Library Overview
Library Resources: Web Catalog and Electronic Databases
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Click on the link above that says "Destiny Discover Web Catalog" to start finding regular books,e-books, and audiobooks in our catalog. Log in to access the e-books, put a book on hold, renew a book, save a list of books you want to read later, and more. Students: your login is the first part of your FUSD Google account (everything before the @), and your password is your student ID number. Teachers, please contact a librarian for your password. |
Note: "SIRS Discoverer" is elementary and middle school level. Use "SIRS Issues Researcher" instead! |
See a librarian for a username and password to access this database. E-library is good for all research topics, and offers an option in the Advanced Search to narrow your search to academic journals only. Note: all our databases provide MLA 8 citations for you, but make sure you check them to make sure there are no mistakes!
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See a librarian for a username and password to access this database. SIRS Researcher is built around social issues, so it will be especially useful for WIP, QUEST, and Social Studies.Note: all our databases provide MLA 8 citations , but make sure you check them!
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Explora Advanced:Like Explora, user-friendly interface, but with academic journals. Note: all our databases provide MLA 8 citations, but make sure you check them! |
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Resources Beyond IHS Library
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We have access to ProQuest and EBSCO databases at IHS, but through the public library, you have access to hundreds of databases! If you don't have a library card, CLICK HERE FOR AN E-CARD. Then visit: www.aclibrary.org/az.php to access databases. There are many choices. BIOGRAPHIES IN CONTEXT and OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS are two of the most useful public library databases. Ask a librarian if you need help. You can also get these databases via an app on your smartphone. Ask a librarian FMI.
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This up-to-date online encyclopedia includes articles at different reading levels and links to multimedia resources and websites. The password is the same as all our other databases.
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Our favorite MLA bibliography resource! From Purdue University, Indiana. Updated to the new MLA 8th Edition.
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Librarians: During Covid-19 School Closures, School Loop is the best way to reach us!
Martha Morales, Library Media Technician
(510) 656-5711 extension 46375
mmorales@fusdk12.net
Allyson McAuley, Library Media Teacher
(510) 656-5711 extension 46376
amcauley@fusdk12.net
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7:30 - 4:00 every day |
Printing and Copying
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PRINTING: Black & white only; we have no color ink. We appreciate optional donations for printing. Ink for our printer is $175 per cartridge, and we can go through 4 reams (packages) of paper a day during benchmark deadlines! It's hard to support printing for the whole school, get books, and keep the library running on our limited budget. Please help us if you can.
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Checkouts
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You can check out 5 books at a time for 3 weeks, and renew up to 3 times. |
Tech
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Computers in the library and career center are available for student use. It is a violation of our school's Technology Agreement to log in as anyone other than yourself or to access websites blocked by the FUSD filter. If you would like to request that a legitimate website be unblocked, please see Ms. McAuley, who will submit a request to FUSD for you. If you forget your password, please see a librarian, who can reset it for you.
We also have wifi: Wireless Network #1: Cutover, Password: NewNetwork. Wireless network #2: FUSD Student, Password: Use your school Google password to log in. |
Donations |
IHS Library serves over 2,000 students and runs on less than $2 per student per year, far less than the national average.
We would be extremely grateful for donations of: tissues, paper towels, printer paper, staples and paperclips, 3x5 index cards, scotch tape, magazines with content appropriate for high school, fiction books at our students' level (gently used OK) or new nonfiction books. We regret that we cannot accept donations of nonfiction older than 5 years, fiction for students younger than grade 9, or books with highlighting or other damage.
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