Library News

The mission of the libraries within the Board are to support the mission of the WCDSB by acting as a resource for students and staff who learn, grow, and transform the world together as faithful disciples of the Risen Lord.

Libraries will accomplish this mission by:

Providing services and information to support the academic, curriculum-related and spiritual needs of staff and students.
Helping staff and students become effective users of ideas and information by teaching them how to find, interpret, and evaluate information.
Fostering a love of reading and promoting an enjoyment of literature.

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Library Rules @ Your Library

Click here to find out all about borrowing materials from your school library.

What’s Happening @ Your Library?

Click here to find out what events and activities are planned for the school library.

Look it up @ Your library

Look for a Book

Monsignor Gleason / St. John School Library Catalogue

Look for Magazine and Encyclopedia articles
Click on the links below to find encyclopedia and magazine articles for project research or just for fun.

The following databases are licensed for WCDSB users. To access them from home, contact your library technician for the username and password.

Junior Elementary
Research Tool

Searchasaurus Kids Search

Intermediate Elementary
Research Tool

Student Reasearch Centre Student Research Centre

Look for a Great Read

Looking for a good book to read? Novelist has book reviews, plot summaries, book discussion guides, series titles, reading suggestions and information on book award winners.

The following database is licensed for WCDSB users. To access it from home, contact your library technician for the username and password.

NoveList

Look it up on the Web

Use these kid-friendly search engines and directories to find information on the internet.

Links to thousands of web pages arranged by subject. Look up the subject you would like more information on, or search for a term and let Kids Click find it for you.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

Just like Yahoo, the popular directory for adults, but with links just for kids and teens.
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

Just type your question and these kids will search the Internet for you.
http://www.askforkids.com/

This site organizes the web with 14 000 carefully reviewed resources, including the best sites suitable for educational research.
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html

Need Help @ Your Library?

Don’t know how to use our library catalogue or any of our other great research tools? Click on any of the following links for help.

Infofinders @ your Library

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Online Documents

Documents on this web site are posted as PDF's (portable data format). To view documents Adobe Acrobat is required. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Readers