Library Home Page

Our Library Media Specialist:

Welcome to the

Rancho San Joaquin Middle School
Irvine, California

Parents/Guardians, check out this site:
Making the Move to Middle School

Rancho R.U.L.E.S.

Our Library Media Center is OPEN!
8:00 - 4:00 daily
Come in and check it out! Books Galore! Computers Available!
Interesting Research Mysteries!
A Teacher Librarian who loves to serve and support you!
Student Crew members ready to help you!
Fun Friday every week!
Reading Incentive Program - Team READ!!!!!

The Library Media Center is closed before school on Late Start Days due to staff meetings and after school on Minimum Days.

Search for books and materials in our LIBRARY from anywhere!
http://destiny.iusd.org

Next click on Rancho San Joaquin Middle School to explore our library collection!

Don't miss Destiny Quest - virtual shelf searching!

Team Read click to find out all about our RSJ Reading Incentive Program!

Research Mysteries click to solve the mystery and receive a reward!

Fun Friday Websites - approved sites for school or sites you may want to check out at home!

As your Information Specialist, here are some helpful websites, research strategies and ideas
for your school assignments and projects as well as interesting web links.

Click on the links below.

Online Subscriptions

Our tool for citing your sources and creating a "Works Cited" page (bibliography) and taking notes online!
Ask Mrs. Mayfield for our Rancho username and password to create your account.

http://www.noodletools.com/index.php

World Book
Online
Online Database Subscription
Ask Mrs. Mayfield
for the Login ID and password

Encyclopedia Britannica
Online Database Subscription
Free 6th month Trial for IUSD
Ask Mrs. Mayfield for the
Username and Password

Orange Country
Public Library:

http://www.ocpl.org/

Use the barcode on your
library card
to access more at the library!

Click on the
Research/Resources button
on the homepage for online databases.

Newport Beach
Public Library:

http://www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/nbpl/

Check out Articles and Databases for online resources.

You can apply for a library card
because you live in Orange County!

Check out
the Teen Page too!

Useful Search Engines
http://google.com
Google Search Basics
Going deeper into google...
http://www.google.com/help/features.html
http://www.google.com/squared
Google Translate

http://yahoo.com
Yahoo Help - Shortcuts

http://www.kidsclick.org/
http://kidinfo.com/

Useful Search Engine using
the Dewey Decimal Classification
for academic subject areas
http://www.bubl.ac.uk/

Useful Metasearch Engines
"Searches the search engines"
http://clusty.com/
http://kartoo.com/
http://www.mamma.com/
http://www.dogpile.com/
http://mooter.com/

Useful History Websites
Ancient History
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
Medieval History
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Modern History
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

Primary Sources
http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/

Useful Online Links
for Research
http://news.google.com/
Search online news sources
http://scholar.google.com/
Search online scholarly papers
http://lii.org/
Librarians have searched for you for trusted websites by category