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Academics
Library
The Library Mission Statement:
To advocate for intellectual excellence, integrity, and lifelong learning and growth, the Saint Ignatius College Prep library provides leadership and support for the school community through access to resources, instruction and collaboration. Inspired by Jesuit, Catholic faith, tradition, and values, the library strives to ensure that members of this school community are effective and responsible users and creators of information and ideas.
J.K. Rowling, Author
“When in doubt, go to the library.”
DID YOU KNOW…
the library serves an average of four hundred students per day?
The Foglia Library offers a quiet study space for students.
How our librarians assist students and faculty:
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One-on-Ones
We help students understand how to find content and how to cite it. -
Presentations
We work with teachers in classes to help students effectively use research tools.
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Our Collection:
- More than 13,000 physical books
- Audio books
- E-books
Our Collection:
- More than 13,000 physical books
- Audio books
- E-books
WHAT A STUDENT CAN FIND AT FOGLIA…
Our Collection:
- More than 13,000 physical books
- Audio books
- E-books
Digital Resources
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EBSCO
provides full text articles from multiple sources via 10 separate databases, including an academic e-book collection. Our subscriptions include MAS Complete and Literary Reference Center. -
JSTOR
is an archive collection of scholarly journals, books and primary sources covering a variety of disciplines, used by many college campus libraries. -
ProQuest
features access to thousands of select current and historic newspapers. -
The Gale Group Collection
includes Opposing Viewpoints, High School in Context, and Lit Finder. This is a powerful set of database resources for retrieving full-text articles from magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, encyclopedias and reference books. -
We also feature these digital resources:
Britannica High School, Oxford Classical Studies and English Dictionary, CQ Researcher, and Salem Online. All members of the Saint Ignatius community have access to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal digital editions.
The library offers quiet study space for students. Library assistance is available for research, writing, citations and technology applications, as well as textbooks and apps needed for coursework.
Building for the future:
-Work to update and modernize the collection is ongoing.
-If there’s something you want to see in the collection, email us at library@ignatius.org
