MYP/DP Libraries and Virtual Learning Commons

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Senior School Learning Support Email for COVID-19 Shutdown srschool.learningsupport@stratfordhall.ca

Ms. Kirsten Morozov M.Ed. (Teacher-Librarianship), B.Ed, B.A.
Teacher-Librarian (MYP, DP)
Extended Essay Coordinator
kirsten.morozov@stratfordhall.ca

Ms. Liza Capdecoume Dip. Lib. Tech., Dip.GD
Library Technician (PYP, MYP, DP)
liza.capdecoume@stratfordhall.ca

Social Media

@SHcommons
Tweets by Ms. Morozov and Sra. Peñafiel

Tweets by SHcommons

@sabresread
Ms. Morozov posts to this Instagram account BUT all of Stratford Hall's Community is encouraged to post books, reviews, and reading photos with the hashtag #sabresread added to your Instagram comments.

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Video Streaming

Passwords can be found here. You must be logged in to your portal to access this page.

Includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction and interactive works.

Students can access more than 6,000 films and other media simply by going to NFB.ca while using any school computer for which an IP address has been provided. Additionally, students have access to playlists and chapters, created and shared by teacher, while using any computer at home or school.

More than 130,000 multimedia resources—including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, and worksheets.

Targeted toward ages 6-14. National Geographic Kids will take students on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.

Over 4,500 videos and 20,000 video clips addressing K-12 topics and applications to the real world.

Includes:

Resources from a variety of excellent sources. Built for the COVID shutdown (so a bunch of quality materials not usually available for free). Organized by subjects and topics, and being added to over time.

Passwords

Academic Honesty

Stratford Hall: Academic Honesty Policy

Ms. Morozov, Sra. Peñafiel, and your subject teachers are happy to assist you with academic honesty. Please do not hesitate to ask us!

Your teachers will either have you create your own account on the Turnitin website, and sign up for their courses, or you will submit your work to Turnitin via ManageBac.

This infographic from Turnitin has useful information and examples for you.

NoodleTools is now connected to your Stratford Hall Google Account.

More Help:

Taking Action

Crowd Voice

“tracking voices of protest” - sourced and curated resources from across the web.

Do Something

For “moving beyond hashtag activism”. There are some really great ideas here - choose the type of cause in which you are interested, how much time you have, and the type of action you’d like to take.

350.org

A “global grassroots climate movement that can hold our leaders accountable to science and justice.”

Free public domain audiobooks in various languages! Volunteer to record a book.

Board Games

CLICK HERE FOR BOARD GAMES IN THE MYP/DP LIBRARIES

Games stay on campus, but should be checked out (like our books, these have Stratford Hall barcodes)
Join the Library Club if you'd like to play at lunch (Fridays - Grades 6-7, Thursdays for Senior School).
Don't have enough time to finish a game? Take photographs of where you are in your game play. We can also set aside a game you have going if you plan on coming back to it soon.

Book Club Sets & Library/Writing Clubs

Book Club Sets (Grades 8+)

Select here to see which books we have: includes book covers and descriptions.

Writing Contests/Awards and Places to Get Your Writing Published

Resources for Finding Books, Reading, and Writing

Writing Club

Currently grades 6+ with some grade 9s helping to organize it.
Part of regular library club days for your grade range.

Library Advisory Clubs

Influence library book purchases and promoting reading.
Read.
Plan library events and programming, e.g. genre-themed parties and book-trailer development.
Chat about books or book genres we’ve read together, as well as current events and life in general (sometimes over hot chocolate and popcorn).
Play board games, colour, make crafts, journal.
Note: you don’t have to be a library advisory member to participate in a book club, and those meeting can happen other days.

Grades 8-12: Wednesdays from 12:10-12:45pm in the MYP library with Ms. Morozov.

Grades 6-12: Thursdays from 12:10-12:45pm in the MYP library with Ms. Morozov.

Grades 6-7: Fridays from 12:10-12:45pm in the MYP library with Ms. Morozov.

LLC Senior School Student Newsletter

Teacher Resources

Evaluating Sources/Research Tools

Evaluating Sources & Research Tools

SweetSearch: a search engine for students where all sources listed have been vetted by librarians.
Research F.A.Q.s (Frequently Asked Questions)

Evaluating Sources

John Green's Crash Course: Navigating Digital Information (video series)

Resource Evaluation Using the IB's OPCV
Noodletools Information Evaluation Guides:

- Middle to High School Version
- High School to University Level Version (provides more resource options and information)

Also:

OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue: evaluating sources of information.
Tutorials and practice
Various research resources (not recently updated, so see subject guides for the latest).
Writing A dvice (various topics) from the University of Toronto.

Be a Detective

Wayback Machine: see what a website looked like in the past with this Internet archive.
Politwoops: an archive of deleted politicians' tweets, from around the world.
Tin Eye and Google Reverse Image Search for computer or phone. Use these tools to:
- figure out who is the artist of a painting on the wall in a photo of a living room.
- determine the authenticity of a photograph.
- critique infographics (many are exaggerated).
YouTube DataViewer (Amnesty International): extracts thumbnails from YouTube clips to help find original video source.
Handy chart to help determine to what extent a science news website bases its articles on evidence.
Snopes: a myth-busting website.
Openlinkprofiler.org: use this site to see which other websites link to the website you're trying to evaluate.
FactsCan: Canadian fact checker (especially politics), follows code of journalism ethics of Poynter.
Politifact: specializes in rating the truthfulness of reporting on politics and government.
Poynter: evidence-based fact checking in journalism, journalism tools.
FactCheck.org: a project of the University of Pennsylvania. Heavily U.S.-politics oriented, but also looks at science and Facebook rumours etc.
Media Bias/Fact Check: Recommended and used by various universities as well as news outlets. Great way to check the bias/leanings of news sources from around the world, and current events stories (albeit largely U.S.-focused).
Country Internet domain extensions

Request a Book/Resource & Suggestions

Databases & Encyclopedias

KnowBC

Passwords can be found here. You must be logged in to your Stratford Hall Google account to access this page.

The Encyclopedia of British Columbia is the definitive reference work on British Columbia. With more than 4,000 entries and 1,500 accompanying photographs, maps, charts and tables, as well as sound and video clips, The EBC is the source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant British Columbian people, places and things.

The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names

The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia is an indispensable companion and an essential reference for anyone interested in British Columbia history. Read details of the intriguing stories behind more than 5,000 BC coast places: who bestowed the names and why, and what they reveal.

Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest

The most comprehensive collection of photographs of Pacific Northwest marine life ever published, with more than 1,400 saltwater plants and animals and 1,700 superb photographs. A must-have resource for serious biologists, scuba divers, beachcombers and anyone interested in marine life and beautiful underwater photography.

Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed: Frontier Women of British Columbia

From fearless immigrants to indigenous women in the workforce, award-winning journalist Stephen Hume unmasks the stories of British Columbia’s Frontier Women. Abounding with historical photographs and rare glimpses into the daring, and often difficult, lives of pioneering women, Lilies and Fireweed reveals the voices and hands of women who helped shape and build British Columbia.

Far West: The Story of British Columbia

British Columbia’s colourful story has been told many times, but until now no one has attempted to relate the chronicle specifically for young readers. From the gold rush to the Gumboot Navy and from “bride ships” to W.A.C. Bennett, BC history comes alive in this highly illustrated and vivid account by award-winning writer and historian Daniel Francis.

From the West Coast to the Western Front: British Columbians and the Great War

It has often been observed that the First World War jolted Canada into nationhood, and as Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickson show in this compelling book, no province participated more eagerly in that transformation or felt the aftershock more harshly than British Columbia.

Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: A History

Tofino and Clayoquot Sound delves into all facets of geographically and culturally rich land's history, bringing to life the chronicle that started with the dramatic upheavals of geological formation and continues to the present day.

The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia

The Strait of Georgia is one of the world’s great inland seas, a 6,515 square kilometre body of water lying between the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island. Rich in history, teeming with wildlife and marine traffic, the waterway is essential to British Columbians for food, jobs, travel and recreation.

Pacific Seaweeds: Updated and Expanded Edition

This updated and expanded guide is the authoritative guide to over 100 common species of seaweeds in the Pacific Northwest. From species identification and seaweed biology to the essential roles seaweed plays in the marine ecosystem and our everyday lives, Pacific Seaweeds thoroughly documents every aspect of seaweed life.

Encyclopedias

Passwords can be found here. You must be logged in to your Stratford Hall Google account to access this page.

Primary Sources Collections

Gale Points to the Past: (broad search) primary source documents free for all British Columbians (so don't use a VPN location outside of BC)

Search by specific database: (narrow search)

This is just a sampling - don't forget to check the websites of various other universities, museums, and public libraries for more.

Many resources have not been digitized so you may have to go to the library/archives in person to look through their collections/shelves.

GALE

GALE Database Interfaces

Passwords can be found here. You must be logged in to your Stratford Hall Google account to access this page.

Big database search - search ALL of our GALE products EXCEPT Points to the Past (use the more narrow searches below for fewer results).

For more narrow searches, see these databases and interfaces :

Canada in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events.

Gale Points to the Past: (broad search) primary source documents free for all British Columbians.

Search by specific database: (narrow search)

Global Issues in Context
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.

EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost Database Interfaces

Passwords can be found here. You must be logged in to your Stratford Hall Google account to access this page.

Big database search - search MOST of EBSCOhost databases and interfaces.

For a more narrow search of specific databases and interfaces, click on the big EBSCOhost button below.

This button will take you to separate searches of all these services shown here.

New Sarepta Public Library - Explora Canada - New Sarepta Public ...

Secondary
Primary
Educator's Edition

EBSCOhost Research Databases | Richland Library

EBSCOhost French
Academic Search Premier
Image Search
GreenFILE
MasterFILE Premier
Professional Development
Funk & Wagnall's
Regional Business News
Staff Resources

NOTE: Business Source Premier cannot be accessed individually. You can ONLY get it through the big round EBSCO Discovery Service button above.

All Databases - Vancouver Island Regional Library

Research | North Grenville Public Library

Canadian Reference Centre

Logo - Link to Search

Canadian Points of View

Consumer Health Complete | Middlesex Library

Consumer Health Complete

About Poetry and Short Story Reference Center | Christchurch City ...

Poetry & Short Story Reference Centre

Literary Reference Center | Libraries

Literary Reference Centre

NoveList K-8 Plus | Richland Library

NoveList K-8 Plus

NoveList Plus for Reading Suggestions | Richland Library

NoveList Plus (all ages)

Open Access Journals

These tools will find legally free versions of research papers if you cannot find the same version on our library databases:

Unpaywall is a Chrome browser extension

Open Access Button allows you to search for free versions from any browser.

And...

Select here for the Directory of Open Access Journals

ResearchGate: where researchers share their work. You'll need to create a free account.
Full Text Reports: "A top-tier research professional's hand-picked selection of documents from academe, corporations, government agencies, interest groups, NGOs, professional societies, research institutes, think tanks, trade associations, and more."

BrainPOP

Others

Passwords can be found here. You must be logged in to your Stratford Hall Google account to access this page.

Resources from a variety of excellent sources. Built for the COVID shutdown (so a bunch of quality materials not usually available for free). Organized by subjects and topics, and being added to over time.

Temporary Access for COVID-19 Shutdown

Free Access to Journals for COVID-19 Shutdown

JSTOR How to register and get free access to some articles.

Textbooks

Instructions: once you've selected the subject area, you will need to click on "Access: Only show content I have access to".

Project MUSE

Some books and other resources from Project Muse are being made available for COVID-19 shutdown - select "Only content I have access to":

Subject Guides

Grade 6

Grade 7

Grade 10

Geography Connections:

Destiny catalogue: geography books in Stratford Hall Libraries plus sampling of websites
Laminated wall maps (kept in the DP library): these can be checked out for e.g. your classroom wall for a unit and presentations.
How to use NoodleTools
Wall versions of CARRDSS
Bias vs. Perspective (Point of View)
Research F.A.Q.s (Frequently Asked Questions)
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources in Science

Grade 9

Diploma Programme - General

History (DP)

Extended Essay

English

Science (MYP)

Aboriginal/Indigenous Peoples Resources (MYP/DP)

20th and 21st Century (mostly) Indigenous History Subject Guide

Stratford Hall Library Resources
Indigenous Peoples of North America (BC Points to the Past) Database
Look at e.g. our databases, streaming video services, etc.

Maps

First People's Map of B.C.: Languages, Arts, Heritage

Canoe Kids Digital Magazine

Canoe Kids digital magazines celebrate the differences and similarities among Indigenous cultures.

Global Storybooks Project: Indigenous Storybooks

"This project aims to make the text, images, and audio of stories available in Indigenous languages as well as English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada." (NOT complete)

PLUS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES here.

Individuals & Societies (MYP)

Grade 8

Islamic Innovations
Middle Ages/Feudalism: Stratford Hall physical resources collection
Research F.A.Q.s (Frequently Asked Questions)
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources in Science
Wall versions of CARRDSS
Bias vs. Perspective (Point of View)
How to use NoodleTools
Earn your Library Website Navigator Credential Badge
- How to add credentials badges to your email signature

Using Extensions to Search Online

In Google, enter a keyword, then site:.extension into the search bar. The extensions used below take you to mostly academic/university websites (note that not all .edu sites are truly academic):

e.g. astrolabe invention site:.ac.uk
e.g. islamic inventions site:.mcgill.ca
e.g.”tin glazing” invention site:.edu

Use this same technique to find resources from the perspective of specific countries:

From universities in China:
e.g. Zhang Zeduan site:edu.cn

From Chinese government websites:
e.g. Huizong song emperor site:gov.cn

The Arts

Ebooks/Magazines & Audiobooks

*** See also the "Databases and Encyclopedias" tab for more academic books

Our Overdrive system is for grades 8+ and staff.

*Teachers - check with Kirsten for class-set rentals.

Video for how to access Overdrive and Sora on computer or tablet/phone

OR, look at the instructions on this page.

Read/listen on the new Sora App: use on both browser and mobile devices.

Track your reading habits
Earn achievement badges
Exportable notes
Many more features

Browser

http://isabc.lib.overdrive.com

Select “Stratford Hall” on the dropdown list
Enter your normal SH Google login username and password
Latest Mac platform: only can read via browser, cannot download to Books.

Overdrive App for various devices:

http://app.overdrive.com/

DOES work on both iOS (Mac) and Android devices.
Search for “Stratford Hall”
Select “Independent Schools Association of British Columbia”
Select “Stratford Hall” on the dropdown list
Enter your SH Google login username and password

You can add other libraries to your Overdrive App, such as the Vancouver Public Library:

Ebooks can also be found in our databases - click on the database tab above.

See Passwords page for access.

Canoe Kids Indigenous Cultures Magazine

Interactive Ebooks for Education (temporary free access for COVID closure)

See Passwords page for access.

K-12 Textbooks

Ebooks (temporary free access for COVID closure)

Spotify has audiobooks and meditations, etc.

Official Books List
Instructions for accessing ALL chapters of a book (it's not obvious).
Guided Meditation Playlist: this is just one example of many.

(temporary free access for COVID closure)

"Global Storybooks is a free multilingual literacy resource for children and youth worldwide. Read, download, toggle, and listen to a wide variety of illustrated stories..."

Global Storybooks includes Indigenous Storybooks

"This project aims to make the text, images, and audio of stories available in Indigenous languages as well as English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada." (NOT complete)

PLUS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES here.

Comics and Manga

Some being made free to read online during COVID-19 school closures. Note - parents should check the appropriateness of the various options.

Comixology
Shonen Jump/VIZ
Various webcomics: middle grades and young adult

Choose your own adventures
(and ask Ms. Morozov how to make your own with Google Forms):

Free ebook and audiobook options
(some only available free temporarily for COVID-19 school closures)

Public Libraries have lots of e-book and audiobook options. You'll need your library card and PIN number (usually the last four digits of your phone number). Here's the link to digital books at Vancouver libraries and Burnaby libraries.
Apple Books: ‘stay at home’ collection of free read-alongs for kids, cozy mysteries, and audiobooks.
Sync free audiobook program for teens 13+ - starts April 30th: continues for 13 weeks until July 29, SYNC gives participants two thematically paired audiobooks a week.
Open Library (Internet Archives): mostly older books/classics, but Harry Potter, The Book Thief etc. available. Check publishing date of nonfiction carefully before using for research (remember CARRDSS!)
Librivox (older books): free audiobooks
* Note: readers are volunteers so quality varies. You too can volunteer to record a book!
Time for Kids magazine
Audible audiobooks for kids
Celebrities read books aloud(video)
International Children's Digital Library (in various languages)
12-Story Library series book sets (mostly nonfiction)
Pearson Textbooks and how to access them.
Junior Library Guild: elementary, middle, and high school collections
RivetedLit: free books from SimonTeen
Project Gutenberg

More

Follow Ms. Morozov at Twitter: @SHcommons or Instagram @sabresread where virtual book tours, book read-alouds, etc. will be shared.

Library Catalogues

Stratford Hall

Universities

We have UBC community library cards that can be checked out like a book: see Ms. Morozov to get one.

University librarians usually specialize in certain subjects: here is the UBC librarian directory if you're looking for expertise.

SH students get their own SFU community library cards in April of grade 11.

University librarians usually specialize in certain subjects: here is the SFU librarian directory if you're looking for expertise.

Author Read-Alouds and Book Talks:

MIT Press Live! Book Talk Series
Oliver Jeffers live (weekdays 11am PST) and recorded video. His books are technically for younger kids, but actually, fun for all ages.
Mac Barnett live (weekdays 12pm PST)
Kwame Alexander
Celebrities read books aloud
Neil Gaiman reads The Graveyard Book and Coraline

Museums etc.:

Vancouver Aquarium live streams, DIY tutorials, etc.
Virtual museum tours from around the world.
Science World films

Concerts, Theatre, etc.:

One World Together at Home Global Special Event: music and more April 18th.
Western Canada Music Livestreams and Webinars: e.g. Daily guitar lessons from The Arkells. User beware as this is crowd-sourced. Also, don't be logged into Google when you look at this document (stay anonymous).
NPR's list of live-streamed concerts from around the world
Globe Theatre, London: free streaming Shakespeare plays (starting April 6th)
Met Opera Nightly: 4:30pm PST weekdays. Schedule of events.
Look up #songsofcomfort on social media (e.g. Twitter & Instagram) for videos performances. Movement started by Yo-Yo Ma.
Patrick Stewart is reading a Sonnet a Day
Billboard's calendar of music events
Vulture's list of music events