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Library & Media Center

About the Library

  • Collection of over 8,000 selections in print with a heavy emphasis on trade and vocational areas

  • Large collection of Trade Periodicals

  • MLS Databases

  • Internet Access

  • Affiliated with the Massachusetts Library System

  • Black/White and color printers

Library Hours

  • Monday – Friday
    7:35 a.m. – 2:40 p.m.

    *Extended hours available for Peer Tutoring sessions. Sign-up online.

Library Media Center Home Page

Follett Destiny Catalog 

Print and digital resources

Sora

Collection of ebooks and audiobooks

Neighboring Libraries

Links to local libraries and Library of Congress

Curriculum Development Support 

Support for Lesson Plan development

Resources

Research Process

CRLS Research Guide

Basic Steps in the Research Process

Library of Congress

Primary source collections

SORA

SORA provides access to ebook and audiobooks from your school and public library. 

Getting Started Guide 

Dewey Browse

Associated Dewey number with Web links.

Purdue Owl Online Writing

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue.

Digital Public Library of America

Discover 34,992,017 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.

Easybib

Citation tool

Plagiarism

A comprehensive set of resources to help students write with integrity

PBS Learning Media

WGBY and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for Massachusetts teachers.

Interlibrary Loan

How to borrow materials from other libraries

Gale Databases

Database Collection of individual products

PBS Learning Media

Teaching resources for students and teachersw.

Sparknotes

Study guides with quick quizzes.

Citation Machine

Citation process

Career Search Process

CollegeBoard

Resources for students in relation to college success.

Career Cruising

A mission to engage and inspire people of all ages to achieve their full potential in school, career, and life.

Career One Stop

A source for career exploration, training & jobs.

History

Lizardpoint

Geography, Flags, World Leaders

World Geography Games

entertaining and stimulating map games to improve your geographical knowledge.

Country Reports

Cultural, Historical, Statistical, Country Information. Ask Librarian for password.

American Rhetoric Top 100 Speeches

Full text, audio, and video database of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century.

World Atlas

Extensive world geography content

Fact Monster

Homework and fact help.

Mathematics

Kahn Academy

Standards-aligned content with practice exercises, videos and articles.

Edgenuity (Recovery Credit)

Edgenuity’s online curriculum and learning solutions are designed to support all educators and students, and can be easily customized to meet the unique needs of any school, classroom, and student.

Quick Reference Links

Rhyme Zone

Find rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, and more!

Text Compactor

This free online summarization tool was created to help struggling readers process overwhelming amounts of information.

spanish

Duolingo

Learn any language for free

Destinos Video Series

Destinos is in conversational Spanish, with some narration in English and in Spanish. Every episode covers new grammatical concepts, vocabulary, and cultural practices, with a review at the end.

Technical Links

Hilmor

HVAC tools

Auto Career Development Center

Hybrid training resources

Body Shop Business

Videos, estimating, products

JBind

HVAC tools

ToolingU

Advanced Manufacturing training online

ProDemand Automotive Repair

ProDemand provides full OEM repair, estimating, maintenance, and real-world experience-based information in one easy-to-use product built to help auto service professionals work faster and more accurately.

What Should I Read?

Teens' Top 10

The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year!

What Should I Read Next?

Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our huge database of real readers’ favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next.

Great Book Finder for Teens

While these books have been selected for teens from 12 to 18 years of age, the award-winning titles and the titles on YALSA’s selected lists span a broad range of reading and maturity levels.

Good Reads

Meet your next favorite book.

We are no longer accepting work requests for the current school year. Work requests will resume again in mid-September, 2023.  Thank you.