Media Center (6-7th Grade)
Welcome to the Media Center!
Here you will find many resources and additional support materials. We are ready to help you as you learn, read, and create. Our libraries are places of curiosity, critical thinking, and discovery with thousands of books, e-books, audiobooks, and reference materials. We look forward to working with each of you this year!
Databases and Resources
Our library resource page has quick links to all of the databases provided by our district as well as the state of Oklahoma. You will also be able to access our Destiny Library Catalog and the collection of e-books and audiobooks. Please see your Library Media Specialist for username and password information.
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Access the school's library collection as well as log in to personal library accounts to place holds and acquire personal information about items checked out, due dates, etc. Log on using your School Google Account |
Library Media Specialists 7th Grade Center
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This is the newest place to access eBooks and audiobooks. Follow this link on your Chromebook, or download the Sora app from your app store. Then log in using your Google login information. |
 6th Grade Center
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World Book Encyclopedia Highlights of World Book Online are World Book Student and World Book Timelines. World Book Student includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, biographies, learning resources, and research tools. Timelines give you access to 650+ unique Timelines, or you can make your own. Username: owassops Password: 74055
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EBSCO
EBSCOhost is a collection of databases that provides access to thousands of authoritative encyclopedia articles, newspaper articles, reference books, images, magazine articles, maps, biographies, academic journal articles, and primary sources. Username: owasso6 Password: school
After logging in, choose Preschool-12th > Middle School Explora
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SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer is a general reference database for upper elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as reading, language arts, current events, science, social studies, history, health, and technology. SIRS Discoverer provides age-appropriate, authoritative, curriculum-aligned content and features for use in Elementary and Middle/Intermediate Schools. Username: OK2907 Password: 74055
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Search Engines
 Google Scholar
Provides a simple way to broadly search for educational literature and academic resources. 
An academic search engine accessing only trusted websites previously selected by librarians, teachers, and library and educational consortia.
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Middle School (Gale in Context)
Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more. Password - gorams
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Dictionary.com Dictionary.com strives to enable and inspire connection, communication, learning, creativity, and expression in a world powered by words. |
Research Help
 Purdue MLA HandbookA resource to help you learn how to use Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style. |
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Merriam-Webster Online
For more than 180 years, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading provider of language information. Each month, our award-winning websites, apps, and social media channels offer guidance to tens of millions of visitors. In print, our publications include Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (among the best-selling books in American history) and dictionaries for English-language learners.
All Merriam-Webster products and services are backed by the largest team of professional dictionary editors and writers in America.
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Thesaurus.com is the world's leading digital thesaurus with all the synonyms and antonyms you need.
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Digital Prairie Oklahoma Digital Prairie provides visitors with unique digital content spanning more than 100 years of rich, vibrant history from Oklahoma. The resource areas found here include documents, photographs, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters, maps, and audio/visual content. Content ranges from the late 1800s to the present day. There are several collections. Some of the highlights are Tulsa Race Massacre Files, Images of OK, Oklahoma Authors, Oklahoma Almanacs, Oklahoma Online Archives, State Government Documents, and the Oklahoma Collection. |
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Docs Teach Access thousands of primary sources — letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, videos, and other document types — spanning the course of American history. We're always adding more! |
