Julie Jaffe
Databases
McMurray Library Catalog
Welcome to the McMurray Library
Hours
The library is open 30 minutes before school (7:20), during break, during lunch, and 30 minutes after school (3:10). The library is closed is from 10:00 to 10:30, when students are participating in homeroom activities.
Resources
In addition to our excellent fiction and nonfiction collections, the library provides 28 networked computers with Internet access. Along with the books, the computers function as a valuable resource in supporting students with classroom projects.
Loan Period
Students may have up to 10 items checked out at any one time; the loan period is three weeks. Students may renew materials they need for longer than three weeks; they just need to bring the book or magazine to the library in order to renew it. This policy helps students keep track of the materials they borrow. A student may check out library materials as long as he or she doesn’t have any overdue (or lost) items. If the student has an overdue item, it’s a simple matter of returning it or bringing it to the library to renew it in order to check out additional items. There are no fines for overdue books; however, students are responsible for lost or damaged materials.
8th Grade President Sites
2. Miller Center, University of Virginia
3. PBS
4. History.com
6. Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
8. Michigan State University: U.S. Presidential Audio Recordings
Detwiler Constitutional Issues
Same-Sex Marriage
1 and 2. Search for these two articles in eLibrary database. Use Advanced Search and search under Document Title, Author Name, and/or Publication Name.
"Court's balancing act on marriage; Justices will have to reconcile equal rights for same-sex couples with states' rights" by David G. Savage for the Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2013
"Who Should Be Able to Marry?" by Patricia Smith for New York Times Upfront, March 12, 2012 (open the PDF)
3. Gay Marriage Research Package from Pew Research Center
4. Gay Marriage page from ProCon.org
5. Protections and Responsibilites of Marriage from Freedom to Marry, Inc.
6. The Cheat Sheet: Supreme Court Hears Gay Marriage Cases from the Los Angeles Times
Gun Control
1 and 2. Search for these two articles in Proquest database. Use Advanced Search and select Document Title in one drop down menu and Publication Title in another drop down menu.
"The Gun Debate" by Patricia Smith for New York Times Upfront, January 28, 2013 (open the PDF)
"The Gun Debate" by Patricia Smith and Ross Brooke for Junior Scholastic, February 18, 2013 (open the PDF)
3 and 4. Search for the these two documents in eLibrary database. The first is a transcript from a radio program and the second is a chapter from a book. Deselect other resource types and you will quickly locate the document.
"Sandy Hook Massacre Changes Gun Control Conversation" from Talk of the Nation radio program, December 17, 2012
"Picture Essay: Political Cartoons on the Right to Bear Arms" by John J. Patrick from the book The Bill of Rights: A History in Documents, December 2003
5. Gun Control: Key Data Points from Pew Research Center
6. Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence--Statistics and Research
7." How Would Better Mental Health Care Reduce Gun Violence?" from NPR
8. "A Question of Access? Mental Health and Gun Violence" from CBS News
9. "In Gun Control Debate, Several Options Draw Majority Support" from Pew Research Center
Death Penalty
1 and 2. Search for these two articles in eLibrary database. Use Advanced Search and search under Document Title, Author Name, and/or Publication Name.
"The Death Penalty Debate" by Patricia Smith for New York Times Upfront, April 18, 2011 (open the PDF)
"Should the U.S. Abolish the Death Penalty?" by Dianne Rust-Tierney and Charles Stimson for Junior Scholastic, November 21, 2011
3. Death Penalty page from nonpartisan, nonprofit ProCon.org website
4. Facts about the Death Penalty from Death Penalty Information Center
5. Continued Majority Support for Death Penalty from Pew Research Center
6. Go to kcls.org and use Opposing Viewpoints database (You will need your KCLS username and password.)