Library

LIBRARY HOURS
 
8:15-3:45
The Library Commons at Southern Okanagan Secondary School is a vibrant and exciting space. With a bright atmosphere the students are encouraged to come in and work independently, and with their peers to achieve academic excellence.

MISSION STATEMENT

At Southern Okanagan Secondary School a student-centered library provides a safe, nurturing environment where the goal is to foster a culture of inquiry, to integrate information literacy and technology into the curriculum to increase student achievement, to empower students and teachers to be effective and independent users, and producers, of information, and to promote a love for reading and an appreciation of literature.
READING FOR FUN
 
Goodreads is an amazing platform to help you track what you've been reading and make suggestions based on your ratings of those books.  
 
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sora
 
 
Sora Instructions to Login
LIBRARY SEARCH
 
Students can check for available resources, see what they have signed out, and due dates using the Follett Destiny Library Manager link.
 
 
RESEARCH TOOLS
 
Explora
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KnowBC
 
 
 
 
Canada in ContextScience in ContextGlobal Issues
 
 
 
Power Search
 
 
 
 
World Book Timeline
 
 
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS
 
What does a Creative Commons licence allow you to use work for?
 
COPYRIGHT
 
Use this Copyright Matters! tool to help you decide whether or not you are respecting the law that protects a creators work.
 
Have you cited your sources correctly?