Library Media Center
About the Library
Librarian: Mrs. Paige Ysteboe
Hours: 7:45am to 3:45pm Monday through Friday
Contact:
Paige_Ysteboe@abss.k12.nc.us
336.538.6020
ABSS Board Policy for selection of Instructional Materials - section 3200
Citizens Request for Reconsideration of Educational Materials
Research Help
Cyberbullying Resources
A small suggested list of cyberbullying resources:
Websites:
NCWiseOwl:
In the eBooks Collection and Student Research, search "cyberbullying" suggested ebooks:
Cyberbullying : Activities to Help Children and Teens to Stay Safe in a Texting, Twittering, Social Networking World by Vanessa Rogers
Social Impacts of Digital Media by Justin Healey
Databases
NCWISEOWL
Use this on any computer with internet access. For the password to these databases, sign in to the school website and then click on the "database passwords" link or ask Mr. Johnson .
Salem Press Online
Access to biographies and historical events. The passcode is "wawarriors"
NCLIVE
Use your student ID number to access their digital resources.
Citing Your Sources
Citation Guides and Tools
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
Contains reference guides for citing MLA format (as well as other formats like APA and Chicago)
Duke University Libraries Citation Guide
A guide for several different types of formats
Automatic bibliography and citation makers
Some citation makers only autocomplete certain parts of a citation, you are responsible for filling in missing information.
Avoiding Plagiarism
Duke University Libraries
Information about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it .
Indiana University: How to Recognize Plagiarism
Extremely easy to understand information about plagiarism
Copyright
Copyright.gov
The official website from the U.S. Copyright Office
NCWiseOwl Copyright for Students
Information provided by NC Dept. of Instruction
MLA Resources
Videos
Documents
MLA Guide (this one is fun and colorful)
MLA Paper Format (lots of black and white text)