2. PS108 Library Welcomes Teachers and Staff to our Information Highway Created by Robin Gerstenblatt

3. All databases can be viewed on Ms. Gerstenblatt’s Portaportal http://guest/portaportal.com/108pd

4. Databases available to PS108 »United Streaming »NOVEL »Thomson Gale »Ebsco »World Book »NYPL

5. United Streaming http://unitedstreaming.com »Discovery Education streaming is a digital video-on-depmand and online teaching service; it is aligned to U.S. state standards »To sign up for you account enter this passcode 4F451091 »Create a username and password »Download Curriculum Content Videos with your PS 108 paid subscription

6. NOVEL New York Online Virtual Electronic Library »Provided by the New York State Library »PS108 has signed up and has a subscription that can be used in school without using a password »Home use must use a user name and password to aceess the databases »The two companies that provide access to their databases are »EBSCO »Thomson GALE

7. EBSCO »http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspex?authtype=ip, uid&custid+ps025325&group=empirehttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspex?authtype=ip, uid&custid+ps025325&group=empire »Or click on EBSCO from database category in Ms.Gerstenblatt’s Portaportal »Access in school needs NO password »Home Access »Username novel »Passwordnovel »Contains Primary Search »60 popular elementary school magazines »Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia »Eencyclopedia of Animals

8. Thomson Gale »http://infortrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_4_ps108http://infortrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_4_ps108 »Or click on Gale from the database category of Ms. Gerstenblatt’s Portaportal »School Access needs NO Password »Home Access »Username empirelink »Passwordempirelink »Info Trac Junior »Designed for accelerated elementaryand junior high »147 Full-test titles »Rand McNally Maps »Lesson plans and power point presentations for intermediate and advanced users are located on the NYCDOE library website under the category of databasesNYCDOE library

9. WorldBookOnline »World Book Online Reference CenterWorld Book Online Reference Center »Contains articles from the 22 volume encylopedia »World Book Research Libraries »Basic Spanish-language encyclopedia for elementary and middle grades »Extensive Maps and audio/video clips »Back in Time feature »Username and Passwords are needed for home and school access »Username and password is Region9

10. NYPL »NYPL website http://nypl.orghttp://nypl.org »Anyone with a NYPL library card is allow to have access to their databases »Type in your NYPL library card barcode »When you see the image below you can access to 85 databases from any computer with an internet access

11. I hope you enjoyed today’s journey on the PS 108 Information Highway. I look forward to taking many more journeys together. If you have any questions or need further assistance please stop by the library. Happy trails to you until we meet again. Robin Gerstenblatt PS 108 Librarian