Visiting the Media Center
- Students need a pass to Media Center with student's name, date, time, purpose & teacher's signature.
- Students must SIGN IN at the Circulation Desk and give their PASS to Media Staff.
- Media Center is open during lunch. Students must stay in the Media Center for the entire lunch period.
- Food, drinks, cell phones, headphones,earbuds and hoodies are not allowed in Media Center.
- Students may visit the Media Center to:
- Study/Complete assignments
- Read
- Check In/Out books
- Type research reports or essays
- Conduct research
- Print essays or projects (fee for printing)
- Purchase items from school's store
PCHS Media Center School Store
Items for sale
- Printing - $.10 per page
- Color printing - $1.00 per page
- Copies - $.10 per page
- Pencils
- Pens
- Notebook paper
- Poster board
- Index cards
- Flash drives (limited)
- Bookworm (bookmark)
Gale in Context
https://www.galepages.com/dall43519/resources
"The Gale In Context suite of student databases meets the needs of today’s learners with a user-friendly, mobile-responsive design. Eye-catching, engaging, topical resources provide current, authoritative, media-rich content that seamlessly integrate with curriculum-aligned materials that span core subject areas.
Get the most out of your investment. Add Gale In Context: For Educators, a specialized toolkit that lets educators collect, organize, customize, and share instructional materials sourced from your Gale In Context databases. (Gale's flyer)"
Destiny
- Create login: you can request book(s) online & we can have it ready for you to pick up
- Student/Parent Resources: https://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Page/34245
- Advantages:
- Check to see if we have a book, equipment, DVD, etc
- Login for eBooks (see below)
Destiny Discover
Create an account in Destiny
Lightbox
PCHS Magic Wall
Create an account in Destiny Catalog, using your student ID# and computer login. Check out book via Destiny or PCHS Magic Wall.
eBooks for students and teacher to check out. Primarily young adult novels and classic literature.
Abdo Digital Bookshelf - Epic Press (eBooks)
GALILEO - GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online
Encyclopedia Britannica via GALILEO
Encyclopedia Britannica - High School edition
Atlanta Journal Constitution (ajc) Online
New York Times Online
Under review
To read in a format optimized for your smartphone or tablet, visit nytimes.com/mobile
As long as you are in the school building, you have web access to NYTimes.com on any device – computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone.
WGRL Teen Reading Recommendations
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Cloud Library - eBooks and audiobooks | Flipster - Magazines Online
| GALILEO |
Cloud Library - eBooks and audiobooks
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Pines (Public Library Catalog) | Google Books | Mango Languages Learn Pirate, French, Spanish, German and 67 other languages for FREE via your local library Neva Lomason Memorial Library (Carrollton, GA): https://mangolanguages.com/find-mango/ Go to Catalog then to Mango Languages. Password: mayday for Galileo |
Mango Languages
https://mangolanguages.com/find-mango/
Go to Catalog then to Mango Languages.
Password: mayday for Galileo
Find the Right Book for You!
The Find a Book site is a easy way to find books based on your Lexile measure and interests. Books are suggested by genre based on your Lexile score or a series of questions you answer if you do not know your score.
https://www.lexile.com/fab/ga/
YALSA's Teen Book Finder App & Database
YALSA's Teen Book Finder is a free online database and app to help teens, parents, librarians and library staff, educators, and anyone who loves YA literature access nearly 4,000 titles recognized YALSA's awards and lists on their smartphone.
Have an Android phone? Download the Android version now!
Have an iPod Touch or an iPhone? Download the iOS app now!
App features include:
- a homepage featuring three titles from the database, refreshed each day
- the ability to search for books by author, title, award/list year, genre, by award, and by book list
- a Find It! button, powered by the OCLC WorldCat Search API, that will show users where to find the book in a nearby library
- a Favorites button, to create an individualized booklist
- the ability to share books from the Teen Book Finder on Twitter and Facebook
The android and iOS versions of the app are funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Both versions of the app were developed by Ora Interactive.
Have a question or comment about the app or want to report a bug? Contact yalsa@ala.org.