Purpose of this page: The following is a synopesis of Parent Night in the Goal Rush LMC (Library Media Center), PHMS on April 15, 2005. This page is a review source for the night’s presentation. The resource highlights offered through the Goal Rush LMC, PHMS are repeated here. Any questions, including passwords for specific resources call 540-661-4400 or visit our Blog page at www.goalrushlibrary.com and post a comment. You may also reach me, the Library Media Specialist at folen@ocss-va.org .

Welcome Parents and Care-givers of PHMS Students INSTUCTIONS FOR USING GROLIER AND OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE GOAL RUSH LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER

RESOURCES FOR YOUR STUDENTS Book Stacks online for your viewing Goal Rush Library Webpage Questions, try our Blog Facts On File (contact us-see above information- for password and username) Orange County Schools Learning Resource page JUST FOR PARENTS & STUDENT CARE-GIVERS RESOURCE PAGE: Parent Gold

HIGHLIGHTING GROLIER: an online encyclopedia available to all Orange County residents from home. Parent Resources: Information supplied by Grolier just for parents -How to write a research paper – topics include how to write, how to study, how to research. Go to Grolier main page, type in homework in lower left corner search box and hit enter, select homework help in left column of page and click. -How to site Grolier’s information used in research papers -Newspapers from around the world -Materials can be copied for your student power point presentations – all multimedia can be copied and included in research papers and power point presentations. -Dictionaries that talk in different languages (including Spanish to English and English to Spanish) -User friendly interface to arrive June 14, 2005-as of this date Grolier will be getting a new look to their page.