Facilities: Libraries
Hours l Instruction l
Programs l Online Databases l Staff
St. David's School has two libraries. The Main Library, located in St.
Stephens Hall, serves the students, faculty, staff and parents of the Upper and
Middle Schools. The Lower School Library, also located in St. Stephens Hall, serves
the kindergarten through fourth grade community.
The library program strives to serve the entire St. David's community through a
growing book collection including resources for parents, a substantial reference
section, a variety of periodicals, and a collection of non-print media. This collection
includes online research databases which are accessible both on and off campus via
the library page on St. David's website (see below). Passwords for remote access
may be obtained from library staff. Students may access the electronic catalog of
the on-site library collection from anywhere on campus. A bank of computers in the
library also provides access to the Internet, Microsoft Office and other useful
applications.
Library Hours
The Main Library (for Middle and Upper School students)
is open the following days and hours during the academic year.
- Monday through Thursday: 7:45 am - 4:30 pm
- Friday: 7:45 am - 3:15 pm
The Lower School Library is open the following days and
hours during the academic year:
- Monday through Thursday: 7:45 am - 3:30 pm
- Friday: 7:45 am - 3:15 pm
Please note: St. David's libraries close at 3:15 pm on the days before school holidays.
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Library Instruction
Students have flexible access to the libraries throughout the day. Lower School
students attend library class once each week to enjoy reading enrichment activities,
to learn library skills, and to check out and return library materials. Students
in fifth and ninth grade and all new students receive an orientation to the library
and its resources at the beginning of the school year. Throughout the year, library
staff works with classroom and enrichment teachers to integrate information literacy
skills into the curriculum. This ensures a resource based approach which makes learning
more meaningful and relevant.
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Library Programs
A number of special programs are sponsored by St. David’s School Libraries,
including Children’s Book Week in the fall, the Book Fair in the spring, and
coordination of the Summer Reading List. The Accelerated Reader Program is used
by students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Author visits and special programs
are arranged to foster a love of reading. Through the Birthday Book Club and Dedicated
Gift Book Program, the school community donates books in honor or memory of a special
teacher, student, or loved one. Library staff also sponsors an Upper School Book
Club, a Middle School Book Club and a Student Library Assistant Program for middle
and upper school students.
Online Databases
The following databases have been purchased for our school community. Access is available on campus wihtout a password via links in the SDS Library Resources folder on the school netowrk or by going to the URLs listed below. Remote (off campus) access information is available from the Library staff.
Gale: Biography Resource Center This database includes biographies of people from all eras and fields, along with full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, images and lings to related websites.
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Gale: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center A great source of information on current social issues, this resource features viewpoint articles; topic overviews; full-text magazine, academic journal and newspaper articles; primary source documents; statistics; images; podcasts and links to websites. Great for debate topics!
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Gale: Student Resource Center Gold SRCG provides access to reference material; full-text periodicals and newspapers; primary sources and multi-media content, including video and audio clips and podcasts. Covers all core curriculum areas and may be searched by Lexile reading level.
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Grolier Online
This resource includes access to the following five encyclopedia databases, as well
as to magazine articles, world newspapers, web sites, media, an interactive atlas,
an educators section and other special features. Two search modules, one
- Encyclopedia Americana
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- Lands and Peoples
- New Book of Knowledge
- New Book of Popular Science
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JSTOR
JSTOR JSTOR offers high quality archives of over 1,000 leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, as well as select monographs of value to academic research. Archives begin with volume 1, issue 1 of journals. Links provide access to teh more recent issues of journals.
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Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online
An Oxford University Press product, this database is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for research in the history of the visual arts. Included are 45,000 articles covering all aspects of world art: biographies, art forms, styles and cultures, time periods, and images. Over 5000 images and line drawings are included within the text of articles, with links to over 40,000 art images on museum and gallery websites around the world.
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online
The OED is recognized as the authority on the evolution of the English language,
listing words from across English-speaking world. The OED gives the meaning,
history and pronunciation of words and traces their usage through 2.5 million quotations.
This online verson of the second edition is updated quarterly.
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World Book Online Reference Center This resource contains not inly the content of World Book Encyclopedia, but thousands more articles by contributors, as well as maps, multi-media content, and atlas, editor-reviewed websites and full-text periodical articles. Enciclopedia estudiantil Hallazgos, a Spanish language encyclopedia, and World Book Kids, a database for lower school students, are included, as is World Book Advanced, which has primary source documents and research aides.
Library Staff
Mrs. Peggy Swearingen
Head Librarian
Upper School Librarian
Telephone: 919-782-3331 ext. 228
Ms. Jamie Gutierrez
Lower School Librarian
Telephone: 919-782-3331 ext. 298
Mrs. Betty Morgan
Library Assistant
Telephone: 919-782-3331ext. 320
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