Thanks to a community parcel tax passed by the citizens of Petaluma in 2008, Petaluma City Schools is able to employ four of the seven full-time credentialed Teacher-Librarians in Sonoma County. Casa Grande and Petaluma High School maintain two fully staffed libraries, which include credentialed Teacher-Librarians and an Assistant Librarian at each site. Kenilworth Junior High and Petaluma Junior High Schools both employ full-time Teacher-Librarians. Part-time classified Library Technicians work hard to maintain libraries at the seven elementary schools. Our libraries promote the importance of reading for pleasure and personal growth, digital and media literacy, student access to print and digital research materials, and provide an environment for academic and social activities.
The Databases can be accessed by PCS Staff and Students without needing to log in while connected to the PCS network. These databases can be accessed from outside of the PCS network, but require login credentials. PCS staff and students can access these login credentials on the PCS Database Credentials document. This document is only accessible to PCS staff and students, and these credentials should only be used by PCS staff and students.
A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources. Post links directly to each school level, elementary, middle or high.
Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gale, ProQuest, and TeachingBooks are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.
Need help from Britannica? See our support page below or get help by phone (800) 621-3900 x 7160 or email edsupport@eb.com
These digital resources are provided for all California students from the California State Library.
One stop provides resources for books you are reading and teaching, including author and illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and other enrichment content.
Need help from TeachingBooks? See their support page or contact them by phone at 510-239-7391 or by email at accounts@TeachingBooks.net
Gale STEAM resources provide essential, curriculum-aligned digital content for California K-12 learners. Include links to resources for elementary, middle and high school content.
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies - Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
Gale Interactive: Science - Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science
Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids - Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
Students and staff with the district/school's off-campus access name and access codes should use the Off-CampusAccess links below when using from public libraries or other non-school locations.
CultureGrams - Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces around the world. (Grades 3-12) CultureGrams Off-Campus Access
SIRS Discoverer - A general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content and features for use by students and educators. (Grades 3-9) SIRS Discoverer Off-Campus Access
SIRS Issues Researcher - Pros and cons on 360+ (and growing) complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. (Grades 6+) SIRS Issues Researcher Off-Campus Access
eLibrary - Guided Research edition delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content including more than 11,000 Research Topics (Grades 6+) eLibrary Guided Research Off-Campus Access
eLibrary - Database Edition General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. (Grades 6+) eLibrary Database Edition Off-Campus Access
ProQuest Central Student - designed to bring instant results to users across thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports, and more. This resource brings together some of ProQuest's most used databases in education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news. (Grades 9+, IB, AP, College Prep) Central Student Off-Campus Access
ProQuest Research Companion - a self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction.(Grades 8+) Research Companion Off-Campus Access
Schools & Educators Complete - eBook subscription database of over 13,000 titles that supports English Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, Health, Physical Education, Information Literacy and Technology. (Grades 9+, possibly some content for Middle School, also includes professional development content for faculty)
LumaCon! is a Comic Book Convention for Youth produced as a collaboration between the Casa Grande, Petaluma High, and the Petaluma Regional Library. School-age artists sit side by side with professional and award-winning local artists. This fun event promotes youth literary, creativity, and directly benefits the partner libraries.
For more information visit the Lumacon website below.
