Welcome
Mission
The Mission of Lakeview High School Library is to provide a welcoming communal space that offers equitable access to digital and print resources in order to foster a lifelong love of literacy and learning.Vision
Our vision is to help students feel informed and empowered by developing critical thinking/computational skills in order to become engaged members of society.
By the Numbers
Reading
Look for Books »
Search for a book in our Follett Destiny Library Catalog.
Can't find what you're looking for in our catalog? Maybe you can get the book using MeL (Michigan Electronic Library)! MeL allows you to borrow books from other libraries, and have them delivered to the HS library! MelCat login instructions
LHS Library provides eBook content to our students and staff in a rapidly changing digital world. Use the resources below to keep updated on eBooks for school and leisure pursuits.
Reading Suggestions »
There are many great resources to give suggestions on your next book. Here are some sites that may help!
ALA Book Awards | CommonLit |
Booklist Online | Reading Rants |
LHS Student Recommended Books (click the book cover to hear student reviews)
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LHS Student Book Talks & Trailers
- The Fault in Our Stars (book talk)
- Into the Wild (book talk)
- Thirteen Reasons Why (YouTube trailer)
- Throne of Glass (VoiceThread)
Willard Library
LHS students can now use their Willard Library cards to access books, a vast digital collection including audio books, e-books, DVDs, music, magazines, movies, and TV shows in a variety of formats. Here's a recap to the valuable resources at Willard Library!
eBook Resources
LHS Library provides eBook content to our students and staff in a rapidly changing digital world. Use the resources below to keep updated on eBooks for school and leisure pursuits.
- Destiny »
- Overdrive from Willard Library »
- Nooks »
- Public Domain eBooks »
- Gale Virtual Reference Library »
- EBSCOhost eBooks »
Destiny »
- Destiny is your one-stop search tool for locating print and electronic books.
- A subject search on artificial intelligence, for example, brings up several results.
- Click on "Details" and then follow link for "An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information."
- You'll be taken out on the Web to the full-text of the eBook which can be read through your Internet browser.
- eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library and Destiny Discover can also be accessed by doing a search on Destiny and viewed through your browser.
- Here's a guide for using and checking ou Follett eBooks.
Overdrive from Willard Library »
- Willard Library has partnered with Midwest Collaborative for Library Services to offer thousands of eBooks and audiobooks for cardholders to borrow and download for free.
- See this Overdrive Guide for device information and check out instructions.
- Go to the OverDrive site to browse the digital catalog and download materials.
- Newer, popular titles may be checked out but you can place a hold.
Nooks »
- There are 6 Barnes & Noble NOOK readers at LHS for checkout. Each device is capable of holding up to 1,000 books.
- The NOOK lets you turn pages, look up words, highlight passages, adjust font size and style by tapping the touchscreen.
- You and your parent or guardian will need to sign a NOOK Permissions and Acceptable Use Policy in order to borrow an e-reader.
- Popular fiction and books recommended by students and staff are added regularly to our NOOKs.
Public Domain eBooks »
- Project Gutenberg (started by Michael Hart in 1971 while a student at the University of Illinois) has digitized and archived over 40,000 items. Most works in the collection are full texts of public domain books and can be readily and freely accessed.
- You can use the catalog search page or look for eBooks by popularity and recent releases.
- Instructions are given for downloading eBooks onto mobile devices.
- Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive which is building a library of online sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
- The Wayback Machine and Open Educational Resources are also among the projects.
- Begin using Open Library by setting up a free account and viewing getting started tutorials.
- Open Library eBooks can be read in an Internet browser, downloaded in PDF or ePub format. The BookReader has a new Read Aloud feature.
- Additional sites offering public domain or free eBooks include:
Gale Virtual Reference Library »
GVRL is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources covering a variety of subjects from arts to social sciences. At Lakeview High School, we have access to some 360 reference ebooks through GVRL, available 24/7 from school or home
A variety of results are returned from search on Stonehenge. You’ll find article type, basic bibliographic information, short summary, and word count.
- From the full-text display of an article, you can view in PDF format, cite, email, listen, translate, save in audio format to your computer, iPod, or other device. You can also download an article (not the entire eBook) to an eReader.
- Gale Cengage provides this screencast on new features of GVRL.
EBSCOhost eBooks »
- Over 20,000 full-text eBooks are available to you on EBSCOhost through Michigan eLibrary (MeL) databases.
- Use the basic search box or Browse by Category from the column on the left.
- From the result list, click eBook Full Text link to read book in eBook Viewer tool or preview Table of Contents.
- When reading the eBook, you'll find tools on right side of screen to search within text, add notes, print, email, cite, or share on a social network.
- A detailed screencast is available.
News Literacy
Media Bias Information
Media Bias Interactive Chart
Provided by ad fontes media, this chart will let you know how certain news agencies, podcasts, etc. may lean.
Media Bias Infographic by News Literacy Project
This infographic will help you decipher what bias is, and how it applies to news.
But Should I Trust it?
Use these methods of information processing to help decide if information is credible (has true, accurate information) or not.
Always use lateral reading (comparing results with another source) to help verify information.
Research
Did you know there are better ways to research than "Google"? These sites have reviewed articles and are databases of information that are curated by professionals.
Best for specific arguments of topics.
Searchable database of peer reviewed articles, journals and more.
Nonfiction Encyclopedia Database best for ANY subject research with reliable information and citing capability, translations, etc.
Best for primary sources for biography, history, and art.
Hundreds of popular magazines and reference books covering subjects such as art, history, sports, and music. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents.
WebPath Express
Best for any subject area.
curated search engine from Follett with pre-reviewed appropriate websites to visit - like Google, but better filtered.
Library of Congress
Best for finding images, newspapers, from a specific time period.
Open access to digital primary and secondary sources.
CQ Researcher
Best for persuasive essays, taking a side/stance on controversial topics.
Reports on a variety of modern issues and topics, including politics, history of issue, and different viewpoints.
Best for persuasive essays, taking a side/stance on controversial topics.
Provides different views about issues that help students develop critical thinking skills. This resource brings balance and perspective to contemporary issues using arguments from experts.
Best for persuasive essays, taking a side/stance on controversial topics.
Presents multiple sides of over 400 issues. Helps students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
Best for Biographies
More than 450,000 biographies. Includes complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine as well as thousands of narrative biographies.
Best for ELA: poems, short stories, authors, some classics. Thousands of short stories and poems, information on authors and literary works, criticisms etc.
Best for ELA: poems, short stories, authors, some classics. Thousands of poems and short stories.
Best for science topics.
Over 4,000 full text biographies from science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and more.
Best for political science students.
Designed for students, researchers, and government institutions. Covers political topics with a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of current discourse.
Wendy VanderWeele
Librarian
wvanderweele@
lakeviewspartans.org
269-565-3730