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Elgin, IL 60120
phone: 847.695.0300
fax: 847.695.5017

 

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Library/Media Center Links

Online Library Catalog (InfoCentre) | Research Databases | LS Immersion
Ready-References | Homework Help on the Web | Library Programs
Summer Reading Lists | Order MS/US Textbooks Online

| Library Calendar |

EA's Online Library Catalog
- InfoCentre
(EA families: Bookmark the InfoCentre page for easy access!)

Research Databases
- EBSCO Host
(userid: elginac  pwd: hilltop)
- FirstSearch
(authorization: 100-107-094  pwd: FXXY$XEVY)
- SIRS (TO ACCESS FROM YOUR HOME PC: customer #: IL2512H  pwd: 60120)
- Library of Congress (children's section)
- International Children's Digital Library

Lower School Immersion: April 2009 (TBD)
 

Ready-Reference Area
- Information Please Almanac
- Biography.com
- Internet Public Library Reference

- Newslink (newspaper index site)

Homework Help on the Web
- The Awesome Library
- Berit's Best Sites for Children
(up to age 12)
- Weather.com
- Rhyme Zone
-
State of Illinois
- CIA Factbook
- Library of Congress

-
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Multnomah County Library Homework Help
- National Geographic Homework Help

Library Programs
- Battle of the Books
(grades 4-6)
- The Monarch Award (grades K-3)
- Rebecca Caudill Reading Program
(grades 4-8)
- Birthday Books Program (PS-12)

Summer Reading Lists for Elgin Academy Students
- Lower School
(grades K-4)  
- Middle School
(grades 5-8)
- Upper School
(grades 9-12) 

EA Textbooks
Textbooks for Elgin Academy's Middle School (grades 5-8) and Upper School (grades 9-12) are required at the beginning of each school year. Purchase your textbooks online through MBS Direct by following this link directly to EA's book lists at:

Or, you can phone in your order by calling MBS Direct's toll-free number at 800-325-3252. Generally both new and used books are available online.

For additional information on EA's Library/Media Center, please contact:

Lynne Schick
Library/Media Center Director
847.695.0309, ext. 230
lschick@elginacademy.org

Library/Media Center Hours:
8:00 am - 4:00 pm on school days

 

 

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Updated Monday, November 17, 2008