Welcome to Williams Memorial Library at WHS!

The Williams Memorial Library Media Center is open every normal school day from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for students to read, study quietly, perform Internet searches if they have parental permission, type and print papers, or complete other homework projects.

The people who will help you at the library are Mrs. Cogliser and Mrs. McKeon. Please stop at the main desk to drop off your pass, sign in, greet them, and ask for help so you can have a successful library visit.

Education in Excellence

WorldandISchool.com is a cross-curriculum resource that encompasses a broad range of articles by scholars and experts, published monthly by The World & I Online. Our site includes the complete contents since 1986 and we continue to publish a new issue on-line each month during the academic year.

More than 1,000,000 students and teachers across the country now enjoy the top-quality materials that WorldandISchool.com provides. We are very pleased to welcome you and your students into our ever-expanding academic community.

Please see the librarian for passwords to use the site from home.

Make your citations at snap!

(If you are at home, you must use your public library card number as your password. Access is direct if you are logging on at school.)
This site has a wealth of information from newspapers, magazines, brochures, reference books and other materials. It will help you find information on current issues, historical data, science and medicine, and much more. Use it often. ( This is site is paid for by taxes collected from all Connecticut citizens.)

New: We now have Unlimited Usage; Onsite and Remote Access. We ask that you do not post usernames and passwords on publicly viewable Web sites. See your teacher or librarian for the login ID and password.

Below is the contact address for a true wealth of scientific information; we have a subscription to this data base for the remainder of this school year and if it is worth keeping, we will renew for the following year. User ID: watertownhs

See teacher or librarian for the password.

WHS subscriptions include:

Today's Science

American History Online

Ancient and Medieval History Online

Issues & Controversies

Facts On File online database

----------------------------------------------- below are unrestricted and free.

The Elements of Style (grammar reference by Strunk)

MLA Formating and Style Guide

Rules:

We follow all school rules and policies and will reject students who do not do the same.

Paper passes are required for entry to the library and must be signed by the students’ study hall monitor or an administrator. Agenda passes from a classroom teacher are accepted for ‘emergency’ needs.

It is expected that students will come to the library with a reading or homework need, and with the proper tools to accomplish this (textbooks, assignments, paper, writing utensils, a desire to read quietly). The library staff is friendly and willing to help any student who asks - - our goal is for every person to succeed with their class research and homework and to provide something enjoyable for them to read in their leisure time.

Want to see what new materials have been included in the library collection? Click here to see a list.

You must register for these free-use materials. Give them a look - there may be just the perfect nugget to illustrate a concept.

Teachers’ Domain resources include video and audio segments, Flash interactives, images, documents, lesson plans for teachers, and student-oriented activities. Once you register, you can personalize the site using “My Folders” and “My Groups” to save your favorite resources into a folder and share them with your colleagues or students.

Teachers’ Domain strives to strengthen teacher knowledge by providing innovative teaching methods that incorporate technology in the classroom and inspire students to learn.

Teachers’ Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television. These classroom resources, featuring media from NOVA, Frontline, Design Squad, American Experience, and other public broadcasting and content partners are easy to use and correlate to state and national standards.

Each video clip is 2-5 minutes (avg) in length and includes QuickTime and MPEG4 videos. In some instances, you can edit the existing material to create your own media mash-ups. Others are restricted to view-only -- each is marked with a 'permitted use' icon. There are also lesson plans and on-line prof. development courses available. Each item includes some background information; questions for discussion, AND correlation to our CT State Standards.

A quick random search found 11 resources on the Progressive era in US History; four on ethnic arts; over 100 pertaining to writing; six items in 'quadrilaterals' ("skateboarding"?!?!); 18 in economics; and 142 items when I searched 'gravity'. :)