList Plus is the place to go. Here you can also access booklists, including award winners, books for reluctant readers, llists for the college bound, etc. Read book reviews, plot summaries, discussion guides, etc. What was the name of that book you read last summer? You remember the plot, but not the title. NoveList even lets you put in plot elements to locate the title of that book! Nonfiction books are included too! If you're a booklover, this will drive you wild!
Science News with Science News for Students!
Sponsored by the Rockland County BOCES School Library System
VIDEO RESOURCES AND MORE!
Discovery Education provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning.
Discovery Education is a subsidiary of Discovery Communications, LLC. The leader in digital video-based learning, Discovery Education produces and distributes high-quality digital resources in easy-to-use formats in all core-curricular subject areas. Discovery Education is committed to creating scientifically proven, standards-based digital resources for teachers, students, and parents that make a positive impact on student learning. Through solutions like Discovery Education streaming, Discovery Education Science, Discovery Education Health and more, Discovery Education helps over one million educators and 35 million students harness the power of broadband and media to connect to a world of learning.
TEACHERS: SIGN UP WITH THE PASSCODE PROVIDED AND CREATE YOUR OWN USERNAME AND PASSWORD
STUDENTS: USE YOUR NETWORK USERNAME PRECEDED BY so_ AND YOUR COMPUTER/LUNCH PIN CODE
EXAMPLE: USERNAME: so_jsmith PASSWORD: js-1234
Discovery Education is a subsidiary of Discovery Communications, LLC. The leader in digital video-based learning, Discovery Education produces and distributes high-quality digital resources in easy-to-use formats in all core-curricular subject areas. Discovery Education is committed to creating scientifically proven, standards-based digital resources for teachers, students, and parents that make a positive impact on student learning. Through solutions like Discovery Education streaming, Discovery Education Science, Discovery Education Health and more, Discovery Education helps over one million educators and 35 million students harness the power of broadband and media to connect to a world of learning.
TEACHERS: SIGN UP WITH THE PASSCODE PROVIDED AND CREATE YOUR OWN USERNAME AND PASSWORD
STUDENTS: USE YOUR NETWORK USERNAME PRECEDED BY so_ AND YOUR COMPUTER/LUNCH PIN CODE
EXAMPLE: USERNAME: so_jsmith PASSWORD: js-1234
Science News and Science News for Students
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Genealogy: Who are you?
Find out about your family here!
Find out about your family here!
Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. It's called Fold 3 because ...Traditionally, the third fold in some flag-folding ceremonies honors and remembers veterans for their sacrifice in defending their country and promoting peace in the world.
4,300+ newspapers from the 1700s–2000s
Millions of additional pages added every month
The Churchill Archive for Schools provides an expanding range of classroom-ready resources, specially written and developed by leading history educators to engage and excite as well as inform and challenge. Based around four broad topics in British and world history, the Churchill Archive for Schools also offers teachers and students an accessible entry-point to the complete Churchill Archive.
