PS108 Library Welcomes Teachers

and Staff to our Information Highway

Created by Robin Gerstenblatt

All databases can be viewed on Ms. Gerstenblatt’s Portaportalhttp://guest/portaportal.com/108pd

Databases available to PS108

» United Streaming» NOVEL

» Thomson Gale» Ebsco

» World Book» NYPL

United Streaminghttp://unitedstreaming.com

» Discovery Education streaming is a digital video-on-depmand and online teaching service; it is aligned to U.S. state standards

» To sign up for you account enter this passcode 4F451091

» Create a username and password» Download Curriculum Content Videos with your PS

108 paid subscription

NOVEL New York Online Virtual Electronic Library

» Provided by the New York State Library» PS108 has signed up and has a subscription that

can be used in school without using a password» Home use must use a user name and password

to aceess the databases» The two companies that provide access to their

databases are» EBSCO» Thomson GALE

EBSCO» http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspex?

authtype=ip,uid&custid+ps025325&group=empire» Or click on EBSCO from database category in

Ms.Gerstenblatt’s Portaportal» Access in school needs NO password » Home Access

» Username novel» Password novel

» Contains Primary Search» 60 popular elementary school magazines» Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia» Eencyclopedia of Animals

Thomson Gale » http://infortrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_4_ps108» Or click on Gale from the database category of Ms. Gerstenblatt’s Portaportal» School Access needs NO Password» Home Access

» Username empirelink» Password empirelink

» Info Trac Junior» Designed for accelerated elementaryand junior high» 147 Full-test titles» Rand McNally Maps

» Lesson plans and power point presentations for intermediate and advanced users are located on the NYCDOE library website under the category of databases

WorldBookOnline

» World Book Online Reference Center» Contains articles from the 22 volume encylopedia» World Book Research Libraries» Basic Spanish-language encyclopedia for

elementary and middle grades» Extensive Maps and audio/video clips » Back in Time feature

» Username and Passwords are needed for home and school access» Username and password is Region9

NYPL

» NYPL website http://nypl.org» Anyone with a NYPL library card is allow to have

access to their databases» Type in your NYPL library card barcode» When you see the image below you can access to

85 databases from any computer with an internet access

I hope you enjoyed today’s journey on the PS 108 Information Highway. I look forward to taking many more journeys together. If you have any questions or need further assistance please stop by the library.

Happy trails to you until we meet again.

Robin GerstenblattPS 108 Librarian