Library

Library Hours

The WCHS library is open Monday-Friday 8:00-3:45.

Library Contact Information

Call us at the library desk at 615-453-4600 extension 3103.

Email Mrs. Christian at christiant@wcschools.com or Mrs. Sharp at sharpcp@wcschools.com.

Have a suggestion for the library?

Complete the library recommendations form.(You need to be signed into your wcs account to submit your request.)

Circulation Policies

Students may check out up to five books at a time for three weeks. We never charge late fines. Stop by to see what we have, or browse our catalog.

Library Objectives

To provide a welcoming space for students and faculty
To develop students into digitally literate, lifelong learners
To offer materials that students and faculty can use to research a wide variety of topics correlating with state standards for curriculum
To provide patrons a variety of genres for required and recreational reading
To provide assistance to students and faculty in using technology

Book Club

Book Club meets once each month after school from 3:30-4:00 in the library. See the library for information on joining!

Meet Your Librarians

I'm Tara Christian, one of your Wilson Central Library Media Specialists.

I'm happy to be a Wilson Central Wildcat! I am a long-time veteran of Wilson County Schools, having been a classroom teacher for 22 years, a K-8 librarian for one year, and have been working at the high school level since 2019. I hold a B.S. Degree in Education and a Master's Degree in Library Science. I love working with high-schoolers helping them become smart researchers and life-long readers and learners.

I am married to my high school sweetheart, Camron, and we live in Lebanon. We have two married daughters, and two precious grandbabies!

I love to read! Some of my favorite books growing up were the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. Some all-time favorites include Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls and Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. My more recent favorites include The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah, The Rules of Survival, by Nancy Werlin, the To All the Boys I've Loved Before series by Jenny Han, and The Serpent King, by Jeff Zentner. I really love reading, so these are just some of my favorites that come to mind. I hope you have so many favorites it's hard to list them too!

Please come by and say hi, so we can get to know you in the library.

I'm Cindy Sharp, your newest Wilson Central Library Media Specialist.

Go Wildcats! This is my 14th year teaching. I started out as an elementary school librarian, then became an ESL teacher, then moved on up to high school last year. I hold a a B.S. in Sociology with a Math minor and a Master's Degree in Information Science. I look forward to working with high school students, connecting them to books they love and encouraging them to become life-long readers and smart researchers.

My husband Jeff and I have been married for 25 years and we have 3 sons. Our oldest is a Metro Police Detective, our next oldest is in college in Ohio and our youngest is a student right here at Wilson Central.

Some of my favorite genres are biograpy, mystery, dystopian and realistic fiction. I hope to see you in the library this year!

Research Links

The following sites are not vetted by Wilson Central or Wilson County Schools and are meant as simply one step in your research. Please consider carefully the information you use in academic work.

Art:

Careers:

Career One Stop - Career resources and workforce information
Careers - Provides information on tasks, training, education, etc.
Career Journal - The Wall Street Journal Executive Career Site.
Occupational Outlook Handbook - US Department of Labor site providing information on a wide range of occupations.
O*Net Online: Occupational Information Network - US Department of Labor database of worker attributes and job characteristics.
Career Xplorer

Countries/Geography:

Greek Mythology:

Heraldry:

History:

Loc - Government Library of Congress. Includes primary sources, digital collections, multimedia (Also listed under Databases)
Chronicling America - Historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922; 1960-present
Tennessee State Library & Archives digital primary sources - Tennessee State Library & Archives digital primary sources

Literary Analysis/Criticism Pathfinder:

Mathematicians:

Poetry:

Public Libraries:

World Religions:

Citing Sources

The Purdue Online Writing Lab offers several tips in all aspects of the writing process, including but not limited to, citing sources in MLA and APA format.

The following citation generators are great, but don't forget to double check their suggested citations against what you instructor expects. Handouts are available in the WCHS library to help with APA or MLA format.

Remember, MLA format will be used when citing for English or Humanities. APA format is used to cite within the area of Science/Social Sciences.

MyBib is a new FREE bibliography and citation generator that makes accurate citations for you to copy straight into your academic assignments and papers.

KnightCite is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students in creating proper works cited pages.

BibMe offers both automatic and manual citation. If you input the ISBN number (the 13 digit number located on the back of the book near the barcode), BibMe will automatically create your citation.

Citation Machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the information they use. Citation Machine is a great option for APA format.

At EasyBib, you'll find links that explain how to create the major types of citations used for works cited lists. Included is a description of the source, the structure of formatting, and some helpful examples.

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