RHS LIBRARY NEWS
December 2015
The "Intranet" at RHS
Just go to http://intranet/ to get started!
- Click on "Book a room or mobile computer lab"
- Click on Rutland High School
- You can choose the day, room/equipment and the block you'd like to reserve!
Here is a link to a brief pictorial. http://rhsvtlibrary.weebly.com/the-intranet.html
Call x1015 or stop by if you need any help!
NEW NON-FICTION!!!
The Bullies of Wall St. by Sheila Bair
Can knowing how a financial crisis happened keep it from happening again? Sheila Bair, the former chairman of the FDIC, explains how the Great Recession impacted families on a personal level using language that everyone can understand.
As the former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Sheila Bair worked to protect families during the crisis and keep their bank deposits safe. In The Bullies of Wall Street, she describes the many ways in which a broken system led families into financial trouble, and also explains the decisions being made at the time by the most powerful people in the country—from CEOs of multinational banks, to heads of government regulatory committees—that led to the recession.
Debunk it: How to stay sane in a world of misinformation by John Grant
We live in an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures, including politicians, religious leaders, broadcasters, high-traffic bloggers, and, of course, websites. With so much bullshit coming from so many sources, how can anyone be expected to discover the truth? Well, if you are tired of hearing blowhards spouting off about climate change, history, evolution, medicine, and more, you'll find this book full of invaluable facts that will startle and amuse you.
In Debunk it!, John Grant, author of acclaimed books such as Discarded Science, Corrupted Science, and Denying Science, will hook readers with modern, ripped-from-the-headlines examples of bullshit, clearly explaining how to identify and debunk such hogwash. He also provides a roundup of the rhetorical tricks bullshitters use when they try to pull the wool over our eyes and even offers advice about how to take bullshitters down. Although the subject matter can often be serious, the book is full of Grant's trademark humor and perceptiveness. (And some snark, too.)
Dark Tide: The great molasses flood of 1919
A 50-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses had just collapsed on Boston's waterfront, disgorging its contents as a 15-foot-high wave of molasses that at its outset traveled at 35 miles an hour. It demolished wooden homes, even the brick fire station. The number of dead wasn't known for days. It would be years before a landmark court battle determined who was responsible for the disaster.
Give it a test drive at: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/?p=BIC1&u=vol_r93hs
*You should be logged in automatically from a school networked computer. If not (or to log in from home), the username is: rutland and the password is: raiders (all lowercase)*
All of our databases can be found at: http://rhsvtlibrary.weebly.com/databases.html
Research Guides: Scaffolding the research process for student success
Mini-research papers:
http://rhsvtlibrary.weebly.com/energy-argument-paper.html
Short fact finding missions:
http://rhsvtlibrary.weebly.com/industrial-revolution--technology-timeline.html
There are many different ways to set up a Research Guide. Email me and we can set up a time to chat about what you would like for your project or class!
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