Librarian: Ms. Shelly Santos, MLS
Library Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 A.M - 3:30 P.M.
Mission Statement - The Harry Siperstein Library seeks to provide the resources that support the school curriculum and to teach students how to become effective users of information.
Vision Statement - The library seeks to help students develop the information literacy skills they will need to succeed in today's society and to promote a lifelong love of learning and reading.
Book Catalog - Our catalog is loaded on all the computers in school. Go to the Start Menu, then Programs, then Library, and then select OPAC.
Recommended Reading - Check out Prep's Reading Blog!
Research Databases -
- Proquest Newspapers, Platinum Periodicals - Great for all types of school projects and questions, with full-text magazine, journal, and newspaper articles on any topic. Includes full text coverage of the New York Times.
- Username: Q7P3NSX2HM
- Password: welcome
- Proquest Learning Literature - Open the doors to poetry, prose, and drama with the works, biographies, and literary criticisms on over 4,000 national and international authors.
- ID: 84-31821
- Password: bigchalk
- Please select "My Products" and then "Proquest Learning Literature."
- Gale Infotrac - Portal into Custom Newspapers(including New Jersey papers), specialized reference collections(New Catholic Encyclopedia, Novels for Students, Encyclopedia of Sociology), and Informe, a collection of Spanish language magazines.
- Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Full Text - Index and full text of popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada; includes current events and news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition, consumer affairs, and other subjects.
- User ID: BBM54
- Password: SSNJ036595
Almanacs, Dictionaries, & Encyclopedias -