Library

Mark Twain Middle School Book Fair - Oct 20-27

The Twain Library Book Fair is here! The book fair will be held in the library during school hours on October 20, 21, 25, 26, & 27, and we will also have special evening hours (4:45 PM - 7:00 PM) on Friday, October 21.

New this year: parents can set up an eWallet account for their kids to use at the book fair! The accounts can be set up and accessed at this website: https://www.bookwormbmaps.com/eWallet/

A tutorial video for setting up a student’s eWallet account is available at: https://youtu.be/JWMjvmZ_hVU

As usual, we will also accept cash or credit cards.

We hope to see you at the book fair! Happy reading!

Librarians 

Vicki Howard (head librarian) | [email protected]

Michael Campana | [email protected]

Hours of Operation

Monday-Friday | 7:30 a.m.- 2:15 p.m.

Contact

703-313-3790 (Circulation desk)

703-313-3788 (Library office)
 

Accessing Texts

Destiny Discover

FCPS is pleased to announce a new integrated library system. Destiny Discover manages not only all school library cataloging and circulation systems but supports student learning as well.

Students have Destiny Discover accounts and log in capability to access the catalog for books, eBooks, audiobooks, and online databases. 

New features include options for remote access to library accounts, student-authored book reviews, integrated searching across multiple resources, collaborative tools, and more. 

MackinVia- for e-books!

Use MackinVia, our eBook resource, to read and checkout eBooks!  

Log in using your own username and password.

Need a good book? Check out these sites!

Middle School Reads- What to Read Next!

Twain's Reading Website

YALSA Best Books Recommendations

Reading Rants

Library Fines

There are no overdue fines. If students previously still have books checked out, please keep them in a designated place until students are permitted to return to school.

Research Resources

The Big 6 Research Guide

Noodlebib Citation Generator 

NoodleTools: All students have access to the online citation builder NoodleTools through their FCPS Google accounts. 

To access NoodleTools:

  1. Log on to your FCPS Google Drive account.
  2. Click on the waffle menu in the top right corner.
  3. Scroll down and click on Noodle Tools.

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