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Jr.-Sr. High School Library
The NJSH Library is open every school day from 8:05 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.and provides a quiet atmosphere for students during and after school. Neoga Jr.-Sr. High School is a member the Illinois Heartland Library System.
Students using our online catalog (SHARE) have access to the combined database of all Heartland libraries, about 3 million books, at school and at home. Books requested from other libraries in the system are delivered daily to our school library.
Students also have access to over 40,000 ebooks and eaudiobooks that may be downloaded onto home or school devices year round.
Hot chocolate and iced coffee will be available for purchase on Friday's during intervention.
EBSCO DATABASES
Conducting research for a project?
EBSCO-The Illinois State Library has selected EBSCO as the vendor for a statewide e-resource package. EBSCO is the leading provider of research databases, e-journal, e-package subscription management, book collection development and acquisition management, and a major provider of library technology, e-books, and clinical decision solutions for universities, colleges, hospitals, corporations, government, K-12 schools, and public libraries worldwide. Watch the instructional video below!
Additional eRESOURCES
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SORASora is the new user-friendly app that lets you access it through your laptop, phone or tablet using your school log in information. The Sora app was designed around the modern student reading experience. It empowers students to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from their school, for both leisure and class-assigned reading.
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AUDIBLE
Audible.com offers thousands of audiobooks.
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Google Books
Google Books indexes millions of books and periodicals that you can search within. Many books and periodicals are available to read online for free.
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Google News Newspaper Archive
Google News Newspaper Archive has digitized hundreds of old newspapers that you can search through.
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar Find academic, peer reviewed articles on your topic. Also, useful for finding court rulings and patent filings.
MLA 8 Resources
The following resources can answer questions about using the MLA 8 format.
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Works Cited: A Quick Guide by the MLA Style Center
Find the core elements, an explanation of containers, and some examples in the practice template.
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What's New in the Eighth Edition
Brief explanations of the new features of MLA 8
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MLA Eighth Edition: What's New and Different
From the OWL at Purdue - more explanations of the new features of MLA 8
