Author: Ann Libbey

We are proud to add World Book Online to our database collection!
You may know World Book from its renowned print encyclopedia, but World Book Online offers so much more:
Three academic databases for multiple research levels
Academic articles
Illustrations, maps, audio files, and videos
Stunning photographs and detailed maps
Primary source material
eBooks for all reading levels
A timeline tool, that enables students to build timelines or view prepared ones
Research content in Spanish
This powerful reference tool can be accessed from a desktop, laptop, smartphone or tablet.
Feel free to contact us to find out more about World Book Online !

April 2016 Visit us at www.commack.k12.ny.us. Click on Student Site, Destiny Library Catalogue—from home or from school.
Mrs. Libbey and Ms. Zinman, Library Media Specialists; Mrs. Bucki and Mrs. Capolongo, Library Aides.

Lights… Camera… Read!

Looking to read a book before it plays at a theatre near you? Come visit your high school library! The library now has a running display of popular fiction and non-fiction, best-selling titles that are being adapted for the big screen. Some books to read before seeing the movie in 2016 include…
Me before You—
A Monster Calls—
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children—
Shatter me—
The light between us—
Looking for Alaska—

Attention Teachers: Library Lessons

Visit the library to sign up for any of the lessons below … or ask us how we can assist students in your subject area!

Database Instruction

Scaffolded Research Skills

Google Scholar

Creative Non-Fiction Book Talks and Research

eBooks in our Collection

The Pros and Cons of Wikipedia

Guided Book Selection

Controversial Issues Research

Works Cited Instruction

Infographics

Book Talks by Theme and Genre

Intellectual Freedom and Censorship

New Fiction Titles

What to read next?
Are you creating a wish-list of books that you intend on reading in the future? The CHS Library has a new tool for you to use.
Feel free to browse through a binder filled with titles of books that have been highly recommended by staff and students. Each page displays an image of the book cover, who recommended the book, its genre and topics. The CHS Library owns copies of each recommended book, making it easy for you to check it out.
We are always looking for more books to add. If you have read a book that you think others would enjoy, email its title and author to Isabel Zinman. If our library does not own the book, we will order for our collection.
A duplicate binder is located in the Guidance Center for students and parents to explore while they are waiting for their appointments.

New Non-Fiction
Biography
American Sniper:
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal
Sniper in U.S. Military History (Kyle,
McEwen, and DeFelice)
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (Lowenstein)
Elena Kagan ( Greene)
Social Studies
Before They're Gone:
Family’s Year-long Quest to
Explore America’s Most
Endangered National Parks
(Lanza)
Journalism (Espejo)
The Making of a Navy SEAL(Webb)
Psychology
Love as a Way of Life (Chapman)
Science
Adapting to Climate Change
(Lanser)
Brain Maker (Perlmutter)
Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep ( Randall)
Greenhouse Gases: Worldwide Impacts ( Casper)
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Lives by the Year 2001 (Kaku)
Sports
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics (Brown)
Technology
Information Insecurity ( January)
Instagram (Waters)
Thinking Critically: Social Networking
(Nakaya)
The Arts
Folk Dancing ( Nielsen)
Rock ‘n’ Roll Dances of the 1950’s
( Sagolla)
Saxophone Secrets ( Heavner)