Turner Ashby High School
Home of the Knights
LIBRARY
The library is open from 7:55 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. daily. The librarians are always available to assist students who need help.
The library is open for use by students during their study halls and their lunch breaks most days. Students need to sign up in the library before school or during the morning break if they wish to come during these times. In addition, the library will be available for use without signing up before school, at break, and after school until 3:15 P.M., unless there is a meeting in the library.
Materials are circulated based on the following schedule:
Materials / Length of Checkout / Fine Per School Day
Books / Three Weeks / $0.10
Magazines (back issues) / Two Weeks / $0.10
Magazines (current Issues) / One Night Only / $0.50
Overnight Reference Books / One Night Only / $0.50
Library Research Links
As a service to our students, faculty, staff, and community, we have created this page to help with research and with reference questions. We hope you will find these links useful.
- Mrs. Evans's Portaportal on research and citation information
- Mrs. Evans's Library Research Information Handout
- Ms. Weaver's research and documentation presentations and handouts
- Gale Databases to Google Drive Student's Tip Sheet
- Gale Databases to Google Drive Teacher's Tip Sheet
- Gale eBook Resources
- Gale Training-On-Demand Tutorials
- Massanutten Regional Library Student Access Cards (MRL SAC)
- Video on evaluating sources from Library of Virginia
- MRL SAC - Find it Virginia - Resources for High School Students
- Web vs. Library Databases - Yale University comparison
- Critical Evaluation of Websites (High School Level) - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Critical Evaluation of Information
- University of California at Berkeley Library Evaluation Guide (Downloadable .pdf version)
Subscription Services
Databases:
- Discovery Education – Database provides ten of thousands of video clips, as well as thousands of images for use in class and as part of multimedia presentations. Also includes teacher resources. See a librarian for the TAHS user name and password.
- World Book Encyclopedia
- Gale Databases - Virginia Schools: Infopowering the Commonwealth through the Library of Virginia (Click on this link to go to RCPS Gale Databases access page. Click on Turner Ashby. From home, you will need a password. See a librarian for the password. You can also access Gale Databases through FindItVA.)
- eLibrary (Databases)
- FindItVA – Find It Virginia is provided through the Library of Virginia. To access the service from school or from home, you will need a public library card.
- iClipart for Schools (See a librarian for the password.)
Electronic Libraries
Online resources:
Local resources:
Online Governmental Resources
Library Reading Links
Ms. Weaver's Reading Blog - TAHS Knight Reads
Ms. Weaver's Pinterest Page - Find Teen Books
Rockingham Reads - Book blog by Rockingham County Public Schools staff and students
Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!
Nursery Rhymes and Bedtime Stories for Kids
National Book Award for Young People's Literature Archives
Virginia Readers' Choice Program
ALA/YALSA Annual Award Winning Books and Media