How to Search our Destiny Library Software and Place Book Holds

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NC Wise Owl - NC WISE OWL is a Web site that has, as its centerpiece, several subscription databases. InfoTrac, a periodical database product by the Gale Group, is made up of a Kids Edition for elementary students, a Junior Edition for middle schoolers, and both the Student Edition and InfoTrac Gold Reference Edition for the high school and parent community. The Junior Reference Center and Kids InfoBits offer access to reference materials with a simplified format for greater ease of use. Also included in the Gale database collection is the Scribner Writers Series, with information on more than 1600 authors. Grolier Online offers two encyclopedias: The New Book of Knowledge for elementary and middle school students, and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia for middle and high school students. Additional reference sources available include Lands & Peoples , Popular Science , America the Beautiful , and a collection of searchable eBooks in the Virtual Reference Center . (Since these resources are subscription-based, your student will need a password to access them from home.  Ask him/her to see Mrs. Walters for the home-use password.)