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Welcome to the West Seneca West Middle School Library!
Fully Remote learning - how to order/pick up library books
Hybrid learning (in-person 2 days a week) - how to order/pick up library books
Outdoor dropbox - how to return library books
Follow the library on social media:
Ms. Wrobel, School Librarian
Email: lwrobel@wscschools.org
Phone Number: (716) 677-3511
Fax Number: (716) 675-6134
FIND A BOOK:
Log in to Destiny Discover with your Google login (district email and password). Searching in Destiny allows you to find print and ebooks only from the West Middle library (not other schools) PLUS any district ebooks and audiobooks in Sora.
Log in to Sora with your Google info to search for district ebooks and audiobooks. Use this screencast to help you get started.
Click here for directions on adding your public library card to your school Sora account to get more content.
Capstone Interactive ebooks are searchable in Destiny but the above link will take you directly to all Capstone books available to West Middle students. These ebooks merge multimedia & audio into online books.
Log in with Google to Ms. Wrobel's list of passwords to get the username/password for Capstone books - and be sure to click "Log in with Capstone Interactive" and then type in the username/password from Ms. Wrobel's list (not YOUR username password).
Please email Ms. Wrobel if want epic! access. The books go up to grade 7+ which means even 8th graders will be able to find awesome books to read.
If your parent/guardian subscribes to epic!, you could also log in with your regular home username/password.
CHOOSE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA:
log in to this list of passwords using your Google account info to get the encyclopedia passwords
Best for: basic or beginning research
Best for: basic or beginning research
Best for: basic or beginning research
CHOOSE A RESEARCH DATABASE:
log in to this list of passwords using your Google account info to get the database passwords
Best for: biography research
Best for: basic research in lower grades, including:
biography research, phys. ed. sports articles, FACS (college and careers research), health, LOTE/language country research & social studies
Best for: general research (any topic) in grades 6-8, including:
health, phys. ed. sports articles
Best for: general research (any topic), including:
biography research, LOTE/language country research & social studies
Best for: general research (any topic) in upper grades, including:
LOTE/country research & social studies
Best for: general issues research, including:
social studies, hot issues in society, & the 8th grade ELA project
Best for: LOTE/country research & social studies
Best for: health research, including physical health, mental health, emotional health, etc.
Best for: news articles on current topics and local history
Best for: older news articles from The Buffalo News that aren't available as current articles on www.buffalonews.com
Best for: news articles from The Buffalo News that aren't available on www.buffalonews.com
CHOOSE A VIDEO SITE:
log in to this list of passwords using your Google account info to get the video site passwords
Best for: topic introduction and basic/beginning research
Best for: teachers who need to locate videos for class
Best for: teachers who need to locate videos on any topic for class
CHOOSE A MEDIA SITE:
log in to this list of passwords using your Google account info to get the media site passwords
Best for: finding free, non-commercial images and pictures for student projects
Best for: royalty-free music library that meets education licensing requirements so students may use these songs in their projects
Best for: making interactive multimedia posters for student presentations
