Blach Jr High School

Great Lives from History by Salem Press
Blach's online collection includes world biographies from the Ancient World (prehistory - 476 c.e.) to the 20th Century. To access, enter password provided by our Blach Librarian.

Current Topics by Salem Press 
Blach's online collection includes selected essays that explore current events and treaties in the news. To access, enter password provided by the Blach Librarian.

Encyclopedia Britannica - English version

Encyclopedia Britannica - Spanish version

 eLibrary

Offers more than 2,000 full-text sources, with improved functionality, and a fun and easy-to-use search interface. Includes magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.

CultureGrams

Links students to country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture. In-depth reports covering 200 countries, the United States, and Canada

General reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. Helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.

SIRS Issues Researcher Grades 6

Delivers the pros and cons on today’s complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. Go in depth into any one of 345 critical, current, and enduring social issues.

ProQuest Research Companion Age 13

An intuitive, and self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction occurring in today's libraries, classrooms, and online learning environments.

ProQuest EBook Central

Access to more than a million ebooks, with 100,000 new titles added each year! Students can read books online or download either a book or selected chapters.

What's the purpose of our school libraries?

School libraries have great books, just like public libraries, but school libraries also teach information literacy skills and library skills that are part of the curriculum in California.

What types of resources are available from LASD libraries?

Our libraries provide multiple resources for students in grades preschool through 8 with the goal of providing every student with options for becoming strong information users and lifelong readers. We offer print books and magazines, both fiction and nonfiction, for reading for pleasure and to support schoolwork and personal information interests. We also offer high quality electronic information resources for student research and reading development that are available both at school and home. Our goal is to offer choices to students in order to meet each student's research and reading needs.

Search for a Book at our School or
Choose an eBook to Read Online

(now accessible from home) 

How to select a physical book:

• Click the green Blach Catalog logo above
• Select the book you wish to read
• Click "View More Details" and then "Log In"
• Sign in using your lasdk8.org email and password
• Place a hold on the book to reserve
• Pick up your book at the Blach Library

How to select an eBook:

• Click the green Blach Catalog logo above
• Scroll to the eBook section and select a book
• Click "View More Details" and then "Log In"
• Sign in using your lasdk8.org email and password
• Open eBook to begin reading

Use your Blach library card for access to amazing resources at the Santa Clara County Online Library for Students! Click the student portal.

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Login: S Student ID Number LASD
(example: S12345LASD)
Pin: Birth Month and Day
(example: May 1st is 0501)

At the beginning of the year, parents and grandparents purchase a new book through the Back-to-School form - the book will be selected by the student in the library upon the student’s birthday. A book plate will be affixed to a new book, and then prominently displayed. Contact our Blach Librarian Mr. Leung for more information!

Eugene Leung is excited to join Blach as a Library Specialist!  He is a former IT professional for the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Export-Import Bank, and several private companies in the Washington, DC area. After 22 years in our nation’s capital, he and his family relocated to Los Altos in 2018. Eugene is a lifelong lover of libraries, learning about library acquisitions at an early age after reading every dinosaur book at his local library and suggesting new titles to the librarian. He worked at Princeton University’s Firestone library during school breaks alongside his librarian mom. In his free time, Eugene enjoys running marathons, cooking, choral singing, and of course, reading. He currently sings with the Stanford Symphonic Chorus. He lives in Los Altos with his wife and daughter, a proud LASD alumna. Eugene is thrilled to be a part of the Blach School and the LASD community.
 

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Joined by Ms. Chen on Thursdays and Fridays, our library is such great place to study, read, or just hang out!  Please drop by, say “Hi” and ‘Check It Out’!