WELCOME TO THE
PGHS LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
LIBRARY STAFF CONSISTS OF
Mrs. Bailey, Library Media Specialist
Ms. Heath, Library Media Specialist
Mrs. Brown, Library Secretary
Mr. Chandler, ITRT
Mrs. Prescott, Copier Aide
LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
HOURS
Monday – Friday
7:25 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
*available for extended hours upon request
ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY
MEDIA CENTER
Students must ALWAYS sign in and show their ID.
7:25 – 7:43 a.m. – no pass required
7:50 – 11:00 a.m. – teacher can call and write a pass in your
planner
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – your lunch block – no pass required
ETEH – must have a pass in your planner signed by one of the
librarians
(You must get the pass BEFORE 5th block bell.)
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – teacher can call and write a pass in your planner
2:30 – 3:00 – no pass required
LMC RULES
Students must show their ID badges and sign in and out at
the circulation desk.
Students must present a pass in their planner to an adult
staff member.
Students must respect library materials and equipment, as
well as the quiet atmosphere of the LMC.
Students must follow the county’s Acceptable Use Policy.
Absolutely no food or drink is allowed in the LMC. Water is
permitted, just not near the computers or books.
RESOURCES AVAILABLE
IN LMC
13,000+ books
60+ magazines and journals
Three newspaper subscriptions
College and career materials
Reference materials
Online database subscriptions
30 computers, three scanners, one printer
LOCATING BOOKS IN
DESTINY
To locate books in the library, use our online catalog,
Destiny.
Double click on the blue icon on the desktop, then click
Prince George High School.
Simply type in keywords to search by keyword, title, author,
subject, or series.
Also available at http://destiny.pgschools.net
ONLINE DATABASES
You can access the online databases by using the LMC webpage.
If you are inside the school building, just click on the Internet Explorer
icon and go to the Prince George County Schools Homepage found at
http://pgs.k12.va.us. Simply click on Our Schools and then click on
Prince George High. Next, click on Library located on the menu bar. The
online databases are linked with Student Resources. Just click on the
database for access.
*Remote access (outside the building) to the online databases requires
the following username/login and password. The username or login is
pghslmc for all databases. When a password is required – use royals.
ABC-CLIO
ABC-CLIO is a social studies database which includes:
American Government
American History
World History: The Modern Era
World Geography: Understanding a Changing World
BIOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT
The challenges, motivations, successes, and failures of history’s notables
can educate and inspire students. Biography in Context is built on a
foundation of more than 600,000 biographies designed to draw students
into new perspectives on familiar topics. In this database, you will find:
-600,000 biographies covering more than 25,000 individuals
-130+ award-winning Gale reference titles
-At-a-glance information on newsmakers and historical figures
-50,000 new or updated bios added annually in addition to daily updates to
account for awards and events
-Brings students face to face with their subjects via video, audio clips and
images of yesterday and today’s most studied figures
-Hundreds of hand-crafted topic pages covering the highest-interest features
using a web-like experience that promotes information discovery and 21 st
century skills like information literacy and critical thinking
RESEARCH IN CONTEXT
LITERATURE, BIOGRAPHY, SCIENCE, SOCIAL
STUDIES, AND HISTORY
Students are able to access a variety of resources that will help them
conduct research, complete assignments, create presentations with
content with curriculum-focused tools that include:
-thousands of primary documents
-hundreds of plays and poems
-multimedia content that includes video and audio clips, as well as
thousands of flags, maps, seals, and photographs
-content level recommendations (basic, intermediate, advanced) to help
readers choose appropriate content for their abilities
-research tools and research guide that tie information literacy skills to
use of the resource
-more than 1,700 study guide questions to promote understanding
EBSCOHOST
EbscoHost is “designed especially for high school libraries.
This database contains full text articles from magazines,
journals, newspapers, reference titles, and primary source
documents. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more
than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, and
a School Image Collection of photos, maps, and flags, color
PDFs and expanded full-text back files (back to 1975) for key
magazines.”
GROLIER ONLINE
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
1. Grolier Multimedia
2. Encyclopedia Americana
3. La Nueva Encyclopedia Cumbre
Over 125,000 articles – all articles are correlated to
national and state standards
Over 340,000 editor vetted web links
Over 1,400 world newspapers in 73 languages representing
195 countries
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
IN CONTEXT
Premier online resource covering today’s hot topics and
controversial issues from offshore drilling to climate change,
health care to immigration.
This database helps students research, analyze, and
organize a wide variety of data to conduct research for
debates, essays, and presentations.
Resources include: pro/con viewpoint essays, topic
overviews, 300+ primary source documents, biographies,
court case overviews, periodical articles, statistical tables,
charts and graphs, images, podcasts, and much more.
SCIENCEFLIX
New this year is ScienceFlix, an online resource
that focuses on engaging subject-area science
content for students. Each of the ScienceFlix units
uses literacy skills while bolstering understanding
of crucial subjects relating to science, technology,
engineering and math. ScienceFlix units are further
supported with a wide variety of related multimedia
including videos, interactive media, images, and
more.
MORE GALE DATABASES
(PROVIDED BY LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA)
37 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS INCLUDING:
-General One File
-Criminal Justice
-Vocations and Careers
-US & World History
-Military & Intelligence
-Diversity Studies
-Health Reference
-Physical Therapy
-Child Development
-Culinary Arts
-Pop Culture
-War & Terrorism
-Science
-Agriculture
-Gardening
-Insurance
-Business
-Fine Arts & Music
-Plus, many, many more!
INFORMATION LITERACY
Students who are information literate will:
-Access information efficiently and effectively
-Evaluate information critically and competently
-Use information accurately and creatively
OUR MISSION
To ensure that students and staff are efficient and
effective users of ideas and information. 
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