Library Links:

Welcome to the Library Page! The purpose of this page is to use technology  to bring up-to-date information and resources to our viewers.

bulletOnline Catalog - Koha - Use this link to access the schools online catalog (Your library login number is your student id and your password is: awhs)

"School libraries: student-centered, information-focused." quote from Joan Gallagher,  a former President of MSLMA who died of cancer in March 2003

Special Features:

bulletNational Library Week
April 13-19, 2008
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.           ALA Fact Sheet

Suggestions for AWHS:
Read a magazine article or a few chapters of a book during Library Week
or visit
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/
700+ Great Sites
Image from American Library Association
bulletLibrarian's Suggested Reading List
Suggested student readings from our school's Librarian.
bulletTeacher Suggested Reading List
Suggested student readings from the AWHS Faculty.
bulletNational Poetry Month-April
Inaugurated by the Academy in April  1996, National Poetry Month brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture.

Suggestions for AWHS:
To read a poem aloud each day 
             or visit
http://www.poets.com
International Library of Poetry featuring over 4.6 million poets
http://www.poetry.com
World poetry resources and links
http://www.onlinepoetryclassroom.org
Poets and their Poetry

bulleteBooks: over 7500 books available brought to you by the Boston Public Library Statewide Reference and Referral Center, funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
bulletUniversity of Michigan's Making of America Project
bulletNew York Public Library's Digital Library Collection
bulletUniversity of Virginia Library's American Civil War Collections & Early American Fiction
bulletUniversity of Cincinnati's Digital Press
bulletCornell University's Digital Library Collections
bulletFamous Trials - UMKC School of Law - Prof. Douglas Linder
bulletKathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
bulletStudent Bulletin: Career Guides
bulletAmerican Library Association:  www.ala.org
bulletBeyond the MLA Handbook:  Documenting Electronic Source for the Internet:  http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.2/inbox/mla_archive.html
bulletCiting Cyberspace:  http://longman.awl.com/englishpages/cyber.htm
bulletOnline Journal Articles and Documents About All Levels of Education
http://eric.ed.gov/
bulletInternet Public Library Ready Reference Collection: http://ipl.sils.umich.edu:80/ref/RR  
bulletInternet Public Library Youth Section: http://www.ipl.org/youth
bullet Colleges and Scholarships: http://www.college-scholarships.com
bulletHomework Central  www.homeworkcentral.com
bulletBPL  www.bpl.org
bulletInternational Currency Converter  www.oanda.com/converter/classic 
bulletEHow  www.ehow.com 

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