The staff of the St. Clair Middle School Media Center welcomes you to our Web site.  We are proud of our facilities and the collection of print and electronic resources available for our students to use.  Please visit the Media Center online or at the school.

 

The mission of the St. Clair Middle School Media Center is ensure that students and staff are effective users of information by providing materials to support and enhance the curriculum of the school, resources and instruction for accessing and using information, and an environment which encourages reading for pleasure. 

• Meet Our Staff

• Some Facts about the Media Center

• Reference Materials in Print

• Online Resources

• Book Fair

Meet Our Staff

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          Media Center Facts        

• Books: Over 8,700 - including non-fiction and fiction

• Electronic Card Catalog:  Two computers in the Media Center are reserved for locating books through the automated Follett Destiny library system used by all schools in the East China School District.  

• Magazines: 20 magazine subscriptions  

• Computers: 16 networked computers with Internet access; 2 computers used exclusively for accessing the the automated catalog.

• Standard Software on Computers: Microsoft Office 2003 including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, FrontPage;  Windows XP Operating System. 

• Audio-Visual Materials: Videotapes, audio cassettes, CD-ROMs, and DVD's

• Hours: 8:20 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. -- The Media Center has a flexible schedule, allowing students and classes to use it at any time.  Language Arts classes also visit the Media Center every 2 weeks.

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Reference Materials in Print

• World Book Encyclopedia

• Compton's Encyclopedia

• Science, Health, and Career Encyclopedias

• Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

• Webster's New World Dictionary, and various other dictionaries

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

• Roget's Thesaurus

• Atlases  of the United States, the World, and the Universe

• Atlas of the Civil War

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Online Resources

• Grolier Online - A resource of 5 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and maps provided by the school district for all students.

• eLibrary - A database of magazine articles, pictures, and maps, searchable by key word or entering a question, provided by the state.

• SIRS Discoverer - A database of 40,000 magazine and newspaper articles, provided by the state.

• MEL - Michigan eLibrary, provides resources for Michigan residents.

• Infotrac - A database of magazine articles, provided by the state.

• Encyclopedias on CD-ROM

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Book Fair

A book fair is held in the fall during the week of Parent/Teacher Conferences.  Students can purchase books at low prices, or make a wish list for parents/guardians who can then shop for holiday, birthday, or 'just because' gifts.  The profit from the fair is used to purchase books, equipment, and supplies for the Media Center.

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updated 10/19/09