Open from 8:00 am to at least 3:30 pm, the SCCHS Library offers students a quiet place to read, study, and do research throughout the school day. Students who wish to visit the library during the school day may do so before homeroom, from study hall, from lunch, and from class (with a pass from their teacher). From 3:00 to 4:15 pm, the Library and Saintly Grounds Cafe offer a relaxed atmosphere where students can chat, read, work online, and partake of home-baked goodies, brewed coffee, and other offerings.
The library collection has around 10,000 volumes, of which about 200 are new each year. Our holdings are included in the BOCES Union Catalog on the web. This is the catalog for all South Central BOCES schools. We can borrow the items with the "BDT" prefix; that is, in Broome-Delaware-Tioga Boces. (Note that the information in the BOCES catalog is not as up-to-date as what we have in our local catalog available at school on the library computers.)
Our library computers provide access to various research databases (see below), the libary catalog, word processing and other office suite programs, and graphics manipulation tools, as well as the internet. Students are free to copy their work to/from CDs, DVDs, and usb (flash) drives, and may also use their allocted space on our school network.
These databases are supplied for all students free of charge; please see librarian for ids and passwords.
ABC-CLIO eBooks (formerly Greenwood eBooks)
ABC-CLIO ebooks supply access to reference works on economics, American history, Catholic literature, and terrorism.
ASCD Ebooks are supplied through SCC.
ASCD ebooks
Professional books published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, available as online ebooks.
ASCD Ebooks are supplied through the BOCES School Library System.
Awesome Stories
"AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose ... is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, and government web sites."
NetLibrary is supplied through the BOCES School Library System.
Castle Learning
"Castle Learning Online supports classroom instruction through content-related review assignments, practice sessions and benchmark testing. Includes over 50,000 field-tested questions supported by defined vocabulary, reference tables, hints and reasons for correct answers in math, science, social studies, English and foreign languages."
Castle Learning is supplied by SCC.
EBSCO
EBSCO contains the elementary-level materials Primary Search, EBSCO Animals, and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.
EBSCO is supplied through the NY State Library's NOVEL project.
Edline
Edline is an online hosting solution which offers access to a school calendar, class notes, assignments, grades, student schedules, and more. All Seton students and parents are given Edline accounts upon enrolling.
Edline is supplied by SCC.
FirstSearch from OCLC
Collection of a dozen databases and indexes, searchable either individually or together. Includes ArticleFirst, ECO, ERIC, MEDLINE, and Wilson Select Plus. NOTE: FirstSearch may only be used at school.
FirstSearch is supplied through the BOCES School Library System.
Gale Infotrac
The Gale Infotrac service includes (but is not limited to) the following databases. Chech the link above to see all Gale NOVEL offerings.
See also the Gale 'Access Your School Library' app for getting NOVEL NY databases on your mobile device.
Gale Research is supplied through the NY State Library's NOVEL project.
Grolier Online
Features online versions of the Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Knowledge, and the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, plus dictionaries, maps, news, and special features.
Grolier Online is supplied through the NY State Library's NOVEL project.
NetLibrary
Thousands of ebooks in a wide variety of topics.
NetLibrary is supplied through the BOCES School Library System.
NOVEL NY
"A wide variety of resources - books, magazines, newspapers, research and reference sources and more are available to New York State residents with NO FEES 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." NOVEL resources are available through the EBSCO, Gale, and Grolier links (above) with the password supplied by your school library, or directly with your NY State Driver's License.
PBS Learning Media
For teachers, this "is your destination for easy, instant access to thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos and interactives perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard, plus audio and photos, and even in-depth lesson plans."
PBS Learning Media is supplied through WSKG-TV.
SCOOLS Online Catalog
Find out what is available in other BDT (Broome Delaware Tioga) area schools. Inter-Library Loans may be requested through the school librarian.
The SCOOLS database is supplied through the BOCES School Library System.
TeachingBooks
"TeachingBooks.net is an online database of thousands of multimedia resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors."
TeachingBooks is supplied through the BOCES School Library System.
Wilson OmniFile Select
"OmnFile Full Text Select is a 100% full-text database and presents full text with every entry from more than 1,600 publications." Includes magazines, newspapers, and professional journals.
Wilson OmniFile Select is supplied through the South Central Regional Library Council.