1. DISCUS South Carolina’s Virtual Library A program overview
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2. DISCUS South Carolina’s Virtual Library A program overview

3. What is DISCUS? Digital Information for SC Users
An online library, available day and night
Provides free access to electronic subscription library resources
For South Carolinians of all ages and interests
Coordinated by the SC State Library

4. What resources can be found in DISCUS?
Magazines, newspapers
Professional journals
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Electronic books
Reference materials
Web site links
Atlases
…and more!

5. What information do the resources provide?
Articles
Maps
Video, audio
Primary sources
Lesson plans
Curriculum standards
Historic documents
Government reports
Web sites
Photos, illustrations,
charts, and other
images

6. What subject areas are covered with DISCUS resources?
Arts & Literature
Biography
Business
Current Events
Education
Government & Legal
Health & Medicine
History
Science & Technology
Social Sciences

7. Use DISCUS for… K-12 homework, projects and reports College research
Educator preparation
Independent study
Political awareness
Consumer decisions
Lifelong learning

8. Use DISCUS at home, too! Your public library or your school
library media specialist can
provide you with the user
name and password.

9. Thank your legislators!
DISCUS is funded by the
South Carolina General Assembly
through the K-12 Technology Initiative,
with supplemental funding by the federal
Library Services & Technology Act.
DISCUS is coordinated by the
SC State Library
in cooperation with school, college
and public libraries.

10. To learn more, ask your librarian!
Use DISCUS today!
scdiscus.org
To learn more, ask your librarian!