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Library

Welcome to Woodlands Academy’s Bolton Sullivan Library Media Center (LMC). Our Library Media Center is one of Woodlands’ greatest resources and provides students and faculty abundant access to print, web, and audiovisual tools, including more than 15,000 volumes, 15 newspapers and magazines, and nearly 500 videos and DVDs. 

The LMC serves as Woodlands’ lifeline to a worldwide network of information. Its website offers 24/7 access to a variety of online research databases that allow students to search authoritative resources (including reference books, magazines, newspapers, primary source documents, and multimedia) either from the library terminals or remotely from their home computers.

The Library Media Center features a magnificent stained glass window of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat and a child. The window was originally installed in 1924 in the main building of Barat College, and was given to Woodlands in 2008 by the Barat Education Foundation. Doors on either side of the window open to a beautifully landscaped interior courtyard where students are able to read and study in good weather.

Collections & Services

The Library Media Center’s web-based Destiny Online Catalog is accessible 24/7 from any computer with Internet access.

Catalog

The Library Media Center’s web-based Destiny online catalog is accessible 24/7 from any computer with Internet access.

Books, Magazines, & Videos

The print collection contains over 15,000 volumes of fiction, non-fiction and reference titles, plus 15 newspapers and magazines. The library also owns nearly 500 curriculum-related videos and DVDs.

Reference Services

Staff provides library instruction and orientation, teaches information literacy skills, helps with reference database searching and web evaluation, and offers research assistance.

Writing/MLA Works Cited Help

Library Information

Online Databases

The Library subscribes to online reference databases selected based on their ability to provide periodical and reference information that supports the curricular needs of students and faculty. These databases are available via the Library’s home page and may be accessed remotely by students and faculty via “password bookmarks” which can be obtained from the Library staff.

Internet

The Library provides Internet access for academic and research purposes based on the school’s Internet Acceptable Use Policy.

Videos/DVDs

The audiovisual collection has nearly 500 titles in video and DVD formats. These materials are available for checkout by both faculty and students.

Magazines

Our collection contains 15 magazine and newspaper titles, including the Chicago Tribune, Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic, and all are available for in-library use.

Interlibrary Loan

As members of the North Suburban Library System (NSLS) we are able to obtain many items that we do not currently own from other, nearby libraries via interlibrary loan. Please ask a Librarian for assistance if a title you need is not in the Woodlands online catalog.

Other Libraries

Cook Memorial Library

Deerfield Public Library

Fremont Public Library

Glenview Public Library

Highland Park Public Library

Lake Bluff Public Library

Lake Forest Public Library

Vernon Area Public Library

Warren Newport Public Library

Waukegan Public Library

Wilmette Public Library

Winnetka - Northfield Public Library

Statewide Illinois Library Catalog

New Materials

Books and videos are continuously being added to the Library's collection via purchase, donation, or grant. Our most recent acquisitions are listed below. If you see a title of interest, please come to the Library to check it out!

New Materials (Winter 2012)

Hours and Staff

Hours

The Library Media Center is open on days when school is in session during the following hours:

Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
(After school hours as arranged)

Proctored Hours
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm weekdays

Stop in any time and meet our librarian.

Contact

Ellen Hines
Library Director
847/234-4300 ext. 308