Chico High School - Library
Chico High School
901 The Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926   •   Phone: 530-891-3026   •   Fax: 530-891-3284
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Top of PageCHS Online Library Catalog


Mr. Girt's classes:
Cold war conflicts, try these trial database:  ABC-Clio
user name = chico    password = panthers

Instructions to log in to Destiny
Search the CHS Library Online Catalog two different ways by clicking on the Destiny Quest or Library Catalog icons above.  Use the one you like the best to search for books and other library materials.



Try these books:
--lists of books to read for fun, and
recommended lists to prepare for college, for AP exams
....
 
"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say." --Italo Calvino
Top of PageThe News
see News page in left column

Online Newspapers (that require a password-- see library staff)--

Chico Enterprise-Record eEdition for Chico High School-- see library staff for user name & password
user name= chicohs@live.com   password=  chicohi
Sacramento Bee eEdition for Chico High School--see library staff for user name & password
School-- Chico Senior High School
password-- 24859
San Francisco Chronicle eEdition for Chico High School -- see library staff for user name & password
(click the "double" pane at the top of the Chronicle screen to view the paper)

User name= chicohs@live.com
password= cie
More Online News sites

..New York Times newspaper..
..New York Times "timeskimmer"..
..PBS News Hour..
..CNN..
..NPR..(National Public Library)
..Smithsonian magazine..
Top of PageMLA Information
..example of a Works Cited page (CHS)..

..Purdue OWL MLA 2009 guide..
    ..Purdue OWL citing a web page..
Top of PageGrolier Online Encyclopedia
Grolier Online Encyclopedia is available at school without a password, or at home with a password. See library staff for home access.

User name = chicohome
Password = grolier

Mr. Girt's and Mr. Alvistur's classes--ABC-Clio database
user name = chico    password = panthers

Top of PageDatabases
Gale Cengage Learning PowerSearch                                     user name=chicohs
includes eBooks (see below for titles)
Issues and controversies
username = chicohs   password=facts

PowerSearch for ebooks
password = chs                              
Top of PageeBooks -- Select Reference Books Online

Chico High eBooks -- click here
Available titles:
English:
    Novels for Students (new!)
    (.pdf list of titles included)
History & Government:
    Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
     Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Medicine:
   Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
    UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances
Religion:
    Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Social Science:
    Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology

Top of PageColleges and Careers

See library staff for password!
CaliforniaColleges.edu --"The official source for college and career planning in California"

Career Cruising
User name = chico   password = panthers


Top of PageCiting your sources with MLA
CHS MLA page

Works Cited information for Chico High School

How do I document from the Web using MLA?

A Guide to Writing Research Papers based on MLA

Works Cited information from Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS)

Citation Links from OSLIS

MLA Guide from Purdue Online Writing Lab
Top of PageCHS History
..A Caduceus History of Chico High School-- Compiled from the volumes of the Chico High Caduceus yearbooks; by Peter Milbury, C.H.S. Librarian, with contributions from John Nopel..
Top of PageButte County Public Library
      
Butte County Library website

Databases (Includes Infotrac magazine and newspaper database, Worldbook Online Encyclopedia, Novelist, Chilton Automotive Database, as well as other resources). You need a library card to access most of these.

Butte County Library Catalog
Top of PageMultiple Intelligence Survey
Multiple Intelligence Survey
Top of PageGrolier Online Encyclopedia
Top of PageStudent Surveys
School Climate Survey

California Healthy Kids Survey

User:  0431676
Password:  mbtpkxp
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