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Online Resources
Social Issues Resource Series (SIRS)
Articles from newspapers, magazines, professional journals, government documents. Subjects limited to “social issues”, such as education, ethics, religion, work, consumerism, death and dying, pollution, crime, ethnic groups, etc. May be accessed at Pius X High School and Lincoln City Libraries.
ProQuest eLibrary
Offers more than 2,000 full-text sources, with improved functionality, and a fun and easy-to-use search interface. Includes magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
NebraskAccess
A service from the Nebraska Library Commission, provides several databases including: Biographies, Nebraska Memories, Fiction Connections. Other databases available include resources for magazines, genealogy, business information and web sites recommended by librarians.
Free and Open Access Databases
JSTORE – This is your source for full-text primary sources, journal articles, art, news, and thousands of free e-books.
ERIC – The Education Resources Information Center is a database for finding information and resources in the field of education.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Arts and Humanities Through the Eras eBook version. Ed. 1
- New Catholic Encyclopedia eBook version. Ed. 2
- Encyclopedia of Food and Culture eBook version. Ed. 1
- Encyclopedia of the American Constitution eBook version. Ed. 2
- The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students eBook version. Ed. 1
- Human Diseases and Conditions eBook version. Ed. 2
- Twayne’s Authors Online U.S. Authors, World Authors and British Authors – Updated Edition. Ed. 1
- Shakespeare for Students eBook version. Ed. 2
Internet Archive – This virtual library provides “universal access to all knowledge”. Books, magazines, movies, music, television, software, artwork, virtually everything.
Open Libraries – A collaborative project with Internet Archive, this resource provides online access to Four Million Books. Free access to Four Million Books.
JSTOR – This is your source for full-text primary sources, journal articles, art, news, and thousands of free e-books.
World Book Online – This venerable reference resource is more than just an encyclopedia, it is also a source for e-books, timelines, news, multimedia and integrated learning materials.
Khan Academy – Study for your ACT, SAT or AP exams. Get extra help in Math, Science, Reading, Art, Social Studies, Computer, Economics and Life Skills.
TED Talks – Take a break from YouTube and browse these “ideas worth spreading”. With more than 3,300 talks from Pope Francis to Elon Musk, you will find something inspiring and worth the 18 minutes of your time.
Smithsonian Learning Lab – Visit the world’s largest museum from home. Find art, artifacts, photos, recordings, specimens and texts.
Stay informed and up-to-date with current, accurate and authoritative information on Coronavirus from these sources:
Lancaster County Health Department
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Free eBooks and audioBooks:
Audible – Amazon’s audioBook library is allowing FREE access while schools are closed.
BookBoon – Skills-based eBooks that are FREE for students!
Teen Book Club – This is a great resource for accessing your Lit Class novels in adapted formats. You can read, listen, or read AND listen to books at the same time!
Open Libraries – A collaborative project with Internet Archive, this resource provides online access to Four Million Books. Free access to Four Million Books.
Experience Global Culture From Home:
Tour a Museum – These museums are offering free virtual tours!
- British Museum, London
- Guggenheim Museum, New York
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Musée d’Orsay, Paris
- The Louvre, Paris
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Pergamon Museum, Berlin
- Uffizi Gallery, Florence
- MASP, São Paulo
- National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Listen to a symphony or opera
Visit a Zoo
Librarian: Erin Willis
Hours
Monday: 8:40 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: On the lower level, accessible from the main hallway just past the front office, or through study hall area.
Px Libris: Pius X Library Club
December Meeting
Tuesday, December 14, 2020
3:30 pm-4:15 pm in the library
Reading Now:
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Reading Next:
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Just Finished:
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
BOOM: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art by Michael Shnayerson
Find these new titles in the Pius X Library
I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn
A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus
Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills
Broken Throne by Victoria Aveyard
Pius X Students Recommend
Stalking Jack the Ripper
by Kerri Maniscalco
Recommended by Sophomore Hannah Regnier -“It’s good, just read it!”
My Lady Jane
by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand and Jodi Meadows
Recommended by Junior Juliana Koperski
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
Recommended by Senior Laura Konz – “Jane Eyre is a CLASSIC. The book is dark and mysterious and full of twists and turns and surprises that blow your mind. If you want a book that will make you think and feel, Jane Eyre is the book for you!”
Six of Crows
(Crooked Kingdom duology)
by Leigh Bardugo
Recommended by Sophomore Cadence Watson – “Just read it.”
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey
Recommended by Senior Grace Regnier
The Rave Cycle series
by Maggie Stiefvater
Recommended by Senior Sara Ojut -“A great series with magic and a strong fantasy element. I love this series because of the great group of main characters. It is also very interesting because of the knowledge of Welsh mythology. It has constant plot twists and keeps you on your toes.”
The Sun is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
Recommended by many students.
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
(From National Catholic Register, May 31, 2015)
- Leisure, the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Dialogues of Plato
- Apology
- Euthyphro
- Phaedo
- Crito
- Gorgias
- Republic
- Confessions by St. Augustine
- The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
- William Shakespeare’s Plays
- King Lear
- Hamlet
- Macbeth
- Henry V
- The Merchant of Venice
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
- Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
- The Power and the Glory by Graham Green
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
- Middle Earth epics by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Pius X Library supports every student’s journey to Truth through an environment of reading and learning.