Library/Technology Center

Online Resource Databases and Subscription Services

(click the icons below to access databases)

(at school)                (from home)	Access Pine Point's online catalog. Important: If you are in school accessing InfoCentre via Pine Point's network,click on the LEFT icon; if at home, click on the RIGHT icon.
	EBSCO offers periodical & specialized research databases (including history, health, science and education) which may be accessed from home for free by members of the Pine Point community. Contact the library (860-535-0606) for the log-in information.
	Search over 400 Connecticut Libraries (including the Pine Point School library) from home.
	Use your Connecticut Public Library card to access magazines, newspapers (including the Hartford Courant and the New York Times), health, business, science, biographical & history information.
	Cobblestone Online Index and full text to history magazines - Cobblestone, Faces, Calliope, Classical Calliope, Odyssey, AppleSeeds, Dig, Footsteps, and California Chronicles. Contact the library (860-535-0606) for the log-in information.
	The respected encyclopedia online - now you can search every word! Contact the library (860-535-0606) for the log-in information.
	Birds of North America Online - hosted at Cornell University - exhaustive and authoritative information, sound and video files on all the bird species of North America.  Contact the library (860-535-0606) for the log-in information.
	NoodleTools - create your own account and produce correctly formatted works cited/bibliographies!  Contact the library (860-535-0606) for the one-time log-in information to NoodleBib. PLEASE NOTE: If you are having trouble with your initial login, try a different browser (e.g., Safari or Firefox)
	NoveList K-8 Plus - Need a suggestion for what to read? A list of fiction and nonfiction books with a link to the PPS catalog to check for the books locally.
	Mrs. A's blog - for the latest and greatest library and book publishing news, contests, and other fun stuff
	Downloadable audio books via iConn -- have your Connecticut public library card number ready.
(Home)                               (School)	Access the online version of our new 5-volume reference set, Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century from Salem Press
	Summer Reading Lists
	Nutmeg nominees 2011

Our Facility

The centerpiece of Pine Point's campus is its Library/Technology Center. This 7,500 sq. ft. community resource provides instructional space for pre-school, lower school, and middle school students and features a state of the art technology center plus a conference room equipped for distance learning.

Goals of the Pine Point School Library

To provide materials (both print and non-print) and services which support and supplement classroom curricula, meet the individual research needs of students and provide for teachers' professional development and growth.

To provide formal instruction in the selection, evaluation and use of information resources (both in-house and Internet-based) so that students can function effectively and independently in other research settings throughout their lives.

To encourage a love of reading by providing recreational reading and displays and through special programming such as read-alouds, booktalks, and TV turnoffs.

• 14,266 catalogued items (books, videos, DVDs, CDs, magazines, audio books)
• 623 new titles added in 08-09
• 9,902 volumes circulated in the 08-09 year
• Member of the Connecticut Library Consortium (a regional collective of libraries of all types)
• Carol Ansel, Librarian (American Library Association accredited Masters in Library and Information Studies from University of Rhode Island.)
• Active parent volunteer force!
• Weekly library instruction for students in grades K through 6, in addition to research projects in association with classroom teachers, and individual support for research projects in grades 7 through 9
• On-line resource databases

Features of the Technology Center

The heart of Pine Point's technology efforts is its:

• 16 PC workstations and an interactive whiteboard in the computer lab
• 4 teaching stations which offer ceiling-mounted LCD projectors for teaching larger groups of students
• 6 iMacs for student use
• 4 standing lookup stations, all with internet access
• 2 networked laser printers
• support for our dual platform campus (PC and Macintosh)

The L/TC's Board Room is equipped with Sony-based videoconferencing equipment including DVD/VCR viewing capabilities and cable television access. The room can comfortably accommodate 30 students or more.

The Media Production Room features an Apple Macintosh G5 with dual 2.5 gHz processors, a 30-inch HD flat panel cinema display and 6.1 channel surround sound. With a dedicated scanner and printer, the room offers students and teachers a complete facility for editing and producing full motion video and still images.

The L/TC is a wireless environment offering full internet access and print capabilities to students and faculty who use their own laptops.