Library Learning Commons

Click here to visit the Library Learning Commons on Canvas for curated collections, video tutorials on targeted research skills, how to use EBSCO and JSTOR, and information about programs such as Banned Books Week.

Click on Sora to access a wide selection of eBooks and audiobooks.

• Choose your school (Pingree School).
• Students: Log in with your Veracross username and Pingree wifi password.
• Faculty/Staff: Log in with your computer username and password.
• Here is some more info on how to use Sora. 

Click here for Swank Motion Pictures, our digital movie streaming platform with a curated selection of 150 films and the opportunity to request from their catalog of more than 30,000 titles. Faculty may share a link with students that will lead directly to the film after signing in with Google credentials.

Digital magazines may be accessed using the Flipster carousel below or by clicking on the Research Resources quick link. Flipster magazines include Art News, Bon Appétit, Rolling Stone, Scientific American, and Wired. Additional magazines may be found on EBSCO.

• Click the big blue Create Account button.
• Enter your pingree.org email address and your password.
• Check your email for a validation email.
• To renew, follow the same steps but instead of clicking on Create Account, you'll want to click on: "Already have an account? Log in here."

Visit the Research Resources tab for login information to our digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe, Salem News, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Additional newspapers may be found using EBSCO and Newspapers.com.

Click here to search our catalog of print books and materials available at Pingree School. 

Click here for Research Resources to search databases, subscriptions, books, articles, and even a list of content creation tools. Or try Pingree Super Search below for one-stop shopping!

A variety of spaces are available for breakout rooms, group work, and curricular instruction. Faculty and staff may reserve these spaces through Google Calendar.

• Group Study Room: seats 4, conference table, whiteboard
• Harte Room: seating for 8, original reading room
• Pond Room: flexible furniture, projector screen with surround sound
• Production Room: seats 4, conference table, green screen wall)
• Quiet Library: comfy seating and individual study carrels

Click here to for our WeVideo and Video Production slideshow which includes a green screen tutorial.

The following collaborative workshops are available:

• Advanced Research Skills (developing keywords, asking good research questions, database deep dives)
• Anatomy of a Book (focus on table of contents, index, bibliographies and how these tools assist research)
• Book Tasting (an interactive, hands-on activity to jumpstart independent reading choice assignments)
• Green Screen and Video Editing (green screen crash course, video production tips, free WeVideo accounts)
• Misinformation and Disinformation
• What to Read Next (fiction and nonfiction booktalks to extend your curricular themes)