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"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education."
- Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education

Library Handbook for Students (includes library policies and procedures) pdf file

Digital Databases
Students have access at school and at home to five exceptional online databases. These resources are made available through a joint project of Cecil County Public Schools and the Maryland MDK12 Grant. We highly encourage students to use these valuable resources for both school and personal information needs. To access the Digital Databases from home, passwords are necessary. Contact Mrs. Slacum (lslacum@ccps.org) for additional information.

Standard Works Cited Form (aka Bibliography Format)
CHMS has a standard form for students to use to cite resources used for school projects. This form is a modified MLA form. Use the chart below to see specific examples of the order of information and punctuation used in citations. Or download a pdf file of this complete document. Teachers will expect all resources used to be cited for school projects. Plagiarism is a serious offense with consequences for students. Complete the tutorial on the Acadia University web site <http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/> if you are not certain if you are properly citing your resources.

Book Source

 

 

Author’s last name, First name.  Title of the Book
     City : Publisher, copyright date.

(If there is more than one author, city or publisher, select only one for the citation.  If your book only has an editor, use Editor’s last name, First name, ED. in the citation.)

Encyclopedia Article (print article)

 

Author of the Article last name, First name.  “Title
      of the article.”  Name of Encyclopedia,
      copyright date ed.

(If you cannot find the author of the website, skip Author’s last name, First name and proceed with all other information.)

Encyclopedia Article (online article)

Author’s last name, First name.  “Title of the
      article.”  Name of Encyclopedia, copyright
      date ed. [Online].

Website or Internet Site

 

Author’s last name, First name.  Title of the Site.  
     [Online]  Available  http://internet address, 
     Date you visited the Site.

(If you cannot find the author of the website, skip Author’s last name, First name and proceed with all other information.)

Magazine Article (print article)

Author’s last name, First name.  “Title of the
     Article.”  Name of Magazine, volume (date of
     magazine), pages.

Magazine Article (online article)

Author’s last name, First name.  “Title of the
     Article.”  Name of Magazine, volume (date of
     magazine), pages. [Online] Provider.

Personal Interview

Interviewee’s Last name, First name.  Personal
     Interview. Date of Interview.

 

Black-eyed Susan flower image2009-2010 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Nominees
Each year 10 young adult novels are nominated for the prestigious Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award. Mrs. Slacum buys multiple copies of these titles and encourages students to read these outstanding new novels. Students who read at least three of the ten nominated titles are given the opportunity to vote for the best. The novel receiving the most votes from middle school students throughout the state of Maryland is presented with the Black-Eyed Susan Award at a special ceremony at the Maryland Association of School Librarians Conference.

This year's nominees are:

Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Go Big or Go Home by Will Hobbs
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Skulduggery Pleasant (also known as Scepter of the Ancients) by Derek Landy
The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick
Someone Named Eva by Joan Wolf

Happy Reading!

 

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Download a Standard Works Cited Form here. (pdf file)

Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Nominees

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Research Cycle (pdf file)

Content Area Connections to the Research Cycle (pdf file)