The Mission of the St. Mary’s High School Library is to provide information service to all members of the school community in accordance with the Mission of St. Mary’s and the Expected School Wide Learning Results.

Catherine Clarke, Director of Library Services

Master of Education in School Library Science

John Murphy, Afternoon Supervisor

The Library is open during the school year from:

Students are encouraged to use the Library for quiet study and research before school, during break, and after school.

• Check-Out Procedures

• Books are checked out for 3 weeks and can be renewed upon request.

• Reference books may be checked out overnight.

• Magazines are checked out for 1 week. 

• Students are responsible for the safe return of all materials checked out.  Current I.D. cards are required for checkout.  If any materials are damaged or lost, replacement costs and any late charges will be levied.

The Library is equipped with computers that are networked to all on-campus resources and all internet resources.

Resources:

Winnebago Spectrum is the online catalog to locate books in the library.  The catalog is available on the St. Mary's network.

Research Links:

Student Resource Center Gold

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/stmarhs

(Password may be obtained from school librarian.)

On this database, students can find reference materials, primary source documents and magazines/newspaper about literature, science, history and biography.  Information can be found using subject, keyword or full-text searches.

World Book Online

http://www.worldbookonline.com

ID: smknights     Password: knights

CQResearcher

http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher

(Password may be obtained from school librarian.)

Find current information on important social, political and ethical topics.  Full-text reports include background, current situations, issues and outlook.

American Journalism Review

http://ajr.org/

This site can link you to newspapers worldwide.  Some will be in English, others will be in the native language.

Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu

This is the best site to find MLA and APA writing and citation styles.

High School ACE

Homework Help - Subject Guides - Reference Tools - College Prep Resources

http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm