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Students' School Computer Account Login and Password Instructions Open a browser and go to my.pps.net Enter your PPS user name (Do not include "@pps.net") Enter your Password to finish logging in STUDENT USER NAMES PPS student user names are created by combining the first letter of the student's first name with the first 10 letters of the student's last name followed by the last four digits of the student's PPS ID number. Here are two examples: Example 1: Student John Smith with an ID# 123456 becomes username: jsmith3456. Example 2: Student Jane Smith-Jackson with an ID# 112233 becomes username: jsmithjacks2233 Student Passwords For elementary students, passwords should be the two digits representing the student's birth month, followed by the two digits representing the student's birth date. Here are 2 examples; If a student was born on May 15, 2013 Password will be 0515. If a student was born on September 9, 2010 Password will be 0909 If you don't remember your password or need to reset it, go to PPS Password Manager and register or sign in with your full PPS user name, complete the information and set a new password
*Login to the following educational sites using your student's pps credentials*
	PPS provides membership to this virtual library of ebooks and audiobooks.
	Abernethy's Online Library Catalog

Online magazines, scholarly journals, articles, podcasts, videos	Basic and advanced searching by subject indexing and journal searching to support thorough investigations of research topics. Print, e-mail or download multiple articles. Direct access in district; remote code available from library staff. Elementary Middle & High School
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K-12 Online Encyclopedia	Online encyclopedias, maps, games, quizzes, timelines, and lesson plans.
Multnomah County Library	MCL Homework Center Multnomah County Catalog
Gale Virtual Reference Library	Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Direct access in district; remote code available from library staff.

Oregonian E-Edition for Educators	THE OREGONIAN E-Edition is an electronic version of the newspaper - an exact replica of the print edition that you can view on any computer.
24/7 Online Reference Help	Answerland lets anyone connect to a librarian by live chat, email or text messaging.We'll answer almost anything, but typical topics include homework, using your library, finding a great book to read, and really anything that you are interested in finding out more about.