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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.

 

Search this database to find books in our library, NES, and books that can be requested from other libraries.

 

SHARE now has a new mobile app!  Find it in the APP store or Play Store.

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eRESOURCES

Search Cloud Library, Sora, or other links below to check out eBooks and eAudiobooks.  These are also great resources to use over the summer!

Cloud LibraryClick the icon to enter the Cloud Library App

Search the Illinois Heartland Ebook Collection, and access ebooks on Chromebooks, Windows computers, iOS devices, and Android devices. In creating your account, you will choose Illinois Heartland Library System as your library.  Additional instructions are attached.  Please see or email Mrs. Henderson for your library card number or if you have any questions.  eResources may also be checked out via the SHARE database we already use.

A few features include:

1.  The app can be downloaded on up to 5 devices and will sync across all of your devices for quick access to your items.

2.  You can borrow 5 items at one time to be loaned for 21 days and holds may be placed on 5 items at a time.  Items expire automatically when they are due or they may be renewed so long as there is not a hold on the item.  All items can also be returned early.

3.  Text can be highlighted and bookmarked and notes may be taken throughout the book to go back to as reference.

4.  Suggest books to be purchased.  Clicking the filter tab and choosing "suggestions for Library" will open up a list of titles to suggest to be purchased by our Library. 

5.   Web reading and listening is available for the Cloud Library. If you have an older device that is incompatible with the app, you still have access to the collection via any internet browser

 

            Click the icon to enter the SORA Library App

Sora 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.

 

TeenBookCloud

 

 

AUDIBLE.COM Audible.com offers thousands of audiobooks.

 

Google Books indexes millions of books and periodicals that you can search within.  Many books and periodicals are available to read online for free.  

Google News Newspaper Archive has digitized hundreds of old newspapers that you can search through.

Google Scholar Find academic, peer reviewed articles on your topic.  Also, useful for finding court rulings and patent filings.

 
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DATABASES

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.  Click the link below to search the databases: below:

 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=geo,ip,uid&custid=s8856103&geocustid=s8856103&groupid=main  

 

 

Meta Search Engines (Search tools that use another search engine's data to produce results)

 

MLA 8 Resources

The following resources can answer questions about using the MLA 8 format.