Library
Welcome to the EHS Library
Library Links
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Destiny Quest: Online Library Catalog
Search the library catalog & related websites. Find the books you want and place your holds! Orders will be gathered and sent to the main office for pick up. You will receive an electronic notification when your books are ready.
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ELLENSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY
Go to our city library for books, e-books, audiobooks, databases and more!
Resources
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Tips, examples, and help formulating arguments help with warrants/structure
Organizing and structuring an argument OWL argument help
Help with organization sample Toulmin arguments
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- Authors
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Careers
- Career survey
Career interest survey with potential employment fields.
- Military
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Options after high school
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Looking for a good book to read? Check out these new book videos! (may not be able to view on school computers).
- An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
- As Simple As Snow, by Gregory Galloway
- Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L.Going
- How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff
- Looking for Alaska, by John Green
- Runemarks, by Joanne Harris
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
- Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
- You Don't Know Me, by David Klass
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EBSCO E-books
Issues and Controversies
Infobase LearningEBSCO LINK
Informational e-books for check out!
username: ellensburghs
password: Bulldogs2023!
Ellensburg Public Library
Access tremendous databases such as Proquest or Ebsco through the public library site. Ask in the EHS library or your teacher for the log in.
Issues & Controversies
An argument/debate database
*remote passwords available at checkout desk
username: ellensburgsd
password: digitalLearn 360
username: ellensburgsd
password: digitalThe World Almanac for Kids
username: ellensburgsd
password: digitalThe World Almanac for Kids Elementary
username: ellensburgsd
password: digitalWorld Book Online
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- ALA Booklists & Awards
- Ellensburg Public Library Teen Site
- Guys Read
- National Book Award
- Nobel Prize for Literature
- Oprah Book Club
- Pulitzer Prize for Literature
- Teen Reads
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Help with MLA documentation and writing academic papers for school.
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Links to useful constitutional issues sites
Search Supreme Court cases by topic.
Type an issue into the search bar at this site and then select either Articles or Case law. If you choose Case law, you then have the option of selecting a level of court. For this assignment you will mainly select Federal. You will then get a list of related cases. When you select a case you will see the actual decision. You may then select How cited, and you will get a list of quotes of how this case was cited in other cases as well as a list of the names of cases in which it was cited.
Find debates and amendments, search court cases
Find constitutional issues, primary sources, and support/opposition.
Search constitutional Supreme Court cases
Research the debates for controversial issues
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CWWP 2014
Documents from CWU workshop:"Short Research Projects that Support Argument"Digital Citizenship
Internet Safety and Responsibility for teensFamily Connection
Tips and information to get kids reading, keep them safe online, the district's Acceptable Use Policy, and other important items.JSTOR Help
JSTOR tip sheet and overviewLibrary TA Quarter 1
Morgan Current Event Access
Tutorial to access Proquest at the public library.
Research Tools
Jansen Big Six Research Process Organizer
Criteria sheet for argument
BarlowLinkHow to cite electronic resources (MLA)
Help with argumentHelp with arguments PPT
Let’s get ExCITED!! (2)MLA Powerpoint with Constitution and Court Cases
Primary Sources PowerpointPrimary and secondary sources: what's the difference?
Sample paper with in-text citations"Baldness" Sample MLA paper with in-text citations
Source eval CARSSource evaluation
Where can I find images?"Finding and Citing Images"
Works Cited Guidelines (MLA)MLA8 Cheat Sheet. (Basic Style)
Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources 2017