South Amherst Middle School Library SAMS Library E-News Literature-Information-Technology-Education Volume 8, Issue 1 September 2014 I hope that all of you had a wonderfully relaxing and rewarding summer vacation. Denise and I look forward to working with you and your students during the school year. Please fell free to suggest any materials that you would like to see added to our collection. Library Computer Lab & Language Arts Classes Library Hours 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM Library activities for the month of September include: Inside this issue: Welcome Back 1 Library Computer Lab & Language Arts Classes 1 Banned Book Week 2 Google Search Tricks 2 Most Popular Websites 2-3 SAMS Library Web Site 3 About Us 4 Book Review 4 ♦ Orientation and Library procedures for students ♦ Use of the online catalog ♦ Worksheet for the online catalog SAMS Library E-News Literature Page 2 “All that is necessary for a student is access to a library.” Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. It highlights the value of free and open access to information. Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. Banned Book Week stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them. Thomas Jefferson 1790 Word of the Month Search Tricks Tantamount \TAN-tuh-mount\ Adjective Definition : equivalent in value, significance, or effect Examples: 1. The boss had told Morris that he was being reassigned to the shipping department, and he knew that it was tantamount to a demotion. 2. "Mrs. Clinton declined an invitation to speak, organizers said. Democratic analysts said that was no surprise—for her to attend such a gathering would have been tantamount to announcing a presidential run, which she is not yet ready to do." — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times, July 19, 2014 The August/September issue of Library Media Connection contained these Google search tricks which I though you might find useful: ♦ Hit Control + F to find sites with specific, highlighted text. ♦ Use +/-.edu, .com, .gov, .net, .org. ♦ Add quotation marks to keep phrases together. ♦ Use “intitle” to search for terms in the title of a site. ♦ Search within a URL:topicinurl:csiro. ♦ For specific file types use “topic”filetype:ppt (or doc, etc). ♦ Show search tools: Search by date ranges, within content such as images. ♦ Use the advanced search to show pages with specific terms, languages, reading level. The number of results changes depending on how we search. You can save lots of time and effort with these tips. Dollyhigh, Trish “Don’t Fight ‘Em, Join ‘Em!” Library Media Connection, August/September 2014, pg. 33. About the Word: Tantamount comes from the AngloFrench phrase tant amunter, meaning "to amount to as much." This phrase comes from the Old French tant, meaning "so much" or "as much," and amounter, meaning "to ascend" or "to add up to." When tantamount first entered English, it was used similarly to the Anglo-French phrase, as a verb meaning "to be equivalent." There was also a noun tantamount in the 17th century, but the adjective is the only commonly used form of the term today. From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Listed below is a list of the 50 most popular websites on the Internet as of Tuesday, September 9, 2014. # Website: Report: 7. Twitter.com www.twitter.com 8. Amazon.com www.amazon.com 9. Qq.com www.qq.com 10. Linkedin.com www.linkedin.com 11. Taobao.com www.taobao.com 1. Google.com www.google.com 2. Facebook.com www.facebook.com 3. Youtube.com www.youtube.com 4. Yahoo.com www.yahoo.com 5. Baidu.com www.baidu.com 12. Windows Live www.live.com 6. Wikipedia.org www.wikipedia.org 13. Google.co.in www.google.co.in Volume 8, Issue 1 Page 3 Most Popular Websites continued 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Hao123.com Blogger Sina.com.cn Weibo.com Yahoo.co.jp Tmall.com Sohu.com Yandex.ru Bing.com Pinterest.com Vk.com Wordpress.com Google.de Ebay.com 360.cn Instagram.com Google.co.jp Google.co.uk www.hao123.com www.blogspot.com www.sina.com.cn www.weibo.com www.yahoo.co.jp www.tmall.com www.sohu.com www.yandex.ru www.bing.com www.pinterest.com www.vk.com www.wordpress.com www.google.de www.ebay.com www.360.cn www.instagram.com www.google.co.jp www.google.co.uk 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Google.fr MSN Paypal.com Google.com.br Soso.com Ask.com Tumblr.com Xvideos.com Microsoft.com Mail.ru Google.ru Imgur.com Imdb.com Google.it Reddit.com Apple 163.com Google.es Stackoverflow.com www.google.fr www.msn.com www.paypal.com www.google.com.br www.soso.com www.ask.com www.tumblr.com www.xvideos.com www.microsoft.com www.mail.ru www.google.ru www.imgur.com www.imdb.com www.google.it www.reddit.com www.apple.com www.163.com www.google.es www.stackoverflow.com SAMS Library Website The Library Web site serves as our virtual branch, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It can be reached through SAMS home page under Library. Catalogs: This page offers our card catalog as well as other area catalogs. It also includes our Web Catalog with extensive links to great websites and Reference Databases. Fun Stuff: Check out these sites for reading, writing, video clips, games and more! Home: Our home page contains an introduction to the library as well as shortcuts to sites for teacher projects and copies of our past electronic newsletters. Homework Help: The Homework Help page provides sites to help students with bibliographies, general tools, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and study skills. Library Information: This page contains the schedule for the library, the library curriculum and useful information on library procedures. New Materials: The new materials page displays an up to date listing of our new print and non-print materials. Search: The Search page contains lists of Search Engines, Search Directories, Specialized Engines, and Multi Search Engines with explanations of each. Teacher Resources: The Teacher Resource page contains links to resources and other information to enhance lesson plans and create learning activities. The page is divided into General Sites, Clip Art, Art, Health & Physical Education, Language Arts/English, Library, Math, Music, Science, Social Studies, and Special Education. Technology Resources: This page contains links to all types of technology information, such as digital cameras, Power Point information, digital storytelling and much more. There is a large selection of places to find free video clips. “What a School thinks about its Library is a Measure of what it feels about Education.” ~ Harold Howe Service is Our Business The purpose of our Library News Letter is to further the goals of the Library Media Center which are to support the curriculum, teach successful research strategies, and foster lifetime literacy. South Amherst Middle School Library If you have any suggestions for the library staff please let us know. 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