Clarksburg School Library

Orientation

Welcome to the CHS Library. This orientation will acquaint users with available online and local resources for class assignments and personal research.

Athena

Athena is the library’s automated circulation and catalog program. It is accessible from any school computer logged onto the server. Using this program, you may search the library’s books and audiovisual materials by title, author, subject or keyword. The results page will give the call number and availability of all items listed. To read the details on any book, double-click to bring up the individual record.

Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader is an automated reading incentive program, which allows students to earn points by passing tests on the books they have read. Students may test from any classroom or library computer.

Student Computers

The library has seven student computers with internet access.

Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)

TEL, sponsored by a federal grant, is a collection of five valuable online resources:

1. EBSCO’s Points of View Reference Center includes full-text articles, images, videos and primary source documents that explore multiple sides of a current issue.

2. Gale’s databases link to hundreds of millions of articles in Gale Virtual Reference Library, Academic OneFile, Kids InfoBits, Literature Resource Center, Health and Wellness Resource Center, and many more.

3. LearningExpress Library offers practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help you succeed on academic or licensing tests.

4. NewsBank’s  Tennessee Newspaper Collection provides full-text coverage of The Chattanooga Times-Free Press, The Commercial Appeal, Knoxville News-Sentinel, and The Tennessean.

5. ProQuest's HeritageQuest Online contains over 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history resources, federal census records, Revolutionary War pension application files, and more.