Jefferson Middle School

"Welcome to the Jefferson Middle School Library.  It is the place to be from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM when you are looking for a quiet place to study, research, read, use the computer, or check out a good book.  I hope you will come often." - Mrs. Ratliff, Teacher-Librarian 

 

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Frequently Used Research Sites:

• World Book Online Encyclopedia
• MyTRL
• Proquest
• Noodletools

 

In addition, use these specialized search engines:

• Sweetsearch, a search engine limited to quality sites selected for students.
• RefSeek, a commercial-free search engine for web pages, books, encyclopedias, & newspapers.
• Google Scholar, a search engine used to find peer-reviewed scholarly articles.

Find a Book:

• Jefferson Library Catalog
• ReadnQuiz 
• Request a Book by Interest
• How to access TRL ebooks and audiobooks 
  

 

Read the News:

Read theolympian to get local and national news. For school news, see the Jefferson and the Olympia School District websites.

Technology:

• Students needing a Chromebook, or needing to swap in an old Chromebook for a newer one, can make an appointment by going to the following link:     https://calendly.com/osdtech/chromebook-pick-up  or call tech voicemail at 360-596-8530.

• Any student enrolled in the district is eligible for a Chromebook regardless of grade level.  Families need to schedule only one appointment to checkout Chromebooks for all their Olympia School District students.

• Students needing to repair their Chromebooks should call 360-596-8530, the student tech repair voicemail number.