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The Durham Academy Middle School Library is open daily to serve all Durham Academy students, faculty, and parents. Our library provides access to an online catalog, electronic databases, current periodicals, and over 17,000 print and audio resources. The library staff offers information literacy instruction and reading advisory to both students and staff. Throughout the school year, the library hosts several reading encouragement programs such as Battle of the Books, book clubs, and reading contests.

To look up items in the library catalog click here.

For subscription databases, please click on link above, select Middle Library, and login with username and password in right corner.
Announcements
Information about Battle of the Book
9/1/2011
http://www.ncslma.org/book-competitions.html
Citing Sources

Books

Author's last name, First name. Book title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.

 

Magazine

Author's last name, First name. "Article title." Magazine title. Date: Page numbers.

 

Encyclopedia

Author's last name, First name. "Article title." Encyclopedia title. Date.

 

Newspaper Article

Author's last name, First name. "Article title." Name of newspaper. Date. Page number.

 

Webpage

Name of webpage. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site. Date you accessed the site [electronic address].

 

Email

Sender Name [sender's email address]. Subject line of message. Recipient Name. Date.

 

Online Images

Image creator/source. Brief description of image. [Internet Image] Date of retrieval. [Full address of graphic/image].

 

Online Video Clips

Video clip creator/source. Brief description of video clip. [Internet Video] Date. [Full Web address of video clip].

 

Online Encyclopedia

"Title of entry" Title of encyclopedia. Date the page was last updated. Database name. Date you looked at the encyclopedia.

 

Magazine Article from Database

Author's last name, First name. "Title." Name of magazine. [Database name] Date.

 

TV/Radio Transcript from Database

Reporter/source. Description of programming. Source. [Database name] Date.

 

Picture from Database

Source. Description of picture. [Database name] Date.

 

CD-ROMs/DVDs

Author/source. "Title of information." Name of CD-ROM/DVD. Publisher. Date.

 

Music

Composer's last name, Composer's first name. Title. Artist's name. Manufacturer, [Type of recording] Date.

 

Videotape

Video Title. Production Company. [Video] Date.

 

Personal Interview

Name of person interviewed. Type of interview (personal, phone, or online) Date.

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Hours
Monday–Friday 7:50 am–3:30 pm

During the day, students can use the library before 8:00 am, during break, between 12:00 pm and 12:18, during tutorial, and between 3:02 and 3:30

Library Curriculum
Useful Resources - Reading Lists
Library Faculty
Jennifer Longee
Librarian and Registrar
919-489-9118 x4325
University of Arkansas - B.A.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - M.I.L.S.

Katherine McCord
Teaching Assistant (Barry)
919-489-9118 x4344
North Carolina State University - B.S.