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Sewell Elementary is without a librarian.  Our library could use someone to help take care of it.  If you would like to volunteer please call 584-7200.  We need people to help shelve books, straighten up shelves, and do general library housekeeping.   Any help would greatly be appreciated by students and teachers.  _________________________________________________________

 

Search engines – Yahooligans                   http://kids.yahoo.com 

 

                            Ask For Kids                   http://www.askforkids.com

 

                            Fact Hound                       http://www.facthound.com

 

Remember that when you look for information on the Internet, the information might not be totally up-to-date.  It might not be as accurate as the information you get from encyclopedias and books from good publishers (where lots of people check the information before the book goes into print).  Remember also that free information is often paid for with advertisements – but that doesn’t mean you have to buy the stuff!

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Places to go in Tucson – Desert Museum    http://www.desertmuseum.org/kids 

                                        Zoo                         www.tucsonzoo.org/just_for_kids_2.html 

                                        Public Library        http://www.lib.ci.tucson.az.us/kidsweb 

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OPAC  Search the Sewell Library Computer Catalog

 

You can search the Sewell book catalog (OPAC) from any computer in TUSD.  Next year we are told that there will be some changes and then you will be able to search our catalog from your computer at home (or any computer in the world, for that matter!)

 

Here’s How to Get Information from the Catalog

 

Log on from a TUSD computer

Click on Internet

Zap the address field and type in these nine letters

 

          Sewelllib

 

The welcome page of our catalog should come on your screen

Type in your search term

Click on Author, Subject, Title, Series – whatever is appropriate

 

Hints:  Type the author’s last name first

             Don’t type “The” or “A” if that is the first word of the title.

            Computer lists are alphabetical, so the first word is often enough by itself.

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Favorite Authors

 

Click on these websites to get information about some of your favorite authors:

 * Jan Brett  www.janbrett.com   -Jan Brett is the author and illustrator of many gorgeous picture books.

 * Marc Brown  http://pbskids.org/arthur  or  www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur

  *Meet Arthur’s author at this website

  *Christopher Paul Curtis  www.christopherpaulcurtis.com

 

  *Dan Gutman  www.dangutman.com

 

  *Eric Kimmel  www.erickimmel.com    -The library has lots of his books, especially those great Anansi stories.

  *Pam Munoz Ryan  www.pammunozryan.com   -Pam Munoz Ryan has written many great picture books as well as chapter books.  She won Arizona’s Judy Goddard Award for her historical fiction novel Esperanza Rising

  *Seymour Simon  www.seymoursimon.com   -Seymour Simon is popular with a lot of students who like to read science books with great photographs.

  *Dr. Seuss  www.seussville.com -What could I say in a few words about this giant of children’s literature!

  *Conrad Storad  http://conradstorad.com   -Conrad Storad is a professor at ASU.  He won the Judy Goddard Award in 2001 for his wonderful picture books about the Arizona desert, and desert animals.

  ***Links to many other authors can be found at http://weblinks.scsd.us/authors%20for%20all%20readers.htm 

 

 

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