Matignon High School Library Media Center

The mission of the Matignon High School Library Media Center is to teach the skills necessary for the effective use of ideas and information, to support the curriculum with a rich variety of materials, and to continue to motivate life-long learners to meet today’s challenges.

The Library Media Center offers a circulating collection of more than 5,000 non-fiction and fiction books as well as periodicals and newspapers for academic and personal use. The web-based catalog system enables students and faculty to search the collection. Additional resources include electronic databases, videotapes, computer programs and online reference resources. Students may use the research computers which are completely networked and Internet accessible. The Library Media Specialist instructs classes and tutors individual students in the use of these educational resources and technologies. Students are expected to use the Library Media Center for class assignments, independent research, and project development.

The Library Media Center is equipped with a Smart Board, high quality Eiki Multimedia projector and laptop computers for use in a scheduled supervised class setting. The Center also has a state of the art flat screen T.V. with a DVD/VCR player available for individual and small group student viewing. An area of the Library Media Center is set aside for quiet study. Other sections are available for individual and group work.

Food, drinks and cell phones are not permitted in the Library Media Center.

	Catholic Websites
	Gale Databases (Click here for access to 40 online databases from the Library Media Center or from home)
	Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Thesauri Online
	Library of Congress’ Virtual Reference Shelf Click here to go to selected Web Resources Compiled by the Library of Congress.
	Maps & Atlases Online
	Massachusetts and Local Information
	Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Web Site Click here to find books and magazines online. You will need to type in your public library card number to access these resources. The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners provides access to essential library and information resources including searchable catalogs of more than 400 libraries in Massachusetts, millions of full-text articles in scholarly and general interest magazines, full-text Massachusetts newspapers, and 7,000 full-text electronic books. You can also locate hundreds of archives and manuscript collections in libraries in Massachusetts, as well as digitized historical collections housed in libraries, museums or historical societies in the Commonwealth.
	Minuteman Library Network
	News & Current Events, Sports and Weather
	Quotations
	Statistics
	What About After High School? Career? College? Scholarships? Click here for a wealth of information to help you with your future!
	Additional Online Resources

Catholic Web Sites

Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church consisting of the biographies of the 17th to the 21st century cardinals and of the events and documents concerning the origin of the Roman cardinalate and its historical evolution.
Catholic Information Network
Catholic Online - Saints & Angels
English Translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church This site has a search utility.
Fathers of the Church
New Advent
Summa Theologica
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Vatican Website (English version)

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Thesauri Online

Encyclopedia.com
Online Dictionaries
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Symbols.com An online encyclopedia of graphic symbols. SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics.

Maps and Atlases Online

Map Collections: 1500-2003 (Library of Congress)
MAPQUEST
National Atlas of the United States This is the web site for the official National Atlas of the United States. An interactive map-maker, printed and printable maps, multimedia maps and a map layers data warehouse are available.
National Geographic use Map links
Odden's Bookmarks University of Utrecht in The Netherlands web site that indexes over 20,000 links to maps, map collections, gazetteers and vendors.
United States Geological Survey (USGS): Geography
University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library: Maps Scanned images of paper maps, with a focus on the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) reference maps. A good place to search for small-scale reference maps.

Massachusetts and Local Information

BostonUSA Official visitor web site for Boston.
BostonCentral: The Center for Boston Area Families
boston.com
boston.citysearch.com
Boston Online
City of Boston
City of Cambridge
City of Medford
City of Somerville
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MBTA Home Page Schedules, fares, and other key information pertaining to Boston's public transportation system.

News and Current Events, Sports and Weather

Boston Globe Online
Boston Herald Online
Boston: townonline.com Boston's online community newspaper
CNN
Chicago Tribune
New York Times
Newspapers from The Internet Public Library
USA Today
Washington Post

Sports

Boston Athletic Association Includes information on the Boston Marathon.
Boston Bruins Boston's NHL team.
Boston Celtics Boston's NBA team.
Boston Red Sox Boston's MLB team.
ESPN.com
New England Patriots New England's NFL team.
New England Revolution New England's MLS team

Weather

Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Creative Quotations Searchable database of over 10,000 quotations, plus quotation themes, creative proverbs, links to over 100 additional quotation sites, and much more. This is a fun web site!
Quoteland

Statistics

FedStats Links to more than 70 U.S. Federal agencies that provide statistics for public use.
Statistical Abstract
Statistical Resources on the Web University of Michigan’s Documents Center web site that provides links to American and International statistical resources from all types of subject areas.
United Nations Statistics Division The Statistics Division compiles statistics from many international sources and produces global updates, including the Statistical Yearbook, World Statistics Pocketbook and yearbooks in specialized fields of statistics. It also provides to countries, specifications of the best methods of compiling information so that data from different sources can be readily compared.
U.S. Bureau of the Census Home Page The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
U.S. Historical Census Data Browser On this site it is possible to: examine state and county topics for individual census years, examine state and county topics over time, and generate maps of selected data.
World Factbook The CIA's handbook of basic geographical and statistical information on the nations of the world. Includes maps.

What About After High School?

Careers

America's Career InfoNet A comprehensive career site developed by the Department of Labor. It provides access to job banks, employment service providers, and career education. Each career field has a general outlook section, wages and trends, what it takes (education, certification, etc.), a career video and state profiles and employment information.

Colleges and Universities

CollegeSource Includes complete college catalogs of most academic institutions in America.
Community College Web Searchable site for community colleges.
International Colleges and Universities Searchable database of universities and colleges from around the world.
Peterson's Education Center

Financial Aid/ Grants/ Scholarships

Fast Web An online source of local, national and college-specific scholarships.
Grants.gov A federal government web site with access to over 900 grant programs.
Idealist Directory of over 20,000 nonprofit Web sites in 150 countries.

Additional Online Resources

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Almanacs

Associations

Internet Public Library: Associations on the Net
Foundation Center
GuideStar.org (Philanthropic Research Inc.) Provides detailed, searchable information about nonprofit and philanthropic organizations and private foundations.
Scholarly Societies Project Information about and links to scholarly societies.

Books and Publishing Resources

Alibris.com
Amazon.com
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
Bibliomania Free online literature with more than 2000 classic texts.
Digital Book Index An index to the major e-book sites and some smaller, specialized publishers/distributors.
Library of Congress Services for Researchers
Project Gutenberg The first and original e-book collection with 16,000 free electronic texts.

Calendars/Date/Time

Calendar Zone
Earth Calendar A daybook of holidays and celebrations from around the world.
Time and Date
Timeticker

Consumer Information

Consumer World
Consumer Reports Online
Federal Consumer Information Center
Kelley Blue Book Consumer information about buying cars.
Vehix.com

Conversion Tables

Voter Information

Zip Codes/Postal Codes

Matignon High School, One Matignon Road, Cambridge, MA 02140
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