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Welcome to Urbana High School Library

URBANA HIGH SCHOOL
1002 S. Race Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-384-3502
Fax: 217-384-3532

Current hours: 

7:45 a.m. - 3:25 p.m.--------M, Tu, Th, & Fr
(closed for lunch 1:30 - 2:00)

7:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.--------Wed
(closed for lunch 1:00 - 1:30)


Matthew Murrey, Librarian   View UHS Library at Flickr

In Our Library

UHS Book Club

UHS Library Electronic Resources:

 

Click on the links below to access our online reference sources. See the library staff to obtain user IDs and passwords for home access to eLibrary, Gale Virtual Reference, Issues and Controversies, or World Book Online

eLibrary - an online database Search for magazine and journal articles.

Gale Virtual Reference Collection A virtual library reference collection of over 135 titles, full text, and fully searchable.

Facts on File: Issues and Controversies Articles and data for research on current issues and controversial topics.

 

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World Book Online This is the trusty general encyclopedia. A great place to start for reliable articles on a wide variety of topics.

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Internet Searching : Get the best from the Internet

lii.org- Librarians' Internet Index. Highly recommended subject search engine for school research.Created by librarians from California.

BUBL: A Dewey Organized Web Directory--a library of the Web produced in England

General Search Engines: Ask.com and of course Google

 

Other Online Resources and Links:

 

Connect to the following sites to use online reference sources or to find out more about additional local resources or topics related to the research process.

Go Global--Explore the world

Searchable Online Texts and References

Careers and Colleges - explore future possibilties

If you have an Urbana Free Library Card You Can Use Many of Their Databases

Online Reference Resources

Social Issues site from Multnomah Library)

Lincoln Trail Library System Catalog - see what the local public libraries have.

Citing Sources

University of Illinois Library

Library of Congress

It's a Constitution Thing: Student Voices, FactCheck and JusticeLearning (from the Annenberg Center)

UHS, International High School

Maintained by Matthew Murrey.

Last updated May 2009.

 

Urbana High School
1002 S. Race Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801

Phone: 217-384-3505
Fax: 217-384-3532

Urbana School District 116
205 N. Race Street
Urbana, Illinois

Phone: 217-384-3600
Fax: 217-337-4973