Katherine Potts Lower School Library 

The Katherine Potts Library is home to over 7700 volumes of picture books, juvenile fiction, juvenile nonfiction, and children’s magazines, and serves students from the primary program through grade 5. Located in Odenheimer Hall, The Katherine Potts Library was dedicated in 2009 to the memory of Katherine Potts, a young Doane student who lost her battle with a rare illness. Katherine loved books, and her loss united the school community to redesign the lower school library space in her memory.

In library class we foster a love of reading and independence in choosing a book. Students listen to a read-aloud centered around multicultural holidays, seasons, heritage months, historical events, or social-emotional themes.  These stories lead us to a variety of activities including coloring, games, crafts, and illustrator inspired works of art. Students browse for titles, finding books that intrigue them, and exploring different genres. There are plenty of  opportunities for the children to find a variety of “mirror” books that reflect their own experiences and identities, as well as “window” books that open up a world of different perspectives. Additionally, classroom teachers are offered support from the Katherine Potts Library in any research investigations and projects that students will be doing within their classrooms.

To browse the catalog of our holdings, please click on the image below.
 

You can also honor your child through the Katherine Potts Children's Library Birthday Books Program.
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Doane Academy Research Resource page (2024 edition)

You may explore the EBSCO resources, which contain a series of general knowledge databases. To access the EBSCO databases, click on the icon below, and ask your teacher or librarian to provide our school username and password.

Databases Include:

• Academic Search Premier (Grades 5-12)
• Points of View Reference Center (Grades 5-12)
• Primary Search (Grades 2-5)
• Novelist and Novelist K-8 
• Legal Information Reference Center (Grades 8-12)
• Small Business Reference Center (Grades 8-12)
• Referencia Latina (Grades 5-12)

Another resource is JSTOR, which stands for “Journal Storage" and is a protected electronic archive of leading journals across many academic disciplines. It provides text-searchable, high-quality pdf facsimiles of each journal article. JSTOR is mainly for MS and US students; it is the platform used by most universities. 
Login info is available from your teachers.