Library
Mission Statement
The mission of Bessemer City Middle School is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information by providing quality resources, and to promote a lifelong love of literature by maintaining a quality collection of age appropriate reading materials.
Goals/Vision Statement
The goal/vision is:
- To provide an attractive, welcoming environment.
- To provide a well-organized and comprehensive collection that meets the needs of the faculty and student body.
- To have collaboration between the media specialist and faculty to integrate information, media literacy, and technology skills into all curricular area.
- To have a collection that is continually assessed, and plan steps for change and improvement.
- To insure that the media program and its services are meeting the needs of both the faculty and the students.
Links
Resources
MapQuest is a interactive mapping service that includes two parts. Use this site to do research on geography on any part of the world.
http://www.mapquest.com
Country Library
Use the Country Search capability and enter keywords to locate the country information you are looking for.
http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries/
Alabama Virtual Library
Alabama's premiere online information source.
http://avl.lib.al.us
Cells Alive!
Kids love this site because of its video clips and animations used to illustrate each subject
http://www.cellsalive.com
Celebrating Women's History
One of the best parts of this site is the Biography section that tell the stories of more than 60 women.
http://www.gale.com/freresrc/comenhst/idex.htm
Kids Web
Kids Web offers an extensive list of geography links.
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/
The Weather Visualizer
By clicking various links you will receive a personal tutorial on weather. Just click on a term and its helper page pops right up.
http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/covis/visualizer
The Scoop
The Scoop Resource Page offers high-quality literature links on the Web.
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop
Stories from the Web
http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org
Mr. P's Science Page
Webpage from one of USA Today's top 25 teachers in America. He has resources for science sing-a-long songs.
http://www.wphillips.com
Homework
This site is for middle school students working on their basic skills.
http://www.aplusmath.com
Kids Writing Center
http://www.kidswritingcenter.com/writerscorner
Online Public Access
Online Public Access
This is a site for all library information.
http://library.boe.org/opac/jdms/index.html#menuHome