Library Resources

School Site Library Catalogs through Destiny Library Manager

The La Habra City School District has developed robust collections in each school library, offering a wide range of high-interest, challenging, and diverse materials to meet the needs of all learners. The District uses Follett Destiny as its library management system. To access the library catalog for your child's school, please click below:

• Arbolita School
• El Cerrito School
• Ladera Palma School
• Las Lomas School
• Las Positas School
• Sierra Vista School
• Walnut School
• Imperial Middle School
• Washington Middle School

Students, teachers, and staff can access hundreds of e-books, audiobooks, and e-magazines through Sora-- the award-winning digital reading app that boosts literacy skills by empowering students to discover age-appropriate reading materials from the comfort of their device.

To access our new digital collection, simply download the Sora app from Google Play or the Apple App Store, or open it in your browser at https://soraapp.com/library/lahabraca.

Users can login to Sora with their district Google credential and start reading!

 

California K-12 Digital Resources

Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gale, ProQuest, and TeachingBooks are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.

These digital resources are provided for all California students from the California State Library.

Encyclopaedia Britannica (PreK-12)

A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources.

Need help from Britannica? See our support page. (800) 621-3900 x 7160 | [email protected]

TeachingBooks (PreK-12)

One stop provides resources for books you are reading and teaching, including author and illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and other enrichment content.

      

      

Need help from TeachingBooks? See our support page. 510-239-7391 | [email protected]

Gale (Grades K-12)

Gale STEAM resources provide essential, curriculum-aligned digital content for California K-12 learners.

• Gale In Context: Environmental Studies - Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
• Gale Interactive: Science - Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science
• Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids - Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.

Need help from Gale? See our support page. 800-877.4253 option 3 | [email protected]

ProQuest (Grades 3-12)

* The icons above and main links below work for accessing these resources on your school campus. Students and staff with the district/school's off-campus access name and access codes should use the "Off-Campus Access" links below when using from public libraries or other non-school locations.

• CultureGrams - Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces around the world. (Grades 3-12)
  CultureGrams Off-Campus Access
• SIRS Discoverer - A general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content and features for use by students and educators. (Grades 3-9)
  SIRS Discoverer Off-Campus Access
• SIRS Issues Researcher - Pros and cons on 360+ (and growing) complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. (Grades 6+)
  SIRS Issues Researcher Off-Campus Access
• eLibrary - Guided Research edition delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content including more than 11,000 Research Topics (Grades 6+)
  eLibrary Guided Research Off-Campus Access
• eLibrary - Database Edition General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. (Grades 6+)
  eLibrary Database Edition Off-Campus Access
• ProQuest Central Student - designed to bring instant results to users across thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports, and more. This resource brings together some of ProQuest's most used databases in education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news. (Grades 9+, IB, AP, College Prep)
  Central Student Off-Campus Access
• ProQuest Research Companion - a self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction.(Grades 8+)
  Research Companion Off-Campus Access
• Schools & Educators Complete - eBook subscription database of over 13,000 titles that supports English Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, Health, Physical Education, Information Literacy and Technology. (Grades 9+, possibly some content for Middle School, also includes professional development content for faculty)
• Alexander Street - Alexander Street brings together the skills of traditional publishing, librarianship, and software development to create quality electronic collections.
• PBS Video Collection - This collection of more than 1,600 streaming videos provides an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS. From science to history, art to Shakespeare, diversity to business & economics, and more, the PBS Video Collection provides access to one of television’s most trusted networks.

Need help from ProQuest? See our support page. 800-521-0600 | [email protected]

Capstone PebbleGo Science (PreK - 2)

PebbleGo is a supplemental content hub specifically designed for K-2 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and early literacy supports for students of all abilities, it boosts engagement and fosters independent learning. The California State Library provides access to PebbleGo Science and PebbleGo Ciencia.

PebbleGo can be access by all LHCSD students and staff by logging into Clever. 

OC Public Library System

The OC Public Library has provided the following digital resources to complement student learning:

• Mission eBooks - These easy-to-access eBooks contains information about the 21 California Missions. Students can click on any of the eBooks to learn more about this significant part of California's history and culture.
• Brainfuse - Assistance with homework, essay writing, language development, and more are available for students for free, with nothing more than their OC library card!
  Helpnow's features include:
  • Homework Help- Interact with live tutors in math, science, reading/writing, social studies, and state standardized tests.
  • Skills-Building- Choose your topic to receive real-time help.
  • 24-Hour Writing Lab- Submit essays and other forms of writing for constructive feedback.
  • Homework Send Question- Submit homework questions for expert guidance.
  • Foreign Language Lab /Spanish-Speaking Support