Library

Library Hours

Our school library is open before and after school for students to work on assignments, check out books, read, or do research. We invite you to take advantage of all the material we have available.

Visit us at the WMS library every school day from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Ask Your Librarian 

Mrs. Reigh-If you have any questions, I am here to help.

Email: creigh@209u.net
Phone: (815) 926-1774

The mission of the WMS library program is to provide students and staff with information, ideas and experiences to support the love of reading, promote the effective use of information and technology in an inviting, dynamic, 21st century learning environment.

Library Policy

Please review the following policies before using the WMS library. 

  • Students may visit the library anytime during our hours of operation with a pass from their teacher and they must sign in.

  • Students may check out books using their student ID.

  • Overdue fines for reading material is 10¢ per day per item.

  • Students must return lost books or pay fines before they may check out additional material.

Destiny Discover: WMS online library catalog

District Technology Policy: Wilmington CUSD 209u Acceptable Use Policy/Authorization for Electronic Network Access

Wilmington School District Libraries: links to all four Wilmington CUSD 209u's school electronic library catalogs.

Resources

The Library of Congress: Browse the Library of Congress, the nation's largest digital collection of primary source documents, images, maps, and audio files. Users can search by topics related to government, politics, religion, and culture. There are also extensive collections in science, history, journalism, and recreation.

The Digital Vault: A U.S. National Archives Experience features an engaging introduction to primary-source materials. Collect documents and turn them into posters or movies, explore the connections between documents through pathfinders, or search for specific documents by title or tag.

The Digital Public Library of America: Brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.

World Digital Library: The WDL makes it possible to discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures and significant historical documents on one site, in a variety of ways. Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films.

Smithsonian Open Access : Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images for free. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 4.9 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

Smithsonian Tween Tribune: Read articles at your grade level on far-ranging topics brought to you by The Smithsonian Tween Tribune.

The Learning Network: Teaching and Learning With The New York Times: All features for students are free, so whether students are interested in politics or pop culture, science or sports, fashion, food or foreign affairs, you're invited to join the conversation.

Digital Tools

WeVideo is a cloud-based movie editing tool that is free to use. The built-in help videos and tutorials make video editing a breeze! Sign in using Single Sign On, to get the full version.

Canva is a free, cloud based tool that allows users to design beautiful images, templates, and posters that can be downloaded or shared online.

The following sites offer copyright friendly pics and free photo editing for your multi-media projects and presentations:

Photos for Class - A place to access safe images that are available to be used in the classroom and for educational purposes. Downloaded images automatically cite the author and the Creative Commons image license terms.

Unsplash - High resolution, copyright friendly pictures

Pixabay Video - Looping video clips that are great for backgrounds

Flat Icon - Thousands of free icons you can use in pamphlets, on slides, and websites

Primary Source Image Sets - Free, historical images on a variety of topics