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Library Resources

You may reach our librarians by email or by calling 727-541-7593.

• Elementary Library - Mrs. Dee Knox
• Middle/High School Library - Mrs. Carol Baker

Library Blog

• Check out our new blog site, http://ncslibrary.blogspot.com.

Search the NCS Library Collections

Using any web browser, students and parents may search our library catalog system (Athena), for titles of interest.  First check that the desired library collection is displayed The default collection is the Elementary Library. To select the High School/Middle School collection, simply press “Change Collection” and choose it.  For searches of Accelerated Reader books, please choose the “Reading Level” button to bring up the titles.  Click on the title to get book information such as author, pages, and AR reading level and points.

Note: We are very sorry, but our Athena Web Link is not functioning right now. We are working on the problem and hope to have it fixed soon. Until that time, we are making the following lists available for download. Note, the documents are a length 80+ pages, so we would not recommend printing them!

• AR List sorted by AR Level (3,145kb download)
  
  
• AR List sorted by Author (3,095kb download)
  
• AR List sorted by Book Title (3,143kb download)
  

Virtual Reference Desk

The library is happy to announce the addition of a new service to the school.  It is called the "Virtual Reference Desk".  This page is now available through the school web site and the ATHENA library catalog.  Patrons connecting to the Virtual Reference Desk, will find a list of links for general reference, almanacs, Bible reference, biography, college information, country links, dictionaries, encyclopedias, medical information, state and national sites, history, literature, government, and weather.  These links have been carefully chosen to provide accurate and authoritative facts that can be found quickly.  There is even an MLA citation engine!  This addition will make research much easier for all.