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COLLECTIONS Westmount Collegiate Institute Library Catalogue WCI eBook Collections CBC News in Review Index WCI / YRDSB / Ministry Documents & Software (faculty p/w) United Streaming Video on Demand - (click here to see available titles) Dewey Decimal Classification Vaughan Public Libraries Catalogue New Books to the WCI Library Collection JR ISU Novels - gr 09-10 SR ISU Novels - gr 11-12 Fiction titles in our collection that have been assigned subject headings and are published by Penguin Books and/or Vintage may be found by using the Global Search to our catalogue and typing: fiction and penguin fiction and vintage (unfortunately this does not work for fiction titles without subject headings) Sports Novels Fast Reads (Short Novels) Graphic Novels Tumble Read-Alongs (Audio Books Online) (pls. see Library for login info) includes: Fast Reads Classics Shakespeare Oprah's Book Selections Penguin (Canada) Books Books made into Movies	HINTS ON FICTION BOOK SEARCHES Search WCI Catalogue To find novels on specific topics: replace subject space in the below search sample with the desired topic: subject and fiction eg. refugees and fiction To find reviews on any given title: replace title and author spaces in the below search sample with appropriate information: +book +review +"title of book" +author (use "..." quote marks for phrases) eg. +book +review +"what's bred in the bone" +"robertson davies" COLLECTIONS RELATED LINKS Internet Sites with Recommended YA Titles: ALA Best Books for Young Adults SeeMe4Books 2004-05 YA Book of the Year Nominees Recommended YA Novels (Google Search) Authors by Genre (Includes lists of award winners for each category): Literary Fiction Mystery / Detective / Horror Fantasy / Science Fiction Adventure Penguin Group Suggested Reading (go to Browse => Reading Guides => Complete List)
The Reference Desk: *encyclopedias - dictionaries - atlases - quotations - almanacs - consumer reports - metric & currency converters - RxList etc.* Ask a Librarian Email Reference Service	Magazine / Newspaper / Journal Archives and Indexes: some sources are password protected and require newer browsers 4.0 or higher
The News-Stand	Canadian Information Sources
Career Sites	Post-Secondary
PRIMARY RESOURCES Project Gutenberg - Digitally Reproduced Works Questia - The Online Library of Fulltext Books	REVIEW SOURCES Ontario Exam Bank (40 accesses only to be used as practice tests -- once gone, users must purchase their own accounts . Pls. see Library for login information on these 40 initial uses)
Biography	Directories: Telephone - Postal Codes - Time Zones
Literacy How To's ... (includes how to write bibliographies, embedded references, annotated bibliographies, reviews, abstracts, editorials, news articles, research essays, speeches, creative and journal writing, etc.) TDSB Research Success @Your Library : A Guide for Secondary Student Library and Learning Resources (.pdf) (Pls. see Library for password) EasyBib.com - Free Bibliographic Formatting & Alphabetizing	Technology How To's ... (includes search techniques, saving, creating, and editing graphic, sound, video and powerpoint files, web design, and desktop publishing) Free Graphics, Sound and Video Files
Technology Information	Parent Page (includes homework help)

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last updated 05/05/08

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