Parish Libraries

The Hillcrest and Midway Campus libraries support Parish’s mission by serving as centers for reading, research and learning, enabling students to be passionate life-long learners.

Library Hours
Hillcrest Campus
 Mon-Fri: 8:00-4:00

Midway Campus
 Mon-Thur: 7:45 to 3:30 for grades 3-6; 7:45 to 5:15 for grades 7-12
 Fri: 7:45 to 4:00

Online Resources (available to 3rd-12th grades)
Parish is proud of the online resources we offer our community. The following databases offer access to magazines, newspapers, biographies and research tools.

Research Databases by Vendor 
 • Birds of North America (Cornell Lab or Ornithology)
 • Brittanica Online
 • Cobblestone (student login info available in Midway Library)
 • Discovery Education (streaming video)
 • EBSCOHost
 • Gale
 • JSTOR
 • Marshall Cavendish Digital
 • NewsBank (periodicals, newspapers, wire services, broadcasts, etc.)
 • NovelList
 • Oxford University Press
       OED - Oxford English Dictionary
       American National Biography
 • Project Muse [on campus] [ off campus login required]
 • Proquest
 • Salem History
 • World Book Online Reference Center

Bibliography/Work Cited Help
 • NoodleTools (a comprehensive suite of interactive tools designed to aid students citing sources in MLA and APA styles)

Biography
 • American National Biography
 • Gale Virtual Reference Library
 • Marshall Cavendish Digital

Elementary Databases
 • Kids Infobits Gale
 • Kids Search - EBSCO
 • NewsBank KidsPage (login info available in Midway Library) 
 • Searchasaurus – EBSCO
 • World Book Kids

Encyclopedia and Dictionaries
 • Britannica Online
 • Merriam Webster
 • Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
 • World Book Advanced
 • World Book Online Reference Center

Español
 • Britannica en Español
 • Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos – World Book
 • EBSCOhost Español

History
 • Annals of American History – Historical accounts, speeches, memoirs, etc.
 • Cobblestone (login info available in Midway Library)
 • Student Research Center (EbscoHost)
 • History Study Center - Proquest
 • JSTOR
 • Opposing Viewpoint & Critical Thinking Center
 • Project Muse [on campus] [off campus--login required]
 • Salem History
 • World Data Analyst – Statistical info

Literature
 • EBSCO- Literary Reference Center
 • Gale-Literature Resource Center
 • JSTOR
 • NovelList
 • OED - Oxford English Dictionary
 • Opposing Viewpoint & Critical Thinking Center
 • Project Muse
 • Proquest Learning: Literature

Science
 • Elibrary Science - Proquest
 • Gale – Research Center Gold
 • Gale Virtual Reference Library (ebooks)
 • JSTOR
 • Opposing Viewpoint & Critical Thinking Center
 • Project Muse [on campus] [off campus--login required]
 • Science Reference Center – EBSCO

State and Country Reports
 • CultureGrams - Proquest
 • Student Research Center (EbscoHost)

Video Streaming (faculty access only)
 • Discovery Education