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Phone:  320-243-3410 - Secondary Fax - 320-243-4534
District Office Fax - 320-243-7525
Elementary Fax - 320-243-5458

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Our students Love to Read!
  

Research Tools
          http://elm4you.org

Destiny Homepage

          http://www.northstarcatalog.org

                INFO TRAC

           http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com/

                         See Ms. Nevitt for username  and password

 

Great Reference and Homework Helper and Fun Sites!!

www.notely.net

www.tv411.org
www.rpc.elm4you.org

http://refdesk.com
www.hippocampus.org
www.makezine.com
www.purplemath.com

www.sparknotes.com
roadtogrammar.com
http://thinkfinity.org

Book Reviews for Guys and Girls!!
www.flamingnet.com
http://www.goodreads.com/
http://www.guysread.com/

Renaissance Place Web AR
www.arbookfind.com

http://hosted60.renlearn.com/163717

HOME Connect
https://Hosted60.renlearn.com/163717/HomeConnect/Login.aspx

Great River Regional Library
http://www.griver.org

Test Prep
www.LearningExpressLibrary.com
(Public Library password is needed )
perspectiveforfamilies.com
www.majortests.com
www.testprepreview.com
www.glencoe.com

More Homework Help:
http://www.discoveryschool.com/
www.easybib.com
www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator

tutorial.lib.umn.edu

http://www.inthefirstperson.com/

http://www.webelements.com/

www.ipl.org

www.bjpinchbeck.com

www.schoolwork.org

www.webmath.com

www.loc.gov
spellingcity.com
http://www.studyblue.com/

Translators:
http://www.altavista.com/
translate.google.com

 

Encyclopedia and Reference

www.atlapedia.com/index.html

http://www.britannica.com/

http://www.factmonster.com/

wikipedia.com

http://www.elm4you.org/

dictionary.com
http://www.school.eb.com  See Ms. Nevitt for password

 

Typing/Keyboarding Practice Games

http://www.freetypinggame.net/

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

 

Useful Sites

Askeric (Homework Hotline) http://www.askeric.org/

Kidzone (Homework helper) www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/

Dex (Phone Book) http://www.uswestdex.com/

College Libraries

            St. Cloud State 

        http://www.mnpals.net/F?RN=328759046&func=file&file_name=basic

            University of MN www.lib.umn.edu/

GPO Access (Government Publications)

            www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/

 

References for Careers

Bridges (see Ms. Nevitt for password)

http://www.bridges.com/

Real Life 101

www.rl101.com
Occupational Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/

 MNCIS

http://www.mncis.intocareers.org/

See Ms. Nevitt for username

and password

 ISEEK  http://www.iseek.org/

 MN Workforce Center

http://www.mnworkforcecenter.org/

 American Career Information

http://www.acinet.org/

 
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                                       Meet our Staff:

        Joan Nevitt, Media Specialist -M.A.         

         

        Cheryl Porter, Media Assistant         

                                                                         Intro to Destiny

          
Mission Statement: To teach media and technology life-long skills for all students and to promote a love of reading.

Our Paynesville Media collection is completely on the web or with a free App!  You can easily access from home or your mobile device!!
           
                                 
  FREE APP!!!
                  Incredible access with your mobile devices  
   Go to your App Store on your device.
   Type in Destiny Quest
   Use this link: 
            http://northstarcatalog.org/quest/servlet/presentquestform.do?site=101&context=paynesville&alreadyValidated=true

   See:  Resource Lists (including Extra Credit lists, and Professional Library)
        New Arrivals
        Top 10 checkouts                      
       
 Or search for any of your favorites to see if we have them in our
                
          
collection, then add them to your Reading list
            

                     Or, Search using the Web
Click on the Destiny Menu at the top menu on the home page at                    

                            paynesvilleschools.com

Choose the Elementary Link or Middle/High School link.  
    
1.       Once Destiny screen is up, click on the green Catalog tab (upper left hand corner)
      
2.      Catalog tab allows you to find all books and resources in the district
      
3.      Cursor will be in the find box.  You can simply type in a subject and hit return.  A list of books will appear.  
           
You can also search by    using title, author, series, or keyword. 
     
4.      When the lists of books appear, you may click on any title to see complete details of that particular book.  You can also identify the AR points and  RL.
      5.      To go back to the Find/Search page, you can hit Catalog and it will take you back to search page.
    6.   If you click on the Catalog tab, you will see the Destiny Quest tab on the left side.  Click on it and then click on Begin Your Destiny Quest.  This will take 
            you to a visual display of the Top Ten Books checked out, Resource Lists from  teachers, and New Arrivals.  To exit, click on the upper right hand tab that
            says “Exit Destiny Quest”.

    7.  When in doubt, you can always click on the Help button in the upper right hand corner. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paynesville Area Schools

Media Center