Project-Databases

Ninety-five percent of the schools in Missouri participate in MOREnet’s K-12 Technology Network Program which gives each of those schools, among other things, access to online electronic databases as part of their membership.
 * School Library Tour **

36 Databases

 * Academic OneFile
 * Agriculture Collection
 * Biography in Context
 * Business and Company ASAP
 * Business and Company Resource Center
 * Business Economics and Theory
 * Communication and Mass Media
 * Criminal Justice Collection
 * Culinary Arts Collection
 * Discovering Collection
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection
 * Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
 * General OneFile
 * Global Issues in Context
 * Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
 * Health Reference Center Academic
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Home Improvement Collection
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Informe!
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">InfoTrac Junior
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">InfoTrac Student
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kids InfoBits
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literature Resource Center
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Popular Magazines
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science in Context
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Small Business Resource Center
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Student Resources in Context
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">U. S. History in Context
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">World History in Context

Other MOREnet databases available to your students are found on the page [].
 * NewsBank (JCKL)
 * Learning Express Library (JCKL)
 * Annenberg Media
 * NetSmartz Workshop
 * Missouri Resources

**School districts are put into two categories. The first category has school districts that have mentioned and ideally included databases links. The second category has a list of school districts where there is no mention of databases found on their Web site.**

1. School: **North County High School, Bonne Terre, MO**
 * Link: @http://www.ncsd.k12.mo.us/nchs/lmc/index.htm
 * Format: This school's databases were not found on the Library Media's home page, rather the Raider Research tab. The databases are located in the second "box" on the page. There are no pictures, but there are descriptions located next to some of the database names. First, students have the option to click on the MORENet Resources links to MORENet main page (@http://search.more.net/) where they are taken to a student friendly search engine. The student may type in a keyword search, a subject search or a database search. Back on the school's Raider Research tab, students also have the option to click on "The Gale Group" link, that takes them directly to a login page. Also on Raider Research are quick links to databases with descriptions:
 * Discovery Connection- //History, Literature, Biographies, Science//
 * InfoTrac-//Periodicals//
 * InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
 * St. Louis Post Dispatch- //(1988-current)//
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Health and Wellness Resource Center
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Health Reference Center Academic
 * <span style="color: #090113; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learning Express- //A variety of college prep, job skills, GED tests. Create your own account and take any test.//
 * Missing: I've selected the databases not mentioned directly on the school's Web Site (however they may be mentioned on the MORENet Resource page).
 * ** Databases Missing from North County High School’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Global Issues in Context || Science in Context ||
 * Agriculture Collection || General OneFile || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Biography in Context || Home Improvement Collection || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Informe! || World History in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || InfoTrac Junior || Annenberg Media ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || InfoTrac Student || Missouri Resources ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || Kids InfoBits || NetSmartz Workshop ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || Literature Resource Center || NewsBank ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center ||  ||
 * Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Popular Magazines ||  ||
 * Access: No where is there mention of how to access these databases, nor clearly identified which ones are free or subscribed to. When you click on a subscribed database students are prompted to give their Library ID, barcode, or other ID, then click proceed. Students in my school have memorized their Library ID. I wonder if this is the same for students at this school, so accessing at school and at home would be easy. If this is the case, the librarian has one less job to make sure students know what their login and password is.
 * I did not notice any hints as to how to do research with the databases, but this school does a nice job giving students tutorials on PowerPoint, how not to plagiarize, and copyright issues. I also like their research brochure. @http://www.ncsd.k12.mo.us/nchs/lmc/Research%20Brochure/Research%20brochure_2%20pages.pdf (Their brochure states NewsBank as an available database, but after much searching, I could not find it.)

2. School: **North County Middle School, Desloge, MO**
 * Link: http://www.ncsd.k12.mo.us/classwebsite/dworley/default.htm
 * Format: This middle school is from the same school district as North County High School. What I found very interesting is how much less these students have access to the free databases. This Web site has organized it's information neatly with the databases located in the center column. There is a picture of Discovery Collection and the rest is just text in a list. The databases in this list are mixed with free and subscription, with no way to tell which is which unless the link is clicked on. There also isn't a description to know the focus of each database. This makes students less likely to use them because they have to 'hunt' for information.
 * Missing Databases: All but three- Discovery Learning, Learning Express, and InfoTrac (I am sure what the difference is between InfoTrac, InfoTrac Student and InfoTrac Junior.
 * ** Databases Missing from North County Middle School’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Global Issues in Context || Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center ||
 * Agriculture Collection || General OneFile || Popular Magazines ||
 * Biography in Context || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Science in Context ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Health Reference Center Academic || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Home Improvement Collection || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || Informe! || World History in Context ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || InfoTrac Junior || Annenberg Media ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || InfoTrac Student || Missouri Resources ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || Kids InfoBits || NetSmartz Workshop ||
 * Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Literature Resource Center || NewsBank ||
 * Access: Again, there is no mention as to how to access the databases, but it does ask for a Library ID, barcode or other ID.
 * This Web site does provide curriculum focused linked for animal research as well as biographies.
 * This Web site did not provide the MoreNet Research page.
 * Side Note: In this school district, North St. Francois County School District R-I, I find it interesting the high school's Web site provided the most database information, the middle school Web site provided some information, but the K-2, 3-4, or 5-6 buildings did not mention any of the databases, nor did they have a Library website. Students should be introduced and work on research projects before they reach 7th grade.

3. School: **Bronaugh R-VII School District, Bronaugh, MO**
 * Link: @http://www.bronaughschools.net/vnews/display.v/SEC/Pearl%20Martin%20Library
 * Format: When you get to the home page, click on the Pearl Martin Library tab (link provided). There you will notice World Book Online for Home Use. With the link, the librarian has included the user name and password. I don't know if including the user name and password right on the page is the best idea because I am able to login and use their account as a complete stranger. However, it is easy for students to use World Book Online at home this way. The only mention of databases is the third button on the right titled Gale Databases. When clicked on it takes you right to a login in screen. There is no way to know what databases that includes and doesn't include. That also isn't encouraging to students if there is no way of knowing what is beyond the login screen. I did notice the Gale Database link only shows up on the library page, but isn't offered on any of the other pages like Parent Pawprint, Hotline and School Soup is on every page.
 * Missing: I've included all databases as missing from the school's library page. They did not mention one database, but they did at least provide a link to the Gale Databases, which is more than my list of schools at the bottom of the page.
 * ** All Databases Missing from Bronaugh’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Global Issues in Context || Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center ||
 * Agriculture Collection || General OneFile || Popular Magazines ||
 * Biography in Context || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Science in Context ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Health Reference Center Academic || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Home Improvement Collection || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || Informe! || World History in Context ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || InfoTrac Junior || Annenberg Media ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || InfoTrac Student || Missouri Resources ||
 * Discovering Collection || Kids InfoBits || NetSmartz Workshop ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Learning Express Library || NewsBank ||
 * Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Literature Resource Center ||  ||
 * Access: Other than the login and password being provided for World Book, there is no mention of how to access the Gale Databases. After clicking on Gale Databases, students are prompted to typed in their Library ID, barcode or other ID. Again if this number is memorized, maybe accessing the Databases are easy at school and at home.
 * I did not see any information provided to help students do research or any other educational Web sites students might want to visit at home.

4. School: **Carthage High School, Carthage, MO**
 * Link: @http://www.carthage.k12.mo.us/hs/media/index.html
 * Format: This school's media Web site has "Online Resources Quick Access" and "More Online Resources Quick Access". There isn't a differentiation between which link is free and which on is a subscription, or any images next to the databases. However, there is a quick description located next to each link which is helpful to a researching student. Descriptions to MORENet databases include:
 * Discovery Collection- Cultures, geography, U.S. and world history, literature, and science
 * Gale- 1000s of magazines, newspapers, journals
 * Learning Express Library- Test prep including ACT and SAT practice tests
 * Opposing Viewpoints- Searchable index for information on controversial social issues.
 * NewsBank- Full-text newspapers
 * Missing:
 * ** Databases Missing from Carthage’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Global Issues in Context || Popular Magazines ||
 * Agriculture Collection || General OneFile || Science in Context ||
 * Biography in Context || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Health Reference Center Academic || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Home Improvement Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || World History in Context ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || Informe! || Annenberg Media ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || InfoTrac Junior || Missouri Resources ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || InfoTrac Student || NetSmartz Workshop ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || Kids InfoBits ||  ||
 * Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Literature Resource Center ||  ||
 * Access: When you click on Discovery Connection or Opposing Views students are asked to give their Library ID, barcode or other ID. However, when you click on NewBank a username and password is asked. Gale databases asks for a password only. With Learning Express Library, I was able to to access most of the site without having to login. What I found interesting on this school's Web site is how most of the research links that were not MORENet, still required a login and password. I did not see anywhere mentioned where to find these passwords.
 * Another interesting find was Novelist. When I clicked on that link, an EBSCO Host User ID and Password was prompted. I wondered if this is a database that is part of the switch from Gale to EBSCO.
 * I did like this Web site's Ready Reference page. It listed helpful links by topic in alphabetical order. These sites were free to access.

5. School: **Drexel R-IV School District, Dexter, MO**
 * Link: @http://www.drexel.k12.mo.us/students.html
 * Format: This is a very simple school Web site. When you click on the student page, on the right hand side, you will find a list of resources. From the MORENet Resources, InfoTrace, Newsbank and Learning Express are the ones listed as available. On the Teacher page the NetSmartz database is available. There are no pictures or descriptions next to the databases, just in a list format.
 * Missing: I kept InfoTrac Junior and InfoTrac Student as missing because this school's Web site just lists InfoTrac.
 * ** Databases Missing from Drexel’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Literature Resource Center ||
 * Agriculture Collection || Global Issues in Context || Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center ||
 * Biography in Context || General OneFile || Popular Magazines ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Science in Context ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Health Reference Center Academic || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Home Improvement Collection || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || Informe! || World History in Context ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || InfoTrac Junior || Annenberg Media ||
 * Discovering Collection || InfoTrac Student || Missouri Resources ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || Kids InfoBits ||  ||
 * Access: Students are to enter in their Library ID, barcode, or other ID. There is no mention on the school Web site how to access these databases, nor the other 3 databases that require a login and password.
 * I like how this school district has blogs. One blog is for the high school with two posts on it and the other blog is the teacher Professional Development blog. One of the three posts states the reason why they have this PD blog is because Drexel does not have any PD funding for the teachers for this past school year. They provided a partial list of possible PDs the teachers could go to for free or low cost.

6. School: **Fair Grove R-X, Fair Grove, MO**
 * Link: @http://www.fairgrove.k12.mo.us/applications/web_cms/index.php?pageid=172&menuid=114
 * Format: This school's Web site was interesting because there were only three items listed on this library page, a link to WilsonWeb, Morenet (Ebsco Host), and the high school's book club with first through third place books. Even though the only pictures are for the book club and not for the databases, there are descriptions for the databases. Next to the MoreNet database, the librarian has included information about how this database has a wide variety of topics, that all ages of students can use and the different formats MoreNet provides. Formats are reference books, newsletters and magazines. The link takes students directly to the MoreNet main page where you can access all the online resources, with a user name and password.
 * Missing: I've included all databases as missing because there weren't any directly mentioned on the library page.
 * ** Databases Missing from Fair Grove’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Global Issues in Context || Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center ||
 * Agriculture Collection || General OneFile || Popular Magazines ||
 * Biography in Context || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Science in Context ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Health Reference Center Academic || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Home Improvement Collection || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || Informe! || World History in Context ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || InfoTrac Junior || Annenberg Media ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || InfoTrac Student || Missouri Resources ||
 * Discovering Collection || Kids InfoBits || NetSmartz Workshop ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Learning Express Library || NewsBank ||
 * Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Literature Resource Center ||  ||
 * Access: The last sentence in the description for MoreNet states students can access these databases from home when they get the password from the library.
 * Even though this library's website is very simplistic, they have at least included an opportunity for students to access the databases as well as information on how to get the passwords. This is definitely better than nothing.

7. School: **Grain Valley High School, Grain Valley, MO**
 * Link: @http://destiny.grainvalley.k12.mo.us/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=Home
 * Format: This simple one page library Web site gives a list of varies resources. Some links help students with citation, On-line research and Newspapers. The databases listed from MORENet include, Newsbank, "Databases" which is a link to InfoTrac, and "The Learning Exchange" which is the Learning Express Library. The "Magazine articles" link, led to a broken Gale Cengage Learning link. On the district website, I was able to find NetSmartz Workshop. The library Web site has links categorized, but their are no pictures or descriptions. A student also cannot tell which link is subscription based and which ones are free.
 * Missing:
 * ** Databases Missing from Grain Valley’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Global Issues in Context || Popular Magazines ||
 * Agriculture Collection || General OneFile || Science in Context ||
 * Biography in Context || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Health Reference Center Academic || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Home Improvement Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || World History in Context ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || Informe! || Annenberg Media ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || InfoTrac Junior || Missouri Resources ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || InfoTrac Student ||  ||
 * Discovering Collection || Kids InfoBits ||  ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || Literature Resource Center ||  ||
 * Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center ||  ||
 * Access: There is no mention on the Web site on how to gain access to the databases. Once again, when a student clicks on the 'databases' link, they are prompted to give their Library ID, barcode or other ID.
 * What I found interesting about this school district is most of their schools' library pages followed the same format, expect they offered different databases. Sni-A-Bar Elementary offers Kids InfoBits, but no link to any of the other databases. Grain Valley Middle Schools gives a direct link to EBSCOhost Web-Mgazine Search and MORENet Databases. Stony Point Elementary Library gives a link to Newbank. Grain Vally North Middle School, Matthews Elementary School and Prairie Branch Library gives no links to any of the databases. My question is, if all these schools are following the same format, why not offer all of the same information? Especially if it's free!

8. School: **Raymore-Peculiar School District, Peculiar, MO**
 * Link: @http://www.raypec.k12.mo.us/index.aspx?nid=281
 * Format: This school district's library Web site is very researched based with creditable information. It isn't full of Yahoo and Ask for Kids. It has databases broken up into four categories, Destiny, Resources, Gale Virtual Reference Library I and Gale Virtual Reference Library II. The Gale Virtual Reference libraries have more information such as which databases are listed in each category. In the resource section, there is a brief sentence about these databases are subscription sites the school has paid for as well as access information. They have two different links, Gale Databases and Off Campus: Gale Databases. I was not able to see what the difference in these two links were because students are directed to login. This library also offers NewsBank (available at school only), Cass County Opposing ViewPoints, Learning Express Library and Discovering Collection. There is no other information or pictures associated with these links.
 * Missing:
 * ** Databases Missing from Raymore-Peculiar’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Global Issues in Context || Popular Magazines ||
 * Agriculture Collection || General OneFile || Science in Context ||
 * Biography in Context || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Health Reference Center Academic || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Home Improvement Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || World History in Context ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || Informe! || Annenberg Media ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || InfoTrac Junior || Missouri Resources ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || InfoTrac Student || NetSmartz Workshop ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || Kids InfoBits ||  ||
 * Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Literature Resource Center ||  ||
 * Access: Students are informed if they need a password, they should ask in the High School Library Media Center.

9. School: **Summit Lakes Middle School, Lee's Summit, MO**
 * Link: @http://slms.leesummit.k12.mo.us/slmslmc/databases.htm
 * Format: Hooray! I finally found a winner! This library not only offers suggests 12 specific MORENet Resources, but they also include a full sentence description of each database! There is also a link to all Gale Database via MORENET Resources link.
 * Missing:
 * ** All Databases Missing from Summit Lakes Middle School’s Web site ** ||
 * Agriculture Collection || Global Issues in Context || Science in Context ||
 * Biography in Context || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || InfoTrac Student || World History in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Kids InfoBits || Annenberg Media ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Learning Express Library || Missouri Resources ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || Literature Resource Center || NetSmartz Workshop ||
 * Discovering Collection || Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center || NewsBank ||
 * Access: Students are informed on top of the page they may access these database at home. This school is unique because they have a Database Passport that has all passwords needed to access their databases at home. This passport is a .pdf and it is password protected. In order to obtain that password, they need to ask the librarian, the librarian secretary or one of their teachers.
 * Besides the wonderful easy to understand database list, this website also has a class projects pages listed under the Research Tab. There you will find nineteen curriculum based topics. Once a topic is selected, two categories are given, recommended databases and recommended Web sites. Its quality database information is provided for the students to use in their research.
 * This librarian has a slide show on the left side bar of books she has read and she is also on Twitter and Facebook. This librarian has done a nice job incorporating technology and the social media to her students.

10. School: **Waynesville High School, Waynesville, MO** > Format: The online database page has a simple table with fifteen available databases, with four databases directly linked to MORENet Resources. Some links include a picture and some databases include a short description. There are two Gale databases available to students that are not on our class list, Gale Virtual Reference Library and Gale Lit Finder. The Subscription Database page was easy to find off the library's main page. A direct link to MORENet resources is provided as well as Opposing Views, Global Issues in Context and Newbank. On the Periodicals page, students may access the direct link to MOREnet Databases and to EBSCO Newspaper Source.
 * Link: @http://web.waynesville.k12.mo.us/whs/Library/Databases.html
 * Link: @http://web.waynesville.k12.mo.us/whs/Library/Periodicals.html
 * Missing:
 * ** Databases Missing from Waynesville’s Web site ** ||
 * Academic OneFile || Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection || Literature Resource Center ||
 * Agriculture Collection || General OneFile || Popular Magazines ||
 * Biography in Context || Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module || Science in Context ||
 * Business and Company ASAP || Health Reference Center Academic || Small Business Resource Center ||
 * Business and Company Resource Center || Home Improvement Collection || Student Resources in Context ||
 * Business Economics and Theory || Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection || U. S. History in Context ||
 * Communication and Mass Media || Informe! || World History in Context ||
 * Criminal Justice Collection || InfoTrac Junior || Annenberg Media ||
 * Culinary Arts Collection || InfoTrac Student || Missouri Resources ||
 * Discovering Collection || Kids InfoBits || NetSmartz Workshop ||
 * Fine Arts and Music Collection || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Learning Express Library ||  ||
 * Access: On the Gale databases, students are prompted to give their Library ID, barcode or other ID. On the EBSCO hosted sites, students are prompted to give their user ID and password. Next to all the databases there is an asterisk. At the bottom of the page, the asterisk states all databases can be accessed at home but students need to see the library media specialist for their user name and password.
 * On the top of the online database page, students are informed the school subscribes to several online databases for the students to use for research projects. The databases are valuable tools and can be searched with keywords and phrases. Some databases are for general research and others are more subject-specific. The librarian encourages students to start their projects using the databases before going out on the Web because databases may save them a lot of time.
 * On the library's main page, they justify why having the library is important. They list their library has 15,000 volumes and a wide variety of newspaper and periodicals. They also list the large number of computers that are connected to the Internet and building network. I liked their last sentence the best, " Students find the library-media center an essential part of their education at WHS, and a training ground for college and/or technical school."


 * Schools where databases were not found in my search:**
 * Alton R-IV
 * Bakersfield R-IV
 * Bismarck R-V
 * Cainsville R-I
 * Gainesville Junior High and High school- I was clicking away and found under 'useful links' a link to EBSCO Host. However, when I tried to follow my 'bread crumb' on how I found that page, I was unable to find it again. I searched and searched but just couldn't find it again. This school might as well not have the database link, it is buried and too hard to find!
 * North Mercer Co. R-III
 * Wood Elementary- R-VI Waynesville School District. This is my current school and I have never heard of these databases until this assignment. When I click on my school's library media center website, it is disappointingly completely blank. I looked at all the schools in my large district and was only able to find databases provided at the High School Library Web site. When school starts in August, I'll be sure to ask my school's new librarian how my students can get access to these databases. I'll also ask if I can put the databases on my classroom Web site.


 * Reflection:** After doing this school library tour, I am surprised to see how many school districts do not list all thirty six databases available for free for their students. It seems many of the school districts just list one link to MORENet Resources, but do not highlight or encourage students to use these free and valuable resources. I've started to notice a trend. I had better luck finding the databases on larger school district Web sites. I also if a school district provided access to the databases, it was mostly in the high school and occasionally in the middle schools. As I mentioned above, students in elementary school should also be granted access to these databases. Elementary students need to be taught how to do research projects as well as how to find reliable, verified information that is not just Google. I noticed many school districts provided links to yahoo, games and many free search engines. The EBSCO databases are also free, they are just password protected. My last thought is maybe school districts do not promote MORENet's databases because they do not know about them. But as we discussed in our Skype lesson, that is not an excuse. It is the Librarian's responsibility to be in the know and provide the best for their students.