library The Marie Esser Hansen Library Media Center
Hours: 7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. each regular school day
Collection
12,000+ books to support curricular needs as well as recreational reading
1,800+ AV titles in videos, tapes, laserdisks, etc.
43 periodical subscriptions and more than 4,000 via the Internet
1,000+ vertical file (pamphlet file) folders for research materials
Automated Resources
Electronic library catalog for all books and most A-V materials which allows title, author, subject, or key word searches.
EBSCO offers thousands of magazine articles full text via the Internet as well as an index to our holdings.
Proquest offers 800 world and regional newspapers on the Internet.
SIRS Researcher is an electronic clipping service of full-text articles concerning a wide variety of social issues. Articles originate from newspapers, magazines, journals, and government documents.
SIRS Government Reporter includes government documents from a variety of government agencies, government directories, historic documents and U.S. Supreme Court cases.
SIRS Renaissance includes current perspectives on the arts and humanities including literature, music, performing and visual arts, cultures, philosophy, architecture, and design.
SIRS Interactive Citizenship offers three interactive books on what citizens need to know about government, world affairs and economics.
Grolier’s Encyclopedia Americana On-Line offers an encyclopedia entry plus links to editor-evaulated periodicals and websites with just a single search.
Internet access from 21 student computers. The computers are also equipped with Microsoft Office XP for production of PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets or Word documents.
Culture Grams provides insider's perspectives on daily life and culture plus current local information on 202 countries
World and I School is an interdisciplinary resource in a magazine format with over 4,000 articles.
Faculty
Mrs. Mary Wyn Bjorkquist, Librarian
BA in history and English - Bradley University
MLIS - UW-Milwaukee
Instructional Media Specialist Certification
23 years experience as an educator, with 11 years at DSHA as librarian
Mrs. Lin O'Connor, Library Assistant
BS in teaching, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
16 years library experience, 16 years at DSHA
For more information, contact:
Mrs. Mary Wyn Bjorkquist, Librarian
414-462-3742, ext. 2835
BjorkquistM "at" dsha.k12.wi.us
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