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Library

The Northside Library has over 11,000 print and non-print titles. The Muncie Star Press and magazines are also available for research and leisure reading. The library is fully automated, using Surpass circulation system and card catalog program.

The school library media program is an important part of the school curriculum. The library provides a setting where students may develop into lifelong learners. Students are encouraged to develop skills to help them become informed citizens.

The main goal of our media program is to prepare our students in finding books for leisure reading as well as to be effective in retrieving information necessary in their lives. This is achieved by providing a variety of resources as well as the instruction necessary for students to locate, retrieve, and use information effectively. Both individual and group instruction is provided.

Through the computer network students have access to word processing programs, Power Point and Coin Jr. Students with a signed parental permission slip on file may have access to the Internet. Students have access to the library and computers during their classes and study hall time.

Circulation

  • Books are checked out for a two-week time period.
  • Students may renew books two times.
  • There are no overdue fines; however if a book is lost the student must pay to replace the book.
  • Encyclopedias and reference books circulate for overnight.

 

 

A hand reaching for books on a bookshelf, with the shelves and books in the background.

Students are encouraged to develop a lifelong habit of reading through access to fiction and nonfiction books, periodicals, and computers. The Accelerated Reader program supports this goal through English classes. Students read books at their independent reading levels and take computerized comprehension tests to earn points based on book difficulty, length, and accuracy. This program motivates reading, improves comprehension, and helps raise reading levels and test scores. Students and parents may view available tests at the school library or any branch of the Muncie Public Library.

Students also have access to INSPIRE, Indiana’s Virtual Library, a service of INCOLSA available to all Indiana residents. INSPIRE provides more than two dozen databases, including thousands of full-text magazines and journals, hundreds of U.S. newspapers, and research resources for elementary through high school students. Topics include academics, business, careers, literature, health and medicine, biographies, education, and Spanish-language resources