To supplement the Internet searching for students and public patrons, the school and the Chittenden Public Library jointly subscribe to the Vermont Online Library. This is a diverse collection of database (indexed) resources, focused largely on magazine articles, but including image collections, maps, newspapers and basic encyclopedia entries.
In order to access these, you should acquire passwords from the librarian that will allow their use from both school and home. To find the login page, you should go to the Barstow web page, click on Launch Pad, then enter the appropriate password in the box, varying according to your location - home or school. Once logged in, you can search across all database collections at once, or choose one database to search in. You will usually want to choose to search for "full text" articles, so that your results include only complete articles and not simply the title and location of an existing article.
This database is a great supplement to the initial look-up in an encyclopedia and search for Inernet sites. The magazine articles can be much more specific in their focus, and offer another authoritative source of information. Call the library (773-6926, x. 12) or e-mail agallivan@rnesu.org to receive the password for home and try it out! Practice at using it will make you a proficient researcher in no time.
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