Welcome to your Jackson Middle School Library!

The banner above links you to our Library catalog.

For free ebooks, try both changing your search...

...AND the Sora app, linked in the banner below.

You need to try both to see ALL your PPS ebook options.

 

 

Video* and slideshow for how to use the Sora app

* For access, be sure you are logged into your PPS school account.

And thanks to Ms. Cassie Lanzas, Ida B. Wells HS Librarian, for making this video and sharing it for all of PPS to use!

   

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Library - Contact Info

"Questions answered, Smiles offered, Books found!" 

M & T -- Tini Maier tmaier@pps.net, Teacher-Librarian 

W - On Wednesdays, library staff swaps every other week.

Th & F -- Tim Elmer telmer@pps.net, Library Assistant 

You may also call the school, but we are often busy, so please back that up with an email if that works for you. :-)

 

📚 Click here for how it all works at the JMS Library

 

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Research Tools

Remember to be logged into your PPS student account, so PPS research tools will open for you!

 

Video - Find & Hold book in Destiny Collection

Video - Navigating 5 Types of Ebooks

 

Sign-in hint + video - How to use World Book Online 

  

Video - Websites Tab in PPS Library Catalog

  

Video - Find & Open OSLIS Gale 

Video - Use, Highlight & Take Notes from OSLIS Gale 

  

Videos + examples - Online Note-Taking Table 

  

Video - Make & Share Teamwork Folders

  

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For more free e-books, audiobooks, and resources,

click PPS Library Services and explore!

Don't worry about passwords. Just be sure you are logged into your PPS school account.  

• Try Teen Book Cloud.

• Not up for reading on a screen? Try an audiobook!

   

   

     

 

Follow this link to learn about ReachOut Reading 

  

Do you have ideas

 for what we should buy for the JMS Library?

Share your ideas! Fill out this books I recommend form.

 

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Fun coding activities for all ages! 

Notice filters along top and side.

 

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(What you see below will be updated, but there is still lots of good info. Check it out!)

What do you need to know today? Find it @ your library.

JMS Library info

ODE Common Core Standards

 

Online Research Resources (Contact JMS library staff for if home access passwords are needed.) World Book Online Animal Research Sites Approved by Teachers and Librarians
OSLIS OSLIS 2.0 Research Databases Kids InfoBits Student Resources in Context InfoTrac Junior Opposing Viewpoints in Context Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Guided Tours Multcolib For home access, use your MCL library card number & password. Multnomah County Library Homework Center (Databases geared to your topic) Multnomah County Library Research Tips & References Citations MLA Citation Guide OSLIS Citation Maker	Links Library of Congress (American Memory- Great primary sources) National Geographic Online Atlas Oregon Blue Book US Government CIA World Factbook Web Search Tools KidsClick! Great Websites for Kids Answers Ask Jeeves for Kids Answerland Student Support Learning Express OSLIS 2.0 Secondary/learn-to-research
Great Reading Goodreads YA lists  Multnomah County Library BEST BOOKS app Printz Award Winners Pura Belpre Award Winners Newbery Award Winners Coretta Scott King Award Winners Oregon Battle of the Books @ JMS Oregon Reader's Choice Award	Library Catalogs Multnomah County Libraries Catalog Clackamas County Libraries Catalog PPS Library Services Dewey Decimal System Dewey Presentations

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