Related News ItemsHomework help tools available at librarySun, 05 Sep 2010 05:19:06 -0700
With another school year set to begin, thoughts of reports, projects and homework begin to surface. The William P. Faust Public Library of Westland has resources that can help alleviate some of those deadline pressures to get those assignments finished. One of the resources available to patrons is the research database. The library has a variety of sources, provided by the State of Michigan and ...
Read More... Research that won't leave you Google-eyedFri, 20 Aug 2010 03:40:09 -0700
ALLAN HOFFMAN There’s more to online research than Googling a term, checking out the inevitable Wikipedia link, and then thinking, "Research over: I’ve got my answer." Don’t get me wrong: I love Wikipedia. Though you need to scrutinize the material,...
Read More... Printed book dictionaries more helpfulWed, 11 Aug 2010 00:15:37 -0700
Dear Leanna: Our school sent a back-to-school supply list with "essentials" and "suggested" items. One suggestion is a children's dictionary. I can see why schools want kids to have certain supplies, but does my fourth-grader really need a children's dictionary when he can look up a word on dictionary.com?
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