Virden Middle School-High School Media Center

231 West Fortune Street

Virden IL 62690

217.965.4226 ext 131

Fax 217.965.3019

The Virden Middle School-High School Media Center is open from 7:45 am through 3:45 pm daily, Monday through Thursday, and through 3 pm on Friday. There students may work on projects involving both print and technological mediums. The media center contains over 10,000 volumes of print, DVD and VHS materials plus it has an extensive set of periodicals both current and past issues. The media center manages four computer labs plus a mini-lab of 6 computers in a corner of the room. It also manages the checkout of equipment used by students and faculty alike  The media specialist is an active member of the Lewis & Clark Library System, the Illinois School Library Media Association, and ICE or Illinois Computer Educators.

 MaDonna Wempen, Media Specialist

 

REFERENCE DATABASES

SITES TO SEARCH

CALENDARS & SCHEDULES

READING &

 HOW-TO SITES

ADDITIONAL LINKS

 

ILLINOIS MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY

District Wide School Calendar

Rebecca Caudill books

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR'S INFORMATION

FIRST SEARCH

Username: 100107000

Password: hay6mxusy

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

 

Emergency Closings

ACCELERATED READER

 LIST

OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK

CHECK FOR BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY AT SCHOOL

UNITED STREAMING-THROUGH DISCOVERY CHANNEL

Breakfast and Lunch Menus

Abraham Lincoln Books

ILLINOIS SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA ASSN

CHECK FOR BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT SCHOOL

SCHOLASTIC

TeachersFirst

Landmark Project

SCAVENGER HUNTS

LEWIS & CLARK LIBRARY SYSTEM

MARCO POLO

 

 

THE OPEN LIBRARY

(OLDER BOOKS ONLINE)

BERNIE DODGE'S WEBQUESTS

ILLINET ONLINE

RESEARCH LINKS

CHANNEL ONE

HOW TO CREATE A

POWER POINT

DR. BURLESON'S WEBQUESTS

DISCOVERY CHANNEL

TEACHER RESOURCES

CHANNEL ONE TEACHER

 

LIST OF MAGAZINES

 AT VHS

International Children's Digital Library

username=virden

password=bulldogs

SEARCH ENGINES

WIKIPEDIA

Note: information contained in Wikipedia may not be accurate!

HOW TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION THROUGH VHS MATERIALS & ONLINE TOOLS

DAVE BRUNA

GOLF OUTING

HISTORY CHANNEL

RESEARCH LINKS

QUESTIA

QUICK LINKS

REMEMBER VIRDEN

(a history of Virden)

DICTIONARY ON-LINE

U OF I ONLINE LIBRARY

HISTORY? IT'S HAPPENING!

Of Time and the River: 12,000 Years of Human Use of the Illinois River

TEACHER'S DOMAIN-

SCIENCE VIDEOS & FACTS

Free Dictionary

ONLINE WRITING

LAB AT PURDUE

ISAT Sample Questions

 

Legal Self Help Center (Madison County IL)

 

Answers.com

The answer-based search engine

 

 

Directory of Illinois Museums

APA STYLE

MLA STYLE

CITATION MAKER

Curriculum Mapping

Frequently Asked Questions

date last updated: 08/21/2008

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Mrs. Wempen, Media Specialist