Library News

6/26/09 Library is closed for the summer. If you need assistance please email us.

6/4/09 AP summer textbook pick up begins today. Come in and check out your summer reading Thursday 6/4 and Tuesday 6/9.

6/2/09 Senior Project Survey

5/20/2009 And the READ photo contest winners are:

PHS Welcomes singer/songwriter Mary Dolan		Songwriting Workshop Wed., May 20 2:45-3:45 RSVP at library

 

5/12/09 If you have had the opportunity to try out CultureGrams, please tell us what you think. Click here to take our short survey.
	Looking for current information about countries? Need to do a cross country/state comparison? Try our trial database CultureGrams. Remember to enter, welcome.

 

4/28/09 Juniors/Seniors - Check your record to see if you have any overdue library/textbooks or fines that will keep you from purchasing your prom ticket. Go to the library catalog, login and if you see RED (indicates an overdue) come and see us.

4/20/09 Celebrate School Library Media Month. Stop by the library to view the new READ contest entrees. Then vote for your favorite. Voting is open to all PHS students and staff through April 30. One vote per person. Prizes will be awarded at the Eye on the Arts, May 20.

	James Patterson is this year's School Library Media Month spokesperson. Click here to find out more about him, his books and his love of libraries. Click here to hear his School Library Media Month Announcement
James Patterson's picture courtesy of the AASL website: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/aasladvocacy/schoollibrary.cfm

Something for Everyone at the Bookfair!

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Book Fair
Katie Eagleheart is working with Barnes & Noble to present this 3rd Book Fair of the year. Proceeds benefit the PHS library book collection.	Thursday 4/2 - Friday 4/3

 

3/13/09	Library databases are evaluated and authoritative. Star students use them for their research. Username and Password are on the back of your ID card.

	3/2/09 AMAZON WISH LIST: Don't see a book you want in the library. Let us know and we will add it to our Amazon Wish List.

2/24/09 Great information resource:

:( Sad news about this great resource	Clickon the link more information about the death of the SFPL ecard.

2/06/09 Junior Paper Titles from all junior English teachers are now available for browsing. Not sure what you might want to read? Browse this list and then check with your teacher to make sure the choice would work in your class.

1/21/09 Salem Press introduces 2 databases to accompany their reference works. Use the password on the backside of your ID card to access these.

Library Closed 1/14 -1/22.
We are preparing for 2nd semester's textbook exchanges .
Please feel free to come in if you have books to return.

Congratulations to our Twilight Trivia Winners:
	Jessica Jones Tracey Kjonegaard (2xs) Natascha Espiritu Amanda Clark

12/01/08 Looking for historical primary sources? Try Proquest's Historical Newspapers. Login and password are on the back of ID card.

 

Oxford English Dictionary	Try out the OED online. The login and password are on the back of your ID Card.

 

 

 

 

 

... and the Name That Book winners are:

				Amada Clark
Jessica Reyes	Luke Castor	Megan Pfeiffer	Henry Donahue		David Bundy
for A Child Called It	tied for Eragon	tied for Eragon	for Friday Night Lights	for School's Out-- Forever	for The Arrival

 

 

 

In celebration of Teen Read Week, Oct. 12- 18, 2008:

 

NAME THAT BOOK Contest

Each school day 3 clues (one clue at 7:00 am, next clue at break and final clue at lunch) will be displayed. Students may guess the title of the book at any time up to the end of lunch. On the library entry form students must write the full title and time of entry. The winner will have the correct title and the earliest time on the entry form. Winners will be notified and prizes awarded the following day.

9/8/08 Free ELECTION COVERAGE RESOURCES: ABC-CLIO has provided our school with free access to their array of Social Science databases until Nov. 4. The username and password are the same as our other subscription databases. To access the special election resources click on the Resource Lists in the left side toolbar of the databases.

New Databases!
Thank you School Site Council.

EBSCO Databases

Literary Reference Center Getting ready for the Junior Paper, need to research an author or literary work?	Points of View Reference Center Do you have to write a persuasive essay, debate an issue, make a decision on a presidential candidate?

9/3/08 Unsure of how to login to the library subscription databases? Flip over your school ID card for all the new login information.

	Thank you, Coach Gonzalez for sharing a favorite read!
Coach Gonzalez is reading I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry. Check it out at the PHS Library.

8/19/2008 Welcome back TITANS!. The library will be open for textbook pickup only until 8/26/08. We will open for regular use on Wednesday, 8/27/08, at 7:00 am.