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=Martha Ruggles Elementary School= =7831 S Prairie Ave Chicago, Illinois 60619 Map Phone: (773) 535-3085 Fax: (773) 535-3129= =Principal - Ida Claire Patterson= =Assistant Principal - Camille L. Williams= Ruggles Elementary stakeholders strive to create a learning environment grounded in mutual respect in which all students develop as leaders. Ruggles Elementary is a school where every student has the right and responsibility to learn. =__ Location: __= =__** Hours of Operation: **__= **Chicago Public Library:** [] **At the Chicago Public Libraries, users can:**
 * The MarthaLee A. Library Media Center is located on the first floor. **
 * Monday-Friday: 7:15 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.(Tutoring and study time available from 4:00-5:00 Monday-Friday). **
 * Borrow Books
 * Borrow Audio CDs
 * Borrow DVDs
 * Borrow Audio Books
 * Search online Databaes and reserve computers (using active Chicago Public Library Card)
 * Search for items online and place on hold
 * Review their account information (fines owed, etc.)

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Chicago Tribune homepage - [|www.ChicagoTribune.com]

Chicago Suntimes home page - [|www.suntimes.com]

Chicago Public Schools homepage - [|www.cps.edu]

Project Gutenberg Project - Top Free E-Books online through [|http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog] [|/]

[|CPS Student Databases] Insert password 4470 when prompted
 * Student Resources**
 * Research**

[|Starfall] - Beginning reading skills. Headphones needed.
 * Language Arts**

[|Spelling City] Become a great speller

[|Go Grammar] Games and exercises

[|International Children's Digital Library] Read books online in any language!

[|Cash Out] - Money counting skills\
 * Math**

[|Fuel The Brain] Games from K-8, including algegra

[|Addition/][|Subtraction/Division/Multiplication] - Online practice and worksheets

[|US Geological Survey] Environmental science
 * Science**

[|Dance Mat Typing] Teach yourself to type
 * Technology**

[|PBS Kids] videos and many other learing tools
 * General**

[|ABC ya] Games and fun for K-5

Chicago Public Schools Database Resources - Student resources: Library databases
Martha Ruggles Elementary School Library Resources

Student Resources in Context //Gale Student Resources In Context// is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience combined with new features such as "Search Assist" and quick fact boxes.

Kids InfoBits Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree.

[|Student Resource Center: Junior] Student Resource Center - Junior offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, SRC - Junior provides a premium selection of reference material, more than 340 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.

Discovering Collection Discovering Collection offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.

Student Resource Center – Gold This fully integrated database contains thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, essays, critical analyses, and full-text coverage of more than 1,000 magazines and newspapers. Also includes more than 20,000 photographs, illustrations, and audio and video clips.

Kids InfoBits The K-5 student website features a visually graphic interface, a topic tree search, and an age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content. (Elementary only)

Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Multi-volume reference sets on Africa, the Civil War, the American Revolution, World War I, World War II, the Harlem Renaissance, and other topics. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

LitFinder for Schools LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 126,500 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, 5,000 full-text short stories, 2,800 full-text essays, 1,800 full-text speeches, and 1,000 full-text plays.

Junior Edition - K12 Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Professional Collection A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators and adinistrators, provides balanced coverage for any professional educator.

Encyclopedia Britannica This database has millions of articles on as many topics. You can select the appropriate grade level. Also includes a Spanish version.

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