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Kansas Library Card (KSLC)

About the Card

What is the Kansas Library Card (KSLC)?

The Kansas Library Card is your entry to statewide online library resources, including high quality information and research databases.  Use it to:

1. access the listing of databases -- please realize that many people can now access the database list without the need to log in.  Please try accessing through this page. 

2. register for resources that require a personal account to function (such as Kansas EZ Library audiobooks or ebooks, Learning Express Library)

What can be accessed with a KSLC?

• Research databases and learning modules.  For the current state-wide subscriptions, see the Databases List page. 
• Login and use the 3M Cloud Library (digital ebooks).
• Register for OneClickdigital (audiobooks).

How do I get a Kansas Library Card?

 Request a card at CGHS High School Library or the CG Public Library. Almost any Kansas  library can issue you one.

Believe It Or Not

Credibility 1:

Science for Life
Iowa Source

Credibility 3:

A Wrong Diagnosis
Mayo Clinic Diagnosis

Credibility 4:

Huffington Post
Fox News

Credibility 5:

Mythbusters
Moon Hoax

 

Credible

"what they say makes sense to me"

Informative

 “this site has a ton of information on this topic” 

 Authoritative

 “this page is from an agency of the government that deals with these issues all the time” 

 Useful

 “not everything on here is correct, but everything I’ve tried has worked out really well….” 

Student Research Central for Kansas Students: Start

When you want to search magazines, newspapers, or other material on the State Library of Kansas site, begin with Student Research Center. This is an EBSCO database, and it is easy to navigate and very, very useful.

As you can see from the screenshot below, you can easily control your search. You can search by topic, conduct a visual or advanced search, limit your results to magazines, newspapers, books, biography, media transcripts, maps, primary source documents, country reports, state reports, or film. I recommend that you click on the full text check box so you only get results that have the entire article. You can also just search certain dates. If you want something that is simple to read, you can control the reading level.

Student Research Central for Kansas Students

The State Library of Kansas provides terrific resources for high school students, and they are free for you to use any time. During the next six weeks or so, I will be sporadically highlighting different databases included here because, as you know, nothing warms a librarian's heart like a good database.

Plagiarism Is Bad

This Infographic is from Kate Hart's blog. Read her additional remarks about plagiarism because they are 1. true and 2. entertaining.

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Comic by The Daring Librarian