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Sheridan's Media Center offers a wide variety of resources. Over 10,000 books and reference materials are available to students and teachers. Computer terminals offer online access to catalogs, encyclopedias, and Internet sites for research use and information on Golden Sower selections and children's authors.

Media Center goals are to help learners discover what they need to do, what they can use, where they can find it, what information they can use, how they can put information together, and to evaluate how well they did. With these skills, learners can tackle any information need throughout life.

Sheridan's Media Center meets students' needs by offering:

-- a wonderful collection of materials for research as well as personal reading. Computer terminals offer students access to the internet as well as public libraries.

-- Inter-school library loans,

-- Collaboration with Lincoln City Libraries, including the Summer Reading Program.

-- Community Outreach, hosting meetings, guest authors, and book fairs.

How you can help your child:

-- READ, READ, READ! Read aloud to him or her.

-- Visit the library.

-- Select books at the appropriate reading level. Use the "Five Finger Rule."