Friends Central Lower School
Online Resources
The online resources listed below can be accessed at school by going to home.friendscentral.org and clicking on “LS Library Catalog.”
Britannica Online & Britannica Image Quest
Britannica Online is an up-to-date and age-appropriate information resource for students that offers encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, and games to support student research. Britannica Image Quest incorporates visual thinking into research through a comprehensive and curated database of over 3.25 million rights cleared images from 62 leading collections.
To access Britannica Online & Britannica Image Quest from home, username: fcsls and password: fcsls
PebbleGo & PebbleGo Next
PebbleGo is a research database specifically designed to teach foundational research skills to K-2 students by providing early reader supports like audio voice-overs and text highlighting. Topics include Animals, Science, Biographies, Social Studies, and Dinosaurs. PebbleGoNext is a digital resource for 3-5 students that focuses on State Studies and American Indian History and includes read-aloud audio by professional voice-overs, text highlighting, tabbed navigation, online dictionary access, and source citing.
To access PebbleGo & PebbleGo Next from home, username: fcsls and password: fcsls
Power Library Kids
Power Library Kids offers access to authoritative information for K-5 students through newspapers, magazines, journals, image databases, STEM resources, eBooks, and more. Gale Kids Infobits is an excellent resource within Power Library Kids that offers full text articles, voice-over features, and source citing. Subjects include Geography, Social Studies, Animals, Science, Health, Literature and more. Trueflix is a multimedia resource within Power Library Kids that uses the True Book series with related videos, images, web links, and text to cover a rich and diverse range of topics. Power Library Kids also offers helpful links to Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government and the Library of Congress kids and families web page.
To access Power Library from home, use this ecard: 24752000285708
Sweet Search
SweetSearch is a general search engine designed specifically for students. SweetSearch offers pre-screened information to insure relevant results from a list of credible resources. SweetSearch is preferable to Google and other general search engines.
OSLIS Citation Maker
The OSLIS Citation Maker offers free templates for accurately and responsibly citing resources in the MLA format on an elementary level. This resource is created by The Oregon School Library Information System. I prefer this free citation maker to EasyBib because, unlike the free version of EasyBib, OSLIS has no advertisements or distracting content. The OSLIS project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon in association with the Oregon Association of School Libraries, a division of the Oregon Library Association. In middle and upper school, students will have access to the subscription citation maker Noodletools. OSLIS is a great preparation for using Noodletools.