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What's in the Library
  • Over 22,000 books
  • newspapers
  • reference materials
  • issues from 50 different magazines
  • more than 1,000 videos and DVDs
  • audio books on CD and tape
  • about 400 career pamphlets
  • thousands of newspaper, magazine, and other articles in online databases that students can access using the computers
  • more!

How to Find It

  1. Use a computer at school. Using the databases in the LAUSD's Digital Library you can search for magazine, newspaper, encyclopedias, reference materials, maps, careers, and more for any research project. To search, enter a word or words in the box and click one of the search buttons: Everything, Subject, Title, or Author.

    Digital Library address:
    http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,245998&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP
     
  2. Use a computer at home. Some of the same resources may be accessed from home under LAUSD's Student Resources website.

    Student Resources address:
    http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,52190&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP
     
  3. Browse the shelves. Once you find the bookshelf for a book you are interested in, look through the books on the same shelf, since they are likely to be on a related subject.
     
  4. Ask. A librarian, teacher, or aide can help you find what you are looking for.

Reading is fun!

library book

Advance Readers Copy

The library receives copies of books that have not been published for us to review.

Students are encouraged to read the book, in rough form, and write their opinion.

We try to order those books when they are published, based on student recommendations.

These books are kept on a book cart near the circulation desk.

Sign out only one at a time, please.