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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. - 3:15 p.m.--------M, Tu, Th, & Fr
(closed for lunch 11:25 - 12:00)

7:45 a.m. - 2:25 p.m.--------Wed
(closed for lunch 10:55 - 11:30)

Matthew Murrey, Librarian

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, World Book, or Career Cruising

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

NEW IN 2007!

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

UHS, International High School

Careers and Colleges - explore future possibilties

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

Online Reference Resources

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

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

Citing Sources

University of Illinois Library

Library of Congress

Social Issues site from Multnomah Library)

Searchable Online Texts

Maintained by Matthew Murrey.

Last updated May 2008.

 

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