Library
Free Comic Book Day: Saturday, May 6
Free Comic Book Day started in 2002 to attract new readers to comic book stores. It is now the single largest event in the comic book industry! Founded in the belief that for every reader out there, there’s a comic
Online Resources
Social Issues Resource Series (SIRS)
This database is best used for research on current social and political issues.
Your search results will include academic journals, newspaper and magazine articles, graphics, charts, maps, primary sources, government documents, websites and multimedia.
ProQuest eLibrary
This large general reference includes more than 2,000 full-text sources on a broad range of topics.
Your search results will include academic journals, magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
NebraskAccess
A service from the Nebraska Library Commission, this collection of databases includes: Small Business Reference Center, WorldCAT, EbscoExplora, MyHeritage, NoveList, Biography Reference Center, and more!
JSTOR – This is your source for full-text primary sources, journal articles, art, news, and thousands of free e-books.
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.
ERIC – The Education Resources Information Center is a database for finding information and resources in the field of education.
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
Final Meeting of 2022-23:
Monday, May 8, 3:25pm – 4:00pm
(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
Find these new titles in the Pius X Library
Pius X Students Recommend
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
Reading Now:
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
One of Ours by Willa Cather
Reading Next:
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Just Finished:
The Dinner by Herman Koch
By An Unexpected Way by Gwen Adams
The Pius X Library supports every student’s journey to Truth through an environment of reading and learning.