Minooka Junior High School Learning Resource Center
333 West McEvilly Road, Minooka, Illinois 60447

Come visit us!

• The LRC is open from 7:35 am - 2:30 pm every day school is in session.
• Students can come to the LRC during study hall as well as before and after school. Also, Literature classes come to the LRC on a weekly basis.
• Students can check out up to three items for two weeks. A fine of $.05/school day is charged for any overdue item.
• Students can renew books and place holds on items currently checked out.
• Additionally, students and staff can request books from other libraries.

Resources Available

• The LRC collection consists of nonfiction and fiction books, audiobooks, periodicals, software, audiovisual materials, and professional literature.
• Currently, there are over 12,000 items in the collection.
• The LRC Computer Lab is made up of 30 eMacs. All computers have Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Internet access, iTunes, iMovie, and other software programs.

Reading Program

All students are welcome to participate in the Rebecca Caudill Reading Program.
All students who read and report on three of the nominated books will receive an invitation to the 2008 Rebecca Caudill Voting Party to be held in February.

The Student Book Club meets in the LRC at least one Friday a month during 9th period study hall.
Members of the Student Book Club have already read and discussed four 2008 Rebecca Caudill Nominees (The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story, Adam Canfield of the Slash, Listening for Lions, and The Schwa Was Here)

New Books Here is a sample of new books available in the LRC.

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Nonfiction:

Bullet Proof: The Evidence that Guns Leave, Jamie Joyce
Do You Read Me: Famous Cases Solved by Handwriting Analysis, Diane Webb
Dusted and Busted: The Science of Fingerprinting, D.B. Beres
Guilty by a Hair: Real-Life DNA Matches, Anna Prokos
Gut-Eating Bugs: Maggots Reveal the Time of Death, Danielle Denega
Have You Seen This Face: The Work of Forensic Artists, Danielle Denega
Killer at Large: Criminal Profilers and the Cases They Solve, D.B. Beres
Killer Wallpaper: True Cases f Deadly Wallpaper, Anna Prokos
The Right Bite: Dentists as Detectives, Elizabeth Winchester
Shot and Framed: Photographers at the Crime Scene, Diane Weber
Skulls and Skeletons: True Stories of Bone Detectives, Danielle Denega
Toe Tagged: True Stories from the Morgue, Jamie Joyce
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky, Farah Ahmedi

Fiction:

Clay, David Almond
Cover-up: Mystery at the Super Bowl, John Feinstein
Diamonds in the Shadow, Caroline B Cooney
Eclipse, Stephanie Meyer
Eggs, Jerry Spinelli
Elephant Run, Roland Smith
Elijah of Buxton, Christopher Paul Curtis
Extras, Scott Westerfield
Gym Candy, Carl Deuker
I Am Not Joey Pigza, Jack Gantos
The Land of the Silver Apples, Nancy Farmer
The Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer, Jospeh Delaney
Love, Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
Maximum Ride 3: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, James Patterson
The Penalty, Mal Peet
Princess on the Brink, Meg Cabot
Schooled, Gordon Korman
Shadow Falling (Avatars, Book Two), Tui T. Sutherland
Shooter, Walter Dean Myers
Someone Named Eva, Joan Wolf
Son of the Mob, Gordon Korman
Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle, Gordon Korman
Specials, Scott Westerfield
Summer Ball, Mike Lupica
Taken, Edward Bloor
TTFN, Lauren Myracle
TTYL, Lauren Myracle
Uprising, Margaret Peterson Haddix
Zen and the Art of Faking It, Jordan Sonnenblick

Great Websites for Class Projects

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Research
FirstSearch http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org
(please see librarian for authorization & password)

1930s/Depression Era
New Deal Network http://www.newdeal.feri.org/
AS@UVA 1930s Project http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html
American Cultural History http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.html

Debate
Multnomah County Library Homework Center / Social Issues http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html
Public Agenda / The Issues http://www.publicagenda.com/issues/issuehome.cfm

7th Grade Science
Your Weight on Other Worlds http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

7th Grade Literature - Mythology
Greek Mythology http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/articles.html
Mythweb http://www.mythweb.com/
Ancient Greek Mythology http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html
The Immortals http://www.messagenet.com/myths/immortals.html
Ancient / Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/olympiangods/

7th Grade Language Arts - The Titanic
Encyclopedia Titanica www.encyclopedia-titanica.org
Distinguished Women of Past and Present / Molly Brown www.DistinguishedWomen.com/biographies/brown-m.html
Titanic-Titanic.com www.titanic-titanic.com/
RMS Titanic, Inc. www.titanic-online.com
Titanic Facts / History of the Titanic http://www.titanic-facts.com
Encyclopedia Britannica / Titanic http://search.eb.com/titanic/
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / History of RMS Titanic http://www.whoi.edu/home/about/titanic_history.html

7th Grade Language Arts - Six Traits

http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/site_map.htm

7th Grade - A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol Scavenger Hunt/Webquest

http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/articles/poverty.html

http://victoriandecorating.blogspot.com/2007/02/victorian-bedroom.html

8th Grade Language Arts
Pearson SuccessNet www.pearsonsuccessnet.com

8th Grade Language Arts - Career Research
America's Career InfoNet: Occupation Information http://www.acinet.org/acinet/occ_intro.asp?id=1&nodeid=1
BLS Career Information Home Page http://www.bls.gov/k12/
Illinois Career Resource Network http://www.ilworkinfo.com/icrn.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition http://www.bls.gov/oco/

8th Grade Social Studies - Illinois Constitution
The Illinois Constitution Webquest http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/middle/SocialScience/ILConstitution/ILLINOIS%20CONSTITUTION.html#RESOURCES

8th Grade Social Studies - U.S. Constitution
Congress for Kids http://congressforkids.net/cartoonintro.htm

8th Grade Social Studies - Slavery
The United States Civil War Center / Abolition and Slavery http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/ slave.htm
Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/timeline/united.states.html
Wikipedia / The Free Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_the_United_States
Black Resistance Slavery in the United States http://www.afro.com/history/slavery/main.html
Chronology on the History of Slavery: 1619-1789 http://www.innercity.org/holt/slavechron.html
EH.net Encyclopedia http://www.eh.net/encyclopedia/?article=wahl.slavery.us
Middle Grades Links about the Amistad Uprising and the History of Slavery http://www.middleweb.com/Amistad.html
Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org/history/teaching/attitude.cfm
Digital History / African American Voices http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/black_voices.cfm

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Other Helpful Websites

Citation Websites
IMSA Internet Citation Wizard http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/citation/index_html
NoodleTools http://www.noodletools.com/
Long Island University / B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/workshop/citmla.htm

IMSA Internet Search Wizard http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/locate/

Three Rivers Public Library District http://three-rivers-library.org/

Search Engines and Directories
All the Web http://www.alltheweb.com/
Ask Jeeves http://www.ask.com
Google http://www.google.com
Librarians' Index to the Internet http://lii.org
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com

Image Search Engines
AltaVista http://www.altavista.com
Picsearch http://www.picsearch.com

Book Lists
Waterloo Public Library http://www.waterborolibrary.org/bklisty.htm
American Library Association / Young Adult Library Services Association http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb

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LRC Staff & Contact Information
Molly Bagley, Librarian/Media Specialist
Lori Syring, Library Assistant
333 West McEvilly Road
Minooka, Illinois 60447
815/467-2136 phone
815/467-5087 fax