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Welcome to New Town High School’s Media Center

Media CenterDear Students, Parents, and Faculty,

Welcome to New Town High School’s Media Center. I am your Media Specialist Mrs. Cathirell, and I am delighted to be here. The Media Center is gorgeous and has over 13,000 print materials that include books, periodicals, maps, atlases, encyclopedias, and other reference materials. Our Media center also has six computer stations and a computer lab. I encourage you to visit the library and access information!

Library Corner
Read about upcoming library events, new book arrivals, and other cool information about NTHS library.

Teen Read Week 2009
Teen Read Week 2009 will be celebrated Oct. 18-24! This year's theme is Read Beyond Reality @ your library, which encourages teens to read something out of this world, just for the fun of it.

Library Hours
Mon. 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m
Tues., Wed., Thurs., 7:40 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fri. 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.

 Library Catalog
Looking for something? Perhaps a novel, atlas, encyclopedia, reference book, periodicals?

 Online Digital Resources
BrainPop, SIRS researcher, WorldBook, Science Resource Center, CultureGrams, and much more!

To access these databases at home--see your librarian for the passwords.

 Library Materials Policy
How many books can I borrow at a time? Can I renew? How much are fines?

Students can borrow up to five books at a time for three weeks.  Books can be renewed.  Books that are overdue will be assessed a late fee. ($0.10 per day)

Cool Websites. Click on the titles/topics below.

Search Engines

Teacher Links

Parent Links

Alta Vista
ASK
Lycos
Google
Dogpile
Metacrawler
Northern Light
Yahoo
Yahooligans

A Way Cool Webpage
A to Z Teacher Stuff
American Memory
CyberGuides (reading/study guides to literature
Fact Monster
Internet Public Library
Mega Educational Website Collections
Kids Konnect
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Works4Me Tips Library

BCPS Homepage
BCPS Library
Information 24/7
BCPS Parent Page
Homework Guidelines
Parent/Family Involvement Policy
A parent’s guide to Parent/Teacher Conferences
Office of Food and Nutrition Services
Sites for Parents
Sallie Mae
BCPS Website for Parents

Student Links

Spark Notes
Be What I Want To be
Occupational Outlook Handbook…Career preparation, analysis or tomorrow’s jobs and occupation descriptions.
Career Mosaic…Cites job openings and information on such things as job fairs, resumes, and other career resources.
Career Clusters…career connections of Baltimore County list of jobs by clusters.
Teen Read Week
Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Life-Long Learners
Resumes and Cover Letters
Ask Us Now
All About College
College Search
U.S. Two-Year Colleges
Search for Scholarships
SAT Practice
Wonderful World of SAT
SAT Question of the Day
Math Practice for the SAT

BCPS Professional ONLINE Research Library

  1. eSchool News
  2. BCPS Research Modules
  3. WebQuests
  4. BCPS Databases (for home use-you will need passwords)

If you have ideas or suggestions for the library page, please see the Media Specialist.

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