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eBooks and audiobooks are here!
We have partnered with the public library
to give you access to all of their eBooks and audiobooks
right from your chromebook!
Launch the Sora app from within your gmail
or click on the image below to start reading!


Need Help?
Email Dr. Passek or go to the Library Google Classroom
and watch the How-To Screencasts!

​​Learning from Home?
Need Books?
No Problem!
Fill out a Book Request form
and I'll get the books ready for you
​to pick up!
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Books and Library Catalog
Click below to watch a tutorial
on how to use the catalog.
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                Resources for Research
                                As always, all of these resources are available to you 24/7 
                          from ANYWHERE with internet access!

General Information DATABASES
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(Username: tech, PW: football)
Use ImageQuest for copyright-free images!
​Remember to give credit to Britannica. 


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This is a great all-subject database
​and includes BIOGRAPHIES!

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(pw: schools)

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Use this database for World News and America's Historical Newspapers
​We have a trial subscription through the end of January 2021.
Username: montgomeryCSD, PW: montgomeryCSD
Subject-specific DATABASES
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​(blacksburgms, student)

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Copyright Free Music and Images

​To use someone else's work, you
1. NEED PERMISSION and
2. MUST GIVE CREDIT TO THE SOURCE

Material labeled as 'copyright free' automatically gives you permission to use it.​

​The Creative Commons is the database to search
to find copyright free music (green CC icon) and images (grey & black CC icon)!
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A special note about Google Images:
​Your mcps account is set to automatically give you copyright free images if you are logged in on your Chromebook.
If you are using the Chrome browser from any other device,
​you must first change the settings! Here's how:
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In Google, search for your topic, click on "Images" 
​and then click on the 
"Search Tools" button.
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Click on "Usage Rights" from the new menu that opens and check "Labeled for noncommercial reuse."
You have permission to use any of the images that then appear. You still need to give credit to the source of the images.

Citing Sources
is easy with EasyBib
​and
is (even) easier with the EasyBib extension for Chrome!
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Citizen Science!

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