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The Library Media Center located at Greenville High School serves staff and students in grades seven through twelve. The center provides an engaging learning environment for life-long learning and active participation in an information-rich society.
Students may use the Library/Media Center independently before, during and after school in addition to visiting it with their classes. Along with fourteen computer workstations the facility includes approximately 13,000 titles. The GHS Library/Media Center is a member of ACCESS PA providing students and staff the opportunity for expanded resources through the statewide interlibrary loan program.
| Resources: | Electronic Resources and Tools: |
| Books | COIN |
| Periodicals (49) | The Electric Library |
| Software | Discovering Authors |
| The Reference Shelf | Junior Discovering Authors |
| Facts on File | Exegy |
| SIRS | Internet Explorer |
| Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature | ACCESS PA and ACCESS PA Power |
| Newspapers (6 daily papers and the Sunday N.Y. Times) |
OPAC (card catalog) Microsoft Office MS Works |
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Encyclopedias (Grolier's,
Encarta, McGraw Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science) |
The Greenville
High School Library/Media Center is a force for excellence in education.
It reflects the goals and philosophy of the Greenville Area School District and
advocates the concept of intellectual freedom. The Library/Media Center
staff with faculty integrates classroom learning activities across the
curriculum providing:
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Resources and instruction in the skills necessary for students to become independent, lifelong learners, as well as discerning readers, viewers and listeners. |
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Opportunities for an active partnership with teachers and administration in working toward common instructional goals. |
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Resources that allow learning to go beyond the confines of a textbook, unlimited by the boundaries of an individual library. |
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A place within the school where curriculum-related and leisure-oriented resources are available for the school community. |
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A gateway to information as it becomes available to ensure productive use of emerging technologies by students and staff. |
