Books and Magazines

The Young Adult Room is on the upper floor and serves ages 12-18. It includes young adult hardcover fiction, books on CDs, paperbacks, graphic novels, and magazines. We're always happy to have suggestions about items to purchase. Young adult non-fiction is shelved with the adult collection and is often designated by a YA spine label.

A professional librarian specializing in literature for young adults is available to help you select books for recreational reading.

Homework Center

The Meeting Room on the main floor is open for students every day after school. It's a space in which you can study by yourself or work on projects with others.If you need assistance in finding information for school projects and assignments, ask any of the librarians at the Reference Desk.

Databases

The Library subscribes to many databases. All of them can be used at the Library by everybody. From home, some of the databases can be accessed only by Winchester residents. Database titles include: Bloom's Literary Reference Online, Daily Life America, Daily Life Through History, Facts on File History Online (covers Ancient & Medieval, American and World History), HelpNow! (free homework help for grades 3-12), Historical New York Times, Learning Express Library (practice tests and tutorials), Literary Reference Center,and Science Online.

Websites for Teens

ikeepbookmarks.com/WinHSLibrary. This is the Winchester High School Library's list of the best curriculum related databases and faculty recommended sources. It includes a link to easybib a website that shows how to cite sources using MLA format.

Teen Links. These websites have been selected by young adult librarians in the Minuteman Library Network (MLN). The sites are for students in grade six and up. MLN does not necessarily recommend that all teens visit all sites.We urge parents to visit the sites and to discuss them with their teens.

Lists of New Young Adult Items

Check the Library's monthly list of New YA Books and A-V Materials. You can request the titles on the lists online.

 

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Citing Sources in a Bibliography

How to Cite Sources was compiled by a former Library Media Specialist at the McCall Middle School. easybib and

easybib (listed on the Winchester High School Library's ikeepbookmarks.com page) and citationmachine and bibme are automatic bibliography makers.

The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides examples of how to cite works in a reference paper using MLA format.