The library will be open Wednesday til Monday 8:45-12:30.
Welcome back to school, friends!
Let’s make this year amazing! Come by the library and let me know your ideas on how to make this space the best it can be. Watch for our suggestion board posted by the circulation desk!
Welcome back!
We hope you had a relaxing summer and a good start to this school year. Come see us in the library to sign out books, work with friends, get help with computers, or just say hi!
Hours in the library this year are as follows:
8:30 Open
Periods 1 and 2 Open
Lunch open at 12:10
Period 3 Open
Period 4 Closed
After school open until 4pm
Stay tuned for Gaming club times!
MPCLibrary.ca gets an update
Check out what’s new!Look on the right side for easier access to Categories, Tags, and Archives. Now you can subscribe directly to MPCLibrary.ca right there.
See our new website icon that will appear if you pin our website to the desktop or to your Start Menu.
Watch for new interactive reading examples under Library Resources. Try The Boat, an award-winning online graphic novel.
Hoopla Digital has been added to TPL. Get your free 8 movies a month online with your Toronto Public Library card. Who needs Netflix? Other video sources have been organized under Library Resources – Video.
Britannica ImageQuest gets its own location under Library Resources. Homework help has been centralized under Links. All our citation links are now updated to MLA version 8. See what other changes you notice. Naxos Music Library is still available under Library Resources with the TDSB password bookmark.
Find the good stuff faster. Don’t forget our catalogue is still top right!
Check out the TDSB Virtual Library
Visit our virtual collection online. You can access it on the menu above under Library Resources and Catalogue, Encyclopedias, and Databases. It’s much easier to use than before, and you can access all the same resources more quickly.
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Our catalogue for books and resources in our collection is now on the top left. Go here to find the location of a book in Non-fiction, Fiction, Reader’s Picks or Graphic Novels.
Encyclopedia Britannica is now under quick finds and is your fastest way to good, reliable information on a number of topics. CultureGrams and some video sources are also here.
All our databases and resources are now combined in one unified search engine. You start by choosing grades 9-12 at the bottom of the page. You can still access the databases one at a time, as in the past, using A-Z databases.
myBlueprint is moved to Spaces-Teens-Your Future. In the Teen Space you can also find the Community Involvement Form and OEN Lookup.
Citation helps are found by expanding Inquiry – Citation on the left, or through the citation button on the Inquiry tile, but don’t click directly on Inquiry because you can’t access the citation helps there.
French resources are much more conveniently grouped together under Français. Access to french encyclopedias, eBooks and games is now available with one click.
Don’t forget the Public Library for your 8 free movie rentals a month, and a much larger collection of magazines, eBooks, and book reviews that are all available online.
You’ll find that the new Virtual Library is much easier to use, since the most popular resources are all one click away. If you can’t find something, or if you would like to see something on our mpclibrary.ca homepage, just ask. There’ll be more to come in the weeks ahead.
You don’t have to wait for your class to come to the library. Stop in for a visit as soon as you want, periods 1-3 on a spare, or outside class time. We have a great space and we’re here to help you.
Summer Reading
Hey all– we’re counting the days to the REAL first day of summer, when vacation starts. Do you have your reading yet? Let me help you. Here are the most popular books in the MPC library this year (books are linked to the Toronto Public Library, so you can read a summary, place a hold or find out which branch has the book):
In the manga category: Attack on Titan, Full Metal Alchemist, and Arisa.
In comic books: Ms Marvel , Tomboy: a graphic memoir and The Outside Circle (also voted best White Pine book at our school, a rivetingand beaurtiful
In fantasy: The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (Star Wars meets fairy tales with awesome girl protagonists) and anything by Rick Riordan, but especially the new Apollo series.
In horror: The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts (winner of the White Pine Award this year) and The Troop by Nick Cutter.
We hope you find some great books this summer! When you come back in the fall, drop by the library to tell your new librarian (for the year), Ms Moroz!
White Pine list announced
It’s that time of year — time for a fresh crop of Canadian YA fiction for your reading pleasure! Check out this list of White Pine nominees and stay tuned for announcements about our meetings.
Adventures in English!
Ms Zagar’s English Classes are in the library today, learning how they can make it work for them.
Period One: Set up your gmail by clicking on AW on the home drive, then complete our Library Survey.
Periods One and Three: Complete the Adventures in English activity set up for you.
Your new address
TDSB student gmail addresses are here! Your address is firstname.lastname@student.tdsb.on.ca. Check out the video below to set up your account, then fill out our Library Survey:
Library closures coming up
The library will be closed all day on Friday May 8 for the Ed.App.Hack conference and again on the afternoon of Friday, May 15 for library catalogue training. We will resume our regularly scheduled Fridays the following week!