1St Media Center Trip Computers & Books

1st Media Center Trip – Computers & Books

Dewey Decimal System–Books in Nonfiction stacks

000-099 General works500-599 Natural sciences & mathematics
100-199 Philosophy and psychology600-699 Technology (applied sciences)
200-299 Religion700-799 Arts & recreation
300-399 Social sciences800-899 Literature & rhetoric
400-499 Language900-999 Geography & history

HIP (Online catalog of books in our Media Center)

OR go to the Quail Hollow Middle website Choose: Departments, then Media Center, then Horizon Information Portal (HIP)

Biographies

(examples, Harry Houdini, Criss Angel, Dai Vernon, Penn & Teller, David Copperfield, Siegfried and Roy, David Blaine, Doug Henning, Jeff McBride, Lance Burton, Herbert L. Becker, Harry Blackstone, Jr.)

Reference Books

(You can look at the reference books while you’re in the Media Center, but you can’t check them out. They stay in the Media Center as a resource for everyone.)

Computers

NC Wise Owl

(For periodicals – magazines/professional journals, on-line encyclopedias, searches)

NC Wise Owl Website – for research

Click on Grolier online;
Type in “Harry Houdini” on the Find It Fast line at the top of the page;
Choose one of the four encyclopedia articles on Harry Houdini and read it;
What did you find out about the 4th article? Was it helpful??? Why not?
Now, put in “Criss Angel” in the Find it Fast line at the top of the page-not there?
On page 2 of the listings, at the bottom of the page you will find an article that might help you. . . what is the title of the article? Read it. The lexile for the article is 990 (hint). You should have some general information that will help you. Would you have found this article if I hadn’t told you where to look? Some articles are not as easy to find as the “Harry Houdini” articles. You have to search . Keep looking......
Criss Angel Websites to visit

General Information about which Search Engines to use: (Not just: )

A newspaper index to visit: (The New York Times Index)

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