MILWAUKEE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL

LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER 

 

 

“Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.”

2 Peter 1:5-7

 

MLHS LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER

Navigating a vastly expanding, increasingly complex ocean of information is a challenge for all citizens of the world. Those who are information literate will successfully meet this challenge by applying the practical and critical thinking skills needed to identify, access, evaluate and use information. Finding appropriate information helps an individual answer questions, solve problems, make decisions, and expand his/her knowledge.

The Milwaukee Lutheran High School Media Center has current topic books, career information, paperback fiction books, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The USA Today, current magazines, and other books to help the student do research and reports.

The Media Center has 10 networked computers with access to the Internet, other resources, Microsoft Word and Power Point. There are also 26 networked computers in the library computer lab that is used by classroom teachers.

Below are useful links to be used by the students at school and at home. The links are arranged according to category.

 

BIBLE RESOURCES

Bible Gateway - A free service for reading and researching Scripture online.

Bible History Online -  The focus at Bible History Online is history and the bible.

Blue Letter Bible -  The Blue Letter Bible now has over 4,000,000 links onsite to over 165,000 pages of concordances, lexicons, dictionaries, commentaries, images, and Bible versions.

Bible Maps - A free Bible atlas which harnesses Google maps.

Studylight - A collection of bibles, commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, etc...

Topical Bible Studies - provides thousands of trustworthy resources for Bible study

CAREER RESOURCES

CareerInfoNet

America's Career InfoNet can help you identify options and plan for your education.

Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Alphabetical index to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

Institute For Career Research* (subscription database)

Institute For Career Research has been providing the most reliable vocational guidance information for many generations of young people and is considered the most authoritative source by thousands of teachers, librarians, and counselors. Accessable by password only. To enter the site click on Members Click here, and when prompted key in UserName: 9842 and Password: future.

Math & Science Career Info

Have you ever wondered what a mathematician working in industry or the government does all day? You can look in the Archives at an alphabetical listing of over 90 career profiles of mathematicians working in nonacademic positions.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years.

O*Net System

The O*Net System serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations.

 

 

BadgerLink provides access to full text magazines, newspapers and reference resources, literature, and other information. The services are provided by the Department of Public Instruction with funding through the Public Service Commission, Universal Service Fund.

BadgerLink Resources for Wisconsin Residents

1. EBSCO - EBSCO provides access to 22 databases of magazines, journals, newspapers, images, and reference materials covering education, health, business and general areas of interest.

2. ProQuest - ProQuest provides access to abstracts and full text of over 800 newspaper, magazine, journal and trade publication titles, including 12 Wisconsin newspapers.

3. African American Biographical Database - The AABD brings together biographies of thousands of African Americans into a single, unique resource, carefully assembled from biographical dictionaries and other sources.

4. ACCESS Newspaper Archive - Newspaper Archive contains millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700's, presented in a PDF format that preserves the original context and format of content.

5. LIT Finder - LitFinder contains a wealth of primary literature content, including citations and full text of hundreds of thousands of poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays.

This database can be accessed from home through the public library homepage by using your library card ID #.

 

 

Here are links to help you with research or paper writing.

Dictionary.com

Mariam Webster.com

Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

A Research Guide for students (includes information on style guides)

Landmark's Citation Machine, a fill-in-the-blank guide to formatting citations.