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The mission of the Bishop Kearney High School¦Golisano Library is to ensure that all students acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to become responsible, contributing citizens in a changing global community with the belief that student learning is the goal. This library welcomes and supports all people in their enjoyment of reading and the pursuit of lifelong learning. Working together, we strive to provide equal access to information, ideas and knowledge through books and other resources. We believe in the freedom to read, to learn, to discover. We believe in being partners with other libraries, public, school, college and university, both public and private. We understand that the library is the caretaker of the wisdom of the universe and the protector of intellectual freedom.
The library creates a safe – even sacred – space, encouraging all to inwardly digest its contents. At the heart of this encounter is a spiritual path. It is impossible to encounter the world's literature without touching on spiritual issues. As we read literature, we read our own lives.
The library matters because it enhances the educational experience at every level, it gives Bishop Kearney ¦Golisano High School a competitive edge, and it seeds the faith formation of the students and faculty. The Bishop Kearney High School¦Golisano Library matters because it offers sanctuary and salvation, opportunities and enrichment, as well as solutions and delights.
Open from 7:15am to 3:15 PM, the Bishop Kearney High School¦Golisano Library offers students a quiet place to read, study, and do research throughout the school day.
The current library collection has around 20,000 volumes, of which between 300 to 400 are new each year.
"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education."
Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education and Professor Emeritus Harvard Graduate School of Education
Search the Library in THE OPAC!
Access these databases for you research:
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Databases for General
Knowledge
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Ebscohost
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Excellent
source for magazines, images, newspapers and reference materials on a variety
of topics. Full text included
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Proquest
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Source
for newspapers and magazines. Full text included
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Novel
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Newspapers,
New York State newspapers, Health Reference, Business and Company Resources.
You need a driver's license (or nondriver's license) to enter this way. If
you don't have a license you will have to enter through the Monroe County
Library System.
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Grolier's
Online Encyclopedia
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Basic
general information on a wide variety of subjects. Also provides links to
authoritative web sites and related journal articles.
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Directory of Open Access Journals
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Full-text
quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals
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Art and
Music Databases
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Oxford Art Online
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Offers
unrivaled breadth and depth of content, a wide range of search options, and
extensive links to images from galleries and museums around the world. It is
the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of art from prehistory to the
present day.
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Oxford Music Online
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Combines
the full text of the acclaimed 29-volume print edition with the added benefit
of sophisticated search capabilities, one-click cross-referencing, and an
ever increasing network of web-links to musical sites around the world.
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History Databases
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CQ
Researcher CQ Supreme Court Collection
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The
definitive source for research in American government, politics, history,
public policy, and current affairs.
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World
History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
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Explore
eras or analyze enduring historical dilemmas
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Literature Databases
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Bloom's
Literary Reference
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Everything
from Shakespeare to contemporary literature
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Twayne's
Author Series
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Contains
full text of information about 600 World, American and English authors and
their work. Need Monroe County Library Card to access.
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Science Databases
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GreenFILE™
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A freely accessible research database focusing on the
relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched
but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling
to alternate fuel sources and beyond.
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Teacher Resource
Databases
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LISTA
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This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on
subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics,
online information retrieval, information management and more.
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Teacher Reference Center (TRC)
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Coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing
Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development,
Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science &
Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians
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Find Additional
Materials with These Resources
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Monroe
County Library
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Find
more options at your local library. Remember your library card.
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SchoolCat
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Searches
the catalog for all the school libraries in the BOCES 1 and 2 Systems.
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WorldCat
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Search
the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the
world.
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