• This is the catalog of the holdings of the PAUSD Libraries
• Please select a library to search from the next page
• This catalog is for all students and staff
• Remote access is available

• Materials for Classroom use may be searched at this site
• IMC maintains holdings of videos, artifacts, art and study prints, picture sets, and some hardware for teachers to check out
• Lists of materials aligned to curriculum can be found on the tab named "Curriculum Resources"
• Contact Linda Atwood at latwood@pausd.org or call her at 329-3908
• Additional contact - Susan Scott at suscott@pausd.org or 329-3910

World Book Online

An encyclopedia designed for students grades K-9, includes a dictionary and Spanish language encyclopedia, Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos.

Students can search for articles, or view one of seven special features from the home page. Special features include Today in History, Behind the Headlines, Media Showcase, Subscriber News, Features of the Month, What's New, and What's Happening This Month.

This subscription encyclopedia is for students and staff of all PAUSD schools.

• Remote access login information for students and staff can be obtained from your site librarian.

ProQuest Platinum - a database for high school students

ProQuest Platinum offers students a powerful, advanced tool for targeting the information vital to successful research. Students and staff can

• Find comprehensive coverage of all subjects from more than 2,200 magazines, journals, and newspapers.
• Utilize a variety of search strategies that benefit novice and experienced users alike.
• Use the intuitive Smart Search to easily brainstorm, broaden, or narrow a topic.
• Search primary and secondary source materials.
• Track trends and current events with newspaper searches.
• Find results that are relevant to advanced placement coursework.
• Review essential charts, photos, graphs, and diagrams from the original articles.
• Create durable links to specific content for use in developing presentations, subject-specific project pages, and more with My Research Summary.

Remote access login information for the students and staff of all the middle schools and high schools can be obtained from your site librarian.

EBSCO Points of View Reference Center - a database for middle school students

ProQuest Platinum offers students a powerful, advanced tool for targeting the information vital to successful research. Students and staff can

• Find comprehensive coverage of all subjects from more than 2,200 magazines, journals, and newspapers.
• Utilize a variety of search strategies that benefit novice and experienced users alike.
• Use the intuitive Smart Search to easily brainstorm, broaden, or narrow a topic.
• Search primary and secondary source materials.
• Track trends and current events with newspaper searches.
• Find results that are relevant to advanced placement coursework.
• Review essential charts, photos, graphs, and diagrams from the original articles.
• Create durable links to specific content for use in developing presentations, subject-specific project pages, and more with My Research Summary.

Remote access login information for the students and staff of all the middle schools and high schools can be obtained from your site librarian.

SIRS Discoverer

A general reference database for researchers in grade 1-9.

The database includes carefully selected full-text articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents.

Articles are assigned a reading level - "General (All grade levels), - Easy (1st-4th grade), Moderate (5th-7th grade) and Challenging (8th grade and above")- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and level of readability.

Additional content includes: a multi-volume, 26,000-article encyclopedia, The World Almanac® for Kids 2003, Biographies of U.S. Presidents, Photo Essays, Activities, Country Facts, Current Events, Maps of the World, Spotlight of the Month, a dictionary and a thesaurus.

An Educator's Guide and Elementary and Middle School Edition Student Workbooks are included.

• This subscription database is for the students and staff of all the elementary schools and middle schools only.
• Remote access login information for the students and staff of all the elementary schools and middle schools can be obtained from your site librarian.

If you have questions, contact IMC--Susan Scott at (650)329-3910 or suscott@pausd.org.

Revised January 2007