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Welcome to the Media Center and the World of  Information!

The Library Media Center is centrally located in the high school to accommodate the research needs of the students and staff of the West Marshall High School.
 
The library media center (LMC) offers you many services. 
Do you....
     ..need a book for leisure reading?
     ..have an information need in order to
     complete an assignment?
     ..need a computer to create a project?
     ..need reliable electronic resources?
     ..need reference books?
     ..want to read the latest magazine or
     newspaper?
     ..need assistance with conducting
     research?
     ..need to make a copy?
     ..need to know how to properly cite sources?
 
The resources and staff in the LMC can assist you with all of these tasks and more.  Stop in or browse this site to find many helpful tools.
 

 
What's Going On
Updated 2/04/2010
 
Students are reading away; preparing for the 2010 Battle of the Books. In March the the students will take a multiple choice test and author test online. The top 16 teams will compete in Marshalltown for the GRAND Battle. 
 
 
 

Check out the battle of the books list

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Dynamite Readers receive 8th place in last years Iowa Battle of the Books
 

 

 

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The mission of the West Marshall Library is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas, technology and information.

Attention Trojan Readers!

```Popular Books```

 

  

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger  
Black and White by Paul Volponi

Looking For Alaska by John Green

A House of Night Novels by P.C. Cast

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Burned by Ellen Hopkins

If I Stay  by Gayle Forman
 Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

 

Book Club

Did you know??
The average reader reads 300 words per minute. If a teen reads just 15 minutes a day, that adds up to 31,500 words per week. Studies show that for every 100,000 words read, the readers vocabulary is increased by 50%. (yalsa)

Trojan Birthday Book Program


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Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education

 
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