Mrs. Scott, Media Specialist
jscott@prov.org
(904)223-5270, x2145
Upper School Media Center Hours:
7:50 A.M. - 4:45 P.M. on regular school days
(Not open after school on half days)
After School Library Policies & Procedures
How to use this Web Page
Providence School provides online resources for student use at school or home via remote access on the Internet. The online subscriptions below require a username and password. See Mrs. Scott for a copy of this information.
The Jacksonville Public Library (see link below) provides a wealth of information and resources to the community. Some of these databases can be accessed via the Internet, but they require a Public Library Card number. Students and parents can find the library card application form online or in the Media Center from Mrs. Scott.
Research Links
Search the Providence Upper and Lower School Collection online
for book information and in which Media Center the title can be found.
World Book Online Reference Center
Complete World Book Encyclopedia with added features: related periodical articles, maps, multimedia, editor-rewiewed websites and The Spanish Student Discovery Encyclopedia
Encarta Online
Online Encyclopedia
InfoTrac Online Databases:
Student Edition
General periodical and reference book database
Infotrac Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
A complete one-stop source for information on social/controverial issues
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles
Gale's comprehensive literary resource provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.T the LRC covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of the most-studied authors.
This database is now available online from the Jacksonville Public Library.
Go to RESEARCH DATABASES. A library card no. is required for access. See Mrs. Scott for card application forms.
LitFinder
Gale resource that provides thousand of full-text poems, short stories, essays, plays and speeches. International in scope, LF covers all time periods and includes author biographies, work summaries, photographs and a glossary.
eLibrary/ProQuest Online Databases
eLibrary Curriculum
General information database with over 200 full-text periodical, reference and multimedia resources.
History Study Center
Historical reference database
Proquest Learning Literature
Literature database
eLibrary Science
Science database
eLibrary Elementary
K-5 general information database
Provides over 5000 primary and secondary source documents related to key topics in 20th century America. Includes letters, editorial cartoons, streaming video, websites, maps, advertisements and DBQs.
Provides i nformation on the cultures of 187 countries & territories. Includes maps, statistics & indepth coverage in 25 categories; provides special features such as photos, recipes, famous persons and the 50 states,
Online Libraries
UNF Library
University of North Florida Library
FCCJ Library
Florida Community College at Jacksonville Library
Public Library
Jacksonville Public Library
