INSPIRE
Indiana's Online Research Library; free to Indiana residents.  Current Magazine and Newspaper articles on current topics, as well as reference resources including biographies and countries. If using this resource at home, you may need to make an account because INSPIRE may not recognize your computer’s IP address.

CQ Reseacher
Great for researching pros/cons, debate/hot topics, exploring ideas for reports and papers. Username and password cphs

SIRS Researcher
Fantastic for researching pros/cons and hot topics. Offers access to magazines and scholarly journals. Subscription research database username IN0624H  password 46307

Biography In Context
Virtually every course of study — from history to science to literature — is ultimately tied to the study of people. Biography in Context delivers outstanding research support with 600,000+ biographical entries — on more than 528,000 individuals — spanning history and geography.
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Contemporary Authors
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Free access to reference ebooks.
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Informe

 

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Literature Criticism Online
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Poetry Criticism

 

Poetry Criticism assembles critical responses to the writings of the world's most renowned poets and provides supplementary biographical context and bibliographic material to guide the reader to a greater understanding of the genre and its creators. Each entry includes a set of previously published reviews, essays and other critical responses from sources that include scholarly books and journals, literary magazines, interviews, letters and diaries, carefully selected to create a representative history and cross-section of critical responses.
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Crown Point Community Library
Search the library catalog online

Dictionary.com
Includes dictionaries in English and world languages, a thesaurus tool, a translator, and other language resources

KnightCite Citation Builder
A project of the Hekman Library at Calvin College; builds print and electronic resource citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago style

Northwest Indiana Times Online
Local newspaper source

Old Farmer's Almanac
Fun and practical information for everyday life including moon calendars, planting charts, recipes, weather predictions, and more

Refdesk.com
Indexes quality, credible, and timely resources that are free and family-friendly

Checkout

CPHS students may have up to five books checked out at one time. To check out, students must present their CPHS IDs at the circulation desk. Students may place holds on books that are currently checked out, and students may renew books that are not on hold. Students will be charged for lost, stolen, or damaged books. Books should be returned to the Learning Commons.

• Books circulate for two weeks.
• Reference Materials circulate overnight and are due back during zero period.
• Magazines circulate for one week.

Interlibrary Loan

If we do not have the materials needed by a student, we may be able to obtain them from another library. This will require time, so students must plan ahead.

1. Students are welcome to visit the Learning Commons during lunch or study hall if they have passes from teachers with whom they are currently enrolled. Students are required to sign in.

2. Students must work quietly and respectfully.

3. Students must push in their chairs and clean up their work areas before leaving.

4. Students must remain seated until the bell rings.

5. Students may print assignments on the Ricoh printers.