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Monday, March 9, 2020

Library Services During Winter 2020 Placements

Keep this message for important information about library services and access to resources during your placement.
If you need assistance you can contact the library directly at orlibrary@lakeheadu.ca or call 705-330-4008 ext. 2252.
Best of luck on your placements!

Print Library Materials:
You can borrow many library items and bring them with you on your placement (some materials are excluded).  Ask library staff for more information. 

Scan and Delivery:
Electronic delivery of book excerpts and journal articles may be possible while you are on your placement.  Find the book or journal title in the library's OMNI search system, sign in with your Lakehead username and password, and look for the Get It options. Choose Request Scanned Excerpt and specify what section of the item that you need. 

Library Hours:
Orillia Education Library hours vary during placement. Please contact us in advance to ensure that we will be open when you wish to visit the library. You can also arrange to pick up and return items after hours at the University Avenue campus.

Special Passwords in the D2L E-Tools course-site
Some databases and software listed below require a login that is not your LU email username and password. This username/password information is available in a MyCourselink site named: Fac Ed/Library E-Tools for Teaching.

Library Guides are available on many Education related topics and are available on the Education Library website.   A selection of these guides is listed below:

Access to Online K-12 Lesson Planning & EBook Databases is available, including the following:
Lesson Planning Databases
EBook Collections
AtoZ Maps Online Database of over 4,000 reproducible, up to date, proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. 
Green Teacher Webinar Series Click on Webinars, select Past Webinars, Click here to access the webinar archive for subscribers. A password is required to login, please check your D2L course listings for this course, Fac Ed/Library E-Tools for Teaching. After you enter the password, you should be directed into a page of "Protected Webinar Subscriber Archive".
MusicPlay Online is a resource for elementary music teachers which includes new activities, printables and teacher resources. This is a wonderful teaching tool, enhancing and making it easier to model for the students how to label beat/rhythm, how to name solfa notes, and to teach the elements of music.  A password is required to login, please check your D2L course listings for this course, Fac Ed/Library E-Tools for Teaching
NAXOS Music Library provides a comprehensive Music Collection with access to CDs and tracks of music and other information. 500+ new CDs are added to the library every month. A password is required to login, please check your D2L course listings for this course, Fac Ed/Library E-Tools for Teaching.
OERB: Ontario Educational Resources Bank this is the Ontario Ministry of Education database. You may search for resources by grade, subject/course, strand, overall expectations, and/or keywords. Videoclips are included in this database. A password is required to login, please check your D2L course listings for this course, Fac Ed/Library E-Tools for Teaching.
Open Culture: The best free cultural & educational media on the web This collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students featuring free video lessons/tutorials; mobile apps; audiobooks, ebooks and textbooks; free foreign language lessons; test prep materials; and free web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science and computing. 
OPHEA (Ontario Physical and Health Education Association) Elementary Curriculum Online Resources These online resources support the implementation of Ontario’s H&PE Curriculum for Grades 1-8. Click the "Click to Access the HP&E Resources" button on the BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE to access this database.
OPHEA Safety Guidelines Link directly to the Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines. No password required
BookFlix (Children's Ebooks) is a collection from Scholastic that matches children's ebook stories with related nonfiction/informational ebooks. A password is required to login, please check your D2L course listings for this course, Fac Ed/Library E-Tools for Teaching. 
Britannica eBook K-12 Collection provides access to 1,400 Britannica book titles from 40 popular Britannica series and collections from Kindergarten to Grade 12 in the areas of science, social studies, and language arts.
Crabtree Digital provides access to beautifully illustrated books and educational resources on K-9+ curriculum subjects including animals, countries, life and physical sciences, geography, biographies and more. Newer collections include books on Mathematics, Makerspaces, Engineering, Explorers and Sports heroes.
TumblebookCloud (Ebooks for Middle & High School)  A collection of chapter books, read-alongs, and graphic novels. Also includes videos (from National Geographic!), and audio books suitable for middle school and high school grades. Lesson plans and quizzes accompany the books.
Tumblebook Library (Children's Ebooks)   New Titles Added Regularly!  A collection of animated, talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles for children. Also includes read-alongs (chapter books), puzzles, games, and TumbleResources for teachers and students.

We wish you the best of luck on your winter 2020 placements!
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