Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) provides the following electronic library resources for students and teachers.

Login names and passwords are available from your school librarian.

PAUSD Library Guides

    http://libguides.pausd.org

• LibGuides contain research assistance, subject guides and useful resources compiled by teacher librarians
• Browse by library group (elementary, middle, or high school), subject, or author
• Find resources for social studies, science, mathematics, language arts, and more
• This libguides are for all students and staff

PAUSD Library Catalog

• This is the catalog of the holdings of the PAUSD Libraries
• Please select a library to search from the next page
• This catalog is for all students and staff
• Remote access is available

• Videos for classroom use may be searched at this site
• IMC maintains a limited number of videos for teachers to check out
• Lists of materials aligned to curriculum can be found on the tab named "Curriculum Resources"
• Contact Kathy Joki at the IMC at kjoki@pausd.org or call (650) 320-8860 to request delivery of items
• Additional contact: Nancy Pang at npang@pausd.org or (650) 833-4241

World Book Online

An encyclopedia designed for students grades K-9, includes a dictionary and Spanish language encyclopedia, Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos.

Students can search for articles, or view one of seven special features from the home page. Special features include Today in History, Behind the Headlines, Media Showcase, Subscriber News, Features of the Month, What's New, and What's Happening This Month.

This subscription encyclopedia is for students and staff of all PAUSD schools.

• Remote access login information for students and staff can be obtained from your site librarian.

EBSCO Host
A general reference database for researchers in grades 1-12 , EBSCO Host includes selected full-text articles and images, reference books,and transcripts from a variety of sources including magazines, encyclopedias, biographies, radio and television, primary source documents, photos, maps, flags, amd more.

EBSCO Host offers students a powerful, advanced tool for targeting the information vital to successful research. Students and staff can

• Find comprehensive coverage of all subjects from more than 2,200 magazines, journals, and newspapers.
• Utilize a variety of search strategies that benefit novice and experienced users alike.
• Use the Advamced Search to easily brainstorm, broaden, or narrow a topic.
• Search primary and secondary source materials.
• Track trends and current events with newspaper searches.
• Find results that are relevant to advanced placement coursework.
• Review essential charts, photos, graphs, and diagrams from the original articles.
• Save searches to specific content for use in developing presentations, subject-specific project pages, and more with My Research Summary.

Remote access login information for the students and staff of all the middle schools and high schools can be obtained from your site librarian.

EBSCO Points of View Reference Center - a database for middle school students
Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database that provides a series of essays that present multiple sides of current issues. Over 225 topics are covered!

• Get an overview with objective backgrounds and descriptions
• Find a point (argument) and its counterpoint (opposing argument)
• Covered topics include: cloning, profiling, HIV/AIDS, immigration, standardized testing, stem cell research, and much more
• Contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints: over 1,100 main essays, political magazines, primary source documents, reference books
• Includes a searchable video encyclopedia
• Save searches for later use

Remote access login information for the students and staff of all the middle schools and high schools can be obtained from your site librarian.

If you have questions, contact Nancy Pang at (650) 833-4241 or npang@pausd.org.

Revised February 2011