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Joy Danigel - Media Specialist 355-3505
Misty Gosnell - Media Specialist 355-3590
Debbie Webster - Media Clerk 355-3496
About the Media Center
To access databases at home, you will need usernames and passwords.  Stop by the media center for a bookmark with this information.
OnePlace SC - Search all of South Carolina's databases with one password and at one time.
Overdirve - ebooks & audiobooks
Discus - South Carolina Virtual Library
Culture Grams - Country Research
Access Science - Science Database
Soundzabound - Download music & sounds
Brain Pop - Please contact the media center for the username and password.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Annals of American History

 

Instructional Materials
Professional Library
Greenville County Library
SC State Department of Education
United Streaming Video
ETV Streamline
PBS Teachers
Slide Share - This website is designed for people to post their presentations. Some of the information does hold educational value, but it is highly suggested that students are not allowed to be turned loose on this site. It would be better for the teacher to find the useful information first.
The National Archives
Teacher Tube - This is a video-sharing website similar to YouTube but designed for educational purposes.
Musopen - This is a collection of online music that is free from copyright restrictions.
Google Scholar - Google scholar is different from regular google, because it also searches "invisible" academic indexes.
Quizlet - This is an online tool for helping students learn vocabulary and other lists of information.
Kool Wire - This site will allow you to convert documents into different formats.
Awesome Stories - FREE site to obtain lesson plans, Slide Shows, Videos, Images, etc.
Acadia University - Acadia University provides tutorials for effective research.
Guide to Grammar - This is an online tool for helping students with definitions, suggestions, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, and a way to submit queries concerning grammar and usage.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie 
The Adoption of Jenna Fox
by Mary E. Pearson
Bean Ball 
by Gene Fehler
Big Fat Manifesto
by Susan Vaught
Blood Brothers
by S.A. Harazon
Circle of Blood
by Alane Ferguson
City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
Enter Three Witches:
A Story of Macbeth

by Caroline B. Cooney
Evolution, Me, & Other Freaks of Nature
by Robin Brande
Game
by Walter Dean Meyers
Good Enough
by Paula Yoo
Gym Candy
by Carl Deuker
In the Name of God
by Paula Jolin
Mad Kestrel
by Misty Massey
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
by Gabrielle Zevin
The Silenced
by James De Vita
Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel
by Jay Asher
Twisted
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Wake
by Lisa McMann
Yellow Flag
by Robert Lipsyte
Click here to find the answers to these questions.
When is the Media Center open?
When do I need a pass?
How do I find my next book, and how do I know if it is available?
What do the labels on the books mean?
How long can I keep a book, and what are the fines?
Can I use my cell phone in the media center?
Can I have my drink in the media center?


 

 

Misty Gosnell

Media Specialist

BA in Elementary Education - University of South Carolina Upstate
Masters in Library and Information Science - University of South Carolina
This is my seventh year in the district.  I taught fourth grade for three years and fifth grade one year.  I spent one year in an elementary media center.  This is my third year at Hillcrest.
mgosnell@greenville.k12.sc.us


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