The St. Teresa High School Library is located on the third floor of the older building.   It is a large room that houses a second school computer lab with 24 student-use computers as well as a book collection and periodical holdings.   With both electronic and print sources integrated in the library, it is an ideal place for doing research and writing.

The library normally opens at 7:30 a.m.   Hours are sometimes extended in support of class projects.
 
 

Books

• About 5,000 reference and circulating books.
• Dewey Decimal classification system.
• Access through interlibrary loan to books from over 140 libraries in Rolling Prairie Library System’s online catalog and from 80 academic libraries in I-Share.

Periodicals:
            Subscriptions to 6-10 periodicals for browsing and leisure reading.
            SIRS Researcher full-text article database on social issues available on the St. Teresa Local Area Network.   
             First Search indexes with many full-text articles available via the Internet.   
             Library has automated system for ordering photocopies of periodical articles, usually free of charge, from other        
             libraries.

Online Catalogs:

• St. Teresa’s holdings are included in the Rolling Prairie Library System’s online catalog.  The new Web-based version of the catalog, which highlights holdings of the St. Teresa library, can be reached from all the school computers and from home.
• I-Share is also available from any computer with internet access. This allows searching of all the major academic libraries in Illinois.
  

Electronic Resources

• Electronic  encyclopedias— (all computers). 
<> SIRS Researcher, a CD-ROM database of full-text magazine and newspaper articles selected especially for senior-high-school students.
• Access to 16 First Search databases—including periodical indexes, full-text of periodicals, and the World Almanac.
• Access via the Internet to databases and resources including NewsIllinois, American National Biography, AccessScience, NoveList, and Physicians’ Desk Reference.
• Library webpage of “Class-Related Links” for class assignments.

Tools

• 24 multimedia, Internet-enabled computers, allowing a full class to write or do research. 
• Microsoft Office 2003—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access—as well as Microsoft Works.
• Access to Pagemaker, Microsoft Publisher, and Print Shop.
• Color printing, photocopying, and scanning ($0.25 per page).
• Free laser printing (reasonable amounts) and photocopying (small amounts).