Mackenzie High School Library
Hours 8:30 am – 3:20 pm
Library Assistant: Mrs. C. Rhodes, 613-584-3361 Ext. 313
The library is a great place to do research, work on assignments and read a book or magazine.
Our facilities are for students and staff :
· 9,000 books
· an area for quiet study with carrels and tables
· a seminar room for group work, meetings or tutoring
· 15 computers for educational purposes only
· free black and white printing
· colour printing at 50 cents per page
· 2 televisions with VCR and DVD players
· 1 infocus projector, with laptop, VCR, DVD and speakers
· an online computer catalogue to search for relevant library books and encyclopedias
· a library technician to help students with their research
Books can be borrowed for a two-week period, with renewals available as needed.
RCDSB Student Research Guide
Use this detailed guide for help planning essays and referencing sources.
Student Research Guide 2003
Online Resources
Statistics Canada runs a web-based service called E-STAT, an interactive teaching and learning tool, free for the education community.
If students or teachers need to access E-STAT from a home computer, they will need a Username and Password to do so. The account that was setup for home access is as follows (Both the username and password are case sensitive):
Username: RCDSB
Password: estat
Knowledge Ontario funds access to two databases:
Thomson-Gale Infotrac this conglomerate offers many separate databases. Read and select those you think most appropriate for your search.
EBSCO Student Research Centre (access to magazine, newspaper articles, primary source documents, biographies etc.)
EBSCOHOST (similar to above for senior students and teaching staff)
User ID : rcsb
Password: ebscoko
Encyclopedias
Online from your Novell screen at school:
1998 Canadian & World Encyclopedia no password needed
Grolier username: renfrdsb, password: renf8560
l'Encyclopédie Hachette username: renfrdsb, password: renf8560
On the Internet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/
In the Library:
General:
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Americana
Subject Specific:
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (CD-ROM)
Encyclopedia of ancient civilizations
Encyclopedia of family health
Encyclopedia of world geography
Grolier encyclopedia of World War II
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology
New international illustrated encyclopedia of art
Even More Specific:
Encyclopedias of music, musical instruments, plants, biomes, earth sciences, environment, reptiles, animal life, genetics, men of science, history, world events, mythology, sports, food, etc
Homework Help on the Web
There are many websites designed to help students with homework, research and projects. Here are some links and descriptions copied from their websites.
http://www.infoplease.com/
Infoplease is a comprehensive reference source that combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you to search all these sources at once.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources. The database contains 120254 records.
http://www.lii.org/
Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving California, the nation, and the world.
http://www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca/
The Virtual Reference Library offers access to librarian selected websites, self-guided research support and library information. The VRL is a subject-based, reliable, Internet information source with special focus on Canadian and Ontario information.
http://www.library.on.ca/links/clearinghouse/readyref/index.htm
Ready Reference Resources have been compiled by the Ontario Library Service. This section includes links intended to serve as an on-line reference collection.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet.
http://www.ipl.org/
The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information and hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology.