Library

Mrs. Rebecca Foster
Librarian
972-926-2650 X50607 

• Mission
• Library Hours
• Online Catalog for District
• Online Databases Provided By District
• Checkout Procedures
• Local Public Libraries

MISSION

The Memorial Preparatory School Library Mission is to promote life-long learning among students and staff by providing a functional facility that ensures its users access to information and ideas. 

LIBRARY HOURS

8:00 to 4:00-Monday through Friday

Online Catalog for District

Use the library catalog to see what books are available at your school or in the district.

Use the Memorial Preparatory School Library page to access other informative sites and online databases.  

Online Databases Provided by District

Get logins and passwords from your school librarian

CULTUREGRAMS

• Country information, statistics, lifestyle, flags, recipes, famous people, maps

EBSCO

• EBSCOHOST – Magazines, newspapers, reference materials
• Academic Search Elite
• Agriculture
• Animals
• Business Source Complete
• Computer Source
• Consumer Health Complete
• Economia y Negocios
• Encyclopedia: Funk & Wagnalls New World
• Fuente Academica
• HealthSource Consumer Edition
• HealthSource – Nursing/Academic
• Legal
• MedicLatina
• MEDLine
• Military and Government
• Native North American
• Newspaper Source
• Psychology
• Religion and Philosophy
• Science and Technology
• Student Research Center 
• Texas
• Vocation & Careers
• World History Collection

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Spanish Encyclopedia 
• Biography
• Dictionary, Thesaurus  

GALE

• Gale Databases
• Student Resource Center Gold – magazines, newspapers, reference materials
• Literature Resource Center – Literary criticism, reference info on literature and authors.
• General OneFile (periodicals/newspapers)
• Testing Resources – Practice tests and books with help for AP, SAT, ACT, ASVAB.  Includes scholarship information.
• Texas Almanac

Books and Authors

• TEACHINGBOOKS.NET – Information on children’s literature and authors.  

Accelerated Reader

Use the AR Bookfinder to see what books are available in the Accelerated Reader program.

Checkout Procedures

Please ask your teacher for assistance in checking out a book.  Students must be escorted to and from the library.  A teacher is responsible for checking out a book for you.    

Local Public Libraries

Nicholson Memorial Library Online System Databases
(Garland Public Library Card Required)

Rowlett Public Library
(Rowlett Public Library Card Required)

Sachse Public Library
(Sachse Public Library Card Required)