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Check it out - a free online excerpt from our first released TRCA 2020 Five Reasons to Read title
Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe.  Didn't get a chance to read it yet? Try out this free excerpt first and see what you think! #TRCA2020

EBSCO - Step by Step Guide

It is always helpful to be aware of reliable resources online.  EBSCO is a group of databases that we have access to through the NS Department of Education. These databases contain full text magazines, newspapers and reference materials online in a searchable format. Some students may have used EBSCO before in class, in the library or at home.  Below is a step by step guide to using EBSCO services.

Reliable Research Resources

To use EBSCO remotely login in to your gnspes account.

On the launch page under Learning Resources click the icon.

A list of EBSCO databases the Department of Education subscribes to will be available. 

Almost all groups of databases in EBSCO contain a basic tutorial on how to use the
database and helpful guidelines for navigation and searching. Click on the help feature
located in the top right corner that is available in each database group.

Click on a topic in the list that appears when you click help and guidelines will appear
on how to use any particular feature within the database.

EBSCOhost web contains many tutorials in the help feature on different types
of searching and navigating the database.

For example: EBSCO tutorial

Don’t forget - EBSCO databases help you cite sources properly!
Remember to click on the Cite option in the right navigation bar in each database
and choose the citation format you need. 

If you have any questions please contact Ms. Cochrane at cochranes@ccrce.ca

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Don't forget you can still access the TRCA blog online from home at https://trca.home.blog!
Here you will find book trailers, information about the TRCA authors and more. 
Just a reminder of our Five Reasons to Read this year:

Meet the TRCA 2020 Contenders:

CCRCE’s TRCA Committee has shortlisted five books for the 2020 Teen Reader’s Choice Award. The award winner will be announced June 9th.

The 2020 finalists are:

• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
• Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
• Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell; illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks
• Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
• The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown

The 2020 TRCA Committee selected the finalists from a list of over seventy titles. After months spent reading and discussing these suggestions, a selection was made. The selected titles include a fictional field guide to American high school life as told by a black French Canadian; a mystery involving murder, neglect, and systemic racism; a smart full colour graphic novel set in a pumpkin patch; a fantastical historical novel filled with love and imagination; and a graphic novel that humanizes the Syrian refugee crisis.

Next Wednesday in the NNEC Library there will be a Christmas craft session during lunch hour.  We will be making Christmas cards incorporating recycled books.  Our session will be limited to 10 students so please stop by the library and sign up so you don't miss out! 

The results are in and the winner is.....

One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus!! Thank you to all students who read and participated in this year's Teen Reader's Choice Award.

This year's TRCA has come to a close. As we eagerly await the results of the top title for 2019 please remember to return any library books you have to the NNEC library.  All books are due in as of Friday May 31st.  Any books that are lost will require a replacement cost.  The library would rather have the books back then your money so check your lockers, classroom, cars and your house for that library book you signed out!