Incoming 5th graders choose a free book to read over the summer! Books will be delivered to your 4th grade classrooms before the end of the school year.

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Welcome to the Olympic Middle School Library!

Library Hours 7:30 am - 3:00 pm

The library is open before, after, and during school for student book check, research & computer use. Students may have 2 items checked out from our school library at any one time. Book check-out period is 14 days.

Search the OMS catalog:

 
Olympic Middle School Library Catalog 

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Library Schedule by Homeroom
Please help remind your students to bring their library books back on their scheduled day.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Barkman/Clarke (Gilbert ELA)	Aisenberg	Cahoon	Belleville/Morgan (Fennel ELA)	Barkman/Clarke (Mortinson ELA)
Gilbert	Bloomfield	Johnson	Fennel	Godwin
Nielsen	Heetderks	Valett	Guzman	Green
Parnell	Jordan		Starmer	Mortinson
Vernon	Magen
Zoerhoff	Morgan/Belleville (Magen ELA)
	Reimen

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Search engines for students:
 

Search tips for students at commonsense.org.
Using Boolean operators for research created by Lexi Spry, UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies.

Use Boolean Search commands to narrow your search results:

AND	used to search for two keywords together, must be capitalized	Big AND Foot
OR	used to find either of two keywords, must be capitalized	fall OR autumn
NOT	used to leave out a keyword, must be capitalized	java NOT coffee
+	plus symbol requires that the following keyword be in the search, no space between the symbol and the following word	dog +puppy
-	minus symbol excludes the following keyword from the search, no space between the symbol and the following word	apple -fruit
" "	quotation marks around keywords finds the exact words in that order inside of the quotation marks, spelling matters on this one!	"World War I"
( )	parentheses around keywords groups the words together, great for grouping synonyms	(mouse OR rat) AND trap
*	asterisk searches for keywords with multiple endings or keywords you are not sure how to spell	electron* will find electron, electrons, electronic, electronics d*g will find dog, dug, dig
Libguide	will find college or university websites with the keyword

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CRAAP Test
When looking for trustworthy sources, ask yourself these questions:

1. When was the information published? Is it CURRENT?
2. Does this information relate to my question? Is it RELEVANT?
3. Who wrote this and how do I know they are qualified? What is their AUTHORITY?
4. Can I verify that this information is true? Fact not opinion. Am I sure that it is ACCURATE?
5. What is the PURPOSE of this article? To inform, teach, entertain, persuade, or advertise?

Evaluate these websites using the CRAAP Test:
Dihydrogen Monoxide
Dog Island
PNW Tree Octopus
Pacific Tree Frog
Republic of Molossia
Mike the Headless Chicken Festival

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