Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Library

An educational and research oriented library resource for the school and community members of the island of Martha's Vineyard

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Search the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Library's Catalog. Apps available for iPad, iPhone, Android. Mobile device link. The Library's name is mvrhslib. The catalog now includes links to Google Books.

The High School has implemented Edline as a common source of course information for Students, Parents and Teachers. Parents and each individual student will need to activate an account at Edline. Classes, assignments, test schedules, syllabi and reading links will all be available in one location. Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks


Search Engines

Search Engines There are other good search engines besides Google. Here are some of the better ones with a brief description of their features, tips, deep search engines and a link to a site with 2500 search engines. Try a search engine with a different look.

Other Reference Sources including Research Help

A large list of some of the best sites for useful reference material.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar allows you to search for scholarly literature. Google says, "From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, pre-print repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations."

Subscription Services

. Gale Databases 26 wide ranging databases complete with pretty icons, includes history, health biography and literary databases. This is a subscription site available in school.

Subscription databases are generally available only in the MVRHS, however some allow Home Access to public library patrons in Massachusetts.
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Enter your Massachusetts library card number for out-of-school access to books, newspapers and magazine articles.

These are a huge collection of reference materials which are otherwise difficult to find. Search the archives of the Boston Globe, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, many magazines, scientific journals and much, much more.

Newspapers and Magazines

Online links to local papers, important national papers, current news searchers, lists of newspapers world wide and magazine databases. The Cape Cod Times has gone to a paid subscription model, however you can get all but the last five days here.

Educational and Teaching Resources

Some of the best educational oriented sites on the web. If you want to know anything about education, teaching resources or curriculum it's probably in one of the sites listed here.  

Video Resources, Local Cable Channels, and Cable in the Classroom

travel back to the days before everything was on the internet or your phone...

How To...

Can't make your TV work? Want some Google Docs, Firefox, OpenOffice or First Class email tips? It's here and more.  

Viruses, Hoaxes, Scams and Urban Legends

Is it real or is it a hoax? Some sites to keep you from looking foolish.

Information about MVRHS

School Calendar  | Faculty Telephone List  | Mass. DOE Facts | No child left behind here

Information about the MVRHS Library

Other Libraries

On and off the Vineyard

Consumer Information

Buying stuff smartly

Just For Fun

Interesting sites on the lighter side

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updated 02/27/2012

Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Main Page

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