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Find a Book
MCHS Library Catalog
To search for physical books, click the Destiny Discover link below and select the library for your campus - Central or South. Login in with your MCHS Google information to search, place holds, and renew your books.
You can view the video tutorial below or click here for a PDF version
Download our Sora app to borrow e-books and audio books from our MCHS library!
Click HERE for instructions to get started!
Finding Books in the Library
Use the library's catalog Destiny, to find books at both Central and South campus. If a book that you need isn't available, let the librarians know and we have it brought to you from the other campus. We can also place a hold on a book that is currently checked out. As soon as it becomes available, we will save it for you to check out.
Both campus libraries' fiction collection is organized by genre and then Authors last name
If you're just browsing the shelves for a book, our non-fiction is currently set up with the Dewey Decimal System, which organizes books into categories. There are 10 main categories or classes, and those are broken down into small subcategories.
The Ten Main Classes are:
000 Computer science, information & general works
100 Philosophy & psychology
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Science
600 Technology
700 Arts & recreation
800 Literature
900 History & geography
If you are looking for some guidance on a tough topic, please find a list of topics along with where to find them HERE
Public Library Catalogs
Electronic books
eBooks
Google books - hint: classics are free!
Project Gutenberg - THE largest collection of out-of-copyright books
Overdrive- Find your local library and check out ebooks through your devices
Sora- a brand new app to MCHS, this will allow students to download books from our collection to your device!
Audio Books
Librivox -Hundreds of FREE audio recordings for books and stories in the public domain including Shakespeare, Beowulf, and the Canterbury tales.
Audible- Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers. Available through the Audible app.
Nook Audiobooks- Barnes and Noble audiobooks available for purchased download through the Nook app.
Flipster
Lincoln Books
