Frederic School District Library Media Centers

Welcome!

The Frederic 6-12 Library Media Center is the place to come for reliable information, help with a project, and yes, even a good book! The library is open Monday through Friday from 7:45 AM until 3:45 PM. Access to our LMC web site that is chock full of links to reliable, handy information is availabe any time via the District web site.

Databases
Encyclopedia Brittanica	Middle School Edition \| High School Edition Great resource for general information...and even links you to additional information. This is a certain homework helper! This wonderful resources is provided to Wisconsin residents through BadgerLink...no password required!
SIRS	SIRS Discoverer is a great resource for middle level students while SIRS Knowledge Source is geared toward high school students. If you are looking for a research topic, be sure to check out Knowledge Source. It has all the great information collected for you. Worth checking out for research projects...especially those dealing with current issues. The username is wi0786 and the password is our zip code.
BadgerLink	Available free to Wisconsin residents, BadgerLink is an invaluable resources. Use EBSCO Host's Student Research Center to easily search for current information from magazines and journals and a lot of other resources. LitFinder and TeachingBooks.net are two other wonderful resources worth checking out. There is no need to log in to this resource.
CultureGrams	Studying a country? How about a state? Is Canada of interest to you? If so, CultureGrams is the resource for you! Special features include recipes, anthems, videos and more! There are 4 different "editions" that make up CultureGrams: World Edition, Kids Edition, States Edition and Province Edition. The username is our town and the password is our sports team mascot.
Other Online Resources
Biography Sites:	Biography.com -- Lii Biography Portal -- Who2? -- IPL Biography -- Distinguished Women -- Biographical Dictionary -- Colonial Hall
Career Information:	Bureau of Labor Statistics -- WISCareers -- Kids' Gov Careers -- Occupational Outlook Handbook
Country/State Studies:	CultureGrams -- LoC Country Studies -- Country Reports.org -- Atlapedia -- US Department of State Background Notes -- 50 States -- Stately Knowledge -- ClassBrain State Reports
Current Events:	The Leader eEdition! -- Inter-County Leader -- Pioneer Press -- Star Tribune -- KSTP -- WCCO -- KMSP -- Kare11 -- CNN -- USA Today -- Chicago Tribune -- Yahoo News -- Google News -- Time For Kids -- Junior Scholastic
A MishMash of Useful Links:	The Weather Channel -- Google Maps -- Google Translator
Reference Links:	IPL -- Lii.org -- Yahoo Reference -- InfoPlease -- IPL Kids Space -- Library Spot -- The Reference Desk -- Dictionary.com
Search Tools:	Google -- Yahoo -- Ask.com -- DogPile -- Alta Vista -- Kids Click -- AskKids.com -- Yahoo Kids --
Web 2.0 Tools:	Picnik -- Google Docs -- Drop.io -- PBWiki -- TadaLists
Handy Pages From Work With Ms. Fisher
Middle School:	Veggie Research
High School:	Junior Decades Project \| Senior Projects \| 10th Grade Research \|