Do you need to update text book information that is out-of-date? Are you in a graduate course that requires a research paper? Are you looking for new ideas pertaining to your subject area and student needs? Searching a free, but unstructured resource such as the Web can be time consuming and difficult to separate the good from the bad. Edited books and periodicals provide a more authoritative means of getting quality information. Now you can find, read and print these resources without leaving your computer or spending a dime.
The school district, area libraries and the state have purchased a number of online resources for you and your students to use. You can search for words in the text of the resource, search the predefined subject headings or browse the contents of a specific publication. All this from any computer that can browse the Internet, no matter where it is located.
Start at the Educational Resources' Library Web Resources page http://www.chuh.org/resources/.
Because these resources are purchased, only CH-UH staff and students can use them. Each resource has an account name and password to gain access to it. If you link from the HeightsNET Resources page, the account information is usually entered automatically. If you are not at school (or dialed into HeightsNET from home) you will need to enter an easily remembered school password provided by your Media Specialist. The HeightsNET Resources page then enters the specific account and password for the resource you choose to use. If you do not go through the HeightsNET Resources page, you may need to know the account and password for that specific resource. Many of these resources use a special web browser file called a cookie to save this information so you do not have to keep reentering it.