Woodside High School

13450 Woodside Lane  •  Newport News, VA 23608  •  Phone: (757) 886-7530  •  Fax: (757) 877-0480

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LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER

The mission of our school library program is to stimulate curiosity, creativity, and collaborative skills while building the knowledge base of our students. Librarians guide learners as they access resources; examine, analyze, and enjoy the works of others; and create and share works of their own. As a result, our students will develop an appreciation of reading and become effective, ethical, and discriminating users of information and technology.

Policies

Media Center Staff

Hours of Operation

  • Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 7:00 AM - 2:05PM
  • Tuesday and Thursday: 7:00 AM - 3:00PM

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Woodside Library's Online Public Access Catalog

 

  • Passes are needed during the school day.
  • General collection books can be checked out for 2 weeks; reference books for overnight.
  • Fine: 5 cents a day for general collection books; 25 cents a day for reference books.
  • Students can access the Internet from the library computers; however there can be no sending or receiving e-mail, instant messaging, or playing video games.  The computers are strictly for typing papers and conducting research.
  • No food or drinks are permitted in the library - only bottled water.

Summer Reading

High School Summer Reading list

Advanced Placement  Grade 11

Advanced Placement Grade 12

Library Search Engines

General Search Engines

Other Libraries

On-Line Subscription Databases

NOTE:  The On-Line Subscription Databases requires a user login name and password, please see the library staff to obtain the user name and password.

ProQuest

Select eLibrary for magazines, newspapers, books, maps, pictures, audio/video, or radio/TV transcripts

Grolier's Encyclopedia

Three encyclopedias plus Lands and Peoples

Gale Student Resource Center

General Research

SIRS Knowledge Source

General reference, government information, and the arts and humanities

Time Magazine

Click on "Login to the Archive" then scroll down to "Or Log in Using Your Account Number"

World Book Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia on-line

Brainpop

Username: newportps Password: newport (Available only between 7:30-5:30)

Find it VA

Public Library system (Requires a public library card ID)

Teen Health and Wellness

Teen health topics and issues

 

 

 

 

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