Access to information and the skills to evaluate it are key to success in academic research. These skills will serve students beyond the classroom and into today's information-driven society. The David H. March Library's trained staff members, with the assistance of the School's extensive collection, seek to guide students in acquiring such skills.
The mission of the Library is to support, stimulate, and inspire the educational environment of Episcopal High School.
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The March Library collection consists of approximately 25,000 items and over 100 periodicals, supplemented by online databases with Internet access. An extensive music CD collection (more than 2,000 titles) is available with suitable equipment for listening; the Library also holds over 3,000 videos and appropriate viewing facilities. The library circulates digital still and video cameras, mp3 players, headphones, and other equipment.
Our online databases (Titles include JSTOR, Encyclopedia Britannica, Oxford English Dictionary, ARTStor, ABC-Clio, ProQuest Historical Newspapers, SIRS, Questia, Annals of American History, Gale’s Literature Criticism Online, and others) hold thousands of abstracts and full-text articles from journals, magazines, newspapers, and reference books. The Library Corporation provides our interactive online catalog, available through the School network.
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The Library holds several unique works that were gifts from graduates, including the Numburg Chronicle of 1493, a page from a Gutenberg Bible, a thirteenth-century Bible, and a copy of the Canterbury Tales, among others.
Study desks, tables, and dataports are located throughout the library, as well as several small workrooms, meeting spaces, and casual gathering areas. The Library is wireless-enabled.