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"Zeigebensht Du Freie Land" [Long Live the Land of the Free] 1911 (Library of Congress)

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, as well as Jewish American Heritage Month. Use the card catalog to find books the library owns on these topics and more.

Featured Website of the Week:
Connecting Cultures - Music of the Mekong River (Smithsonian Folkways)        

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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Heritage Center.
2013 Theme: I want the wide American earth.

Other Information
Programming Librarian (Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month)
Snapshots of Asian America - KQED
Programming Librarian (Jewish American Heritage Month)
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - Survivors & Victims
Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives		 Wordle: Jewish American Asian-Pacific Heritage Month



SUMMER READING

Suggested Reading Lists
 Sandia Prep’s English faculty has compiled lists of suggested reading for Sandia Prep students. See the Shelfari Book Shelf above for some of the books from the suggested readling lists. Links to the complete lists can be found below. 
   Suggested Summer Reading List for 6th-8th grades.
   Suggested Summer Reading List for 9th-10th grades.
   Suggested Summer Reading List for 11th-12th grades.

Award Winning Book Lists
These compilations are taken from various awards given to authors/books by the American Library Association. For all book, print, and awards, check out the American Library Association.
John Newbery Medal List
Coretta Scott King Award List (narratives)
Pura Belpre Award List & Michael L. Printz Award List
Top Ten Best YA Novels for 2013 & Top Ten Best Graphic Novels for 2013


Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library
Rio Rancho Public Library

e-Reference Shelf (if prompted for password, use: cactus)
More e-Reference Books
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St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture 		 GrzimeksAnimalLife.jpg
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia  


EncycWorldBio.jpg           Encyclopedia of World Biography 

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Careers in Focus eBooks 

Use Gale PowerSearch to search online databases ~ an excellent,
all-purpose source for research on any topic.

  

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Library Home Page

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Find information on topics related to business, careers, controversial issues, economics, the arts, education, health, politics and more from a variety of current and retrospective news media including newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, periodicals, videos and web-only content including Albuquerque Journal & USA Today.

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Special reports available, 
among others - Asian-Pacific America Heritage Month. Broad coverage of Asian-American culture and important issues, events, leaders and personalities, as well as news, events, discussions, trends and links to related Websites.

Try some other cool databases!

 

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