Title: This slide show is an edited version of the powerpoint provided by DISCUS at http://www.scdiscus.org/powerpoint-presentations.html
1DISCUSSouth Carolinas Virtual LibraryA program
overview
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2DISCUSSouth Carolinas Virtual LibraryA program
overview
3What is DISCUS?Digital Information for SC
Users
- An online library, available day and night
- Provides free access to electronic subscription
library resources - For South Carolinians of all ages and interests
- Coordinated by the SC State Library
4What resources can be found in DISCUS?
- Magazines, newspapers
- Professional journals
- Encyclopedias
- Dictionaries
- Electronic books
- Reference materials
- Web site links
- Atlases
- and more!
5What information do the resources provide?
- Articles
- Maps
- Video, audio
- Primary sources
- Lesson plans
- Curriculum standards
- Historic documents
- Government reports
- Web sites
- Photos, illustrations,
- charts, and other
- images
6What subject areas are covered with DISCUS
resources?
- Arts Literature
- Biography
- Business
- Current Events
- Education
- Government Legal
- Health Medicine
- History
- Science Technology
- Social Sciences
7Use DISCUS for
- K-12 homework, projects and reports
- College research
- Educator preparation
- Independent study
- Political awareness
- Consumer decisions
- Lifelong learning
8Use DISCUS at home, too!
Your public library or your school library media
specialist can provide you with the user name
and password.
9Thank your legislators!
DISCUS is funded by the South Carolina General
Assembly through the K-12 Technology
Initiative, with supplemental funding by the
federal Library Services Technology Act.
DISCUS is coordinated by the SC State Library in
cooperation with school, college and public
libraries.
10Use DISCUS today!
scdiscus.org To learn more, ask your librarian!