Library Home
The library is an academic center for Traip Academy.
The essential concept is that the library functions as a classroom.
The library's mission is to serve as a place to learn and grow through reading and research.
Library Hours:
The Library is open from 7:20AM - 3:00PM (M - Th) and until 2:15PM (F).
Librarian:
Mr. Cathey
Librarian's Recent Reads (from the Traip collection):
1) Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning, by John Spencer
2) 1776, by David McCullough
3) Hillbilly Elegy, by J. D. Vance.
4) The Way of the Sword, by Chris Bradford.
5) Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah.
6) Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Montgomery.
A List of Helpful Websites
1) Online catalog: R. W. Traip Academy online catalog
2) Explanation of Dewey Decimal Classification: http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/about/dewey.html
3) Digital Maine Library (Maine's virtual library of magazines, journals, newspapers and reference books): https://library.digitalmaine.org
4) Searching on the web: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/558/
5) Evaluating websites: http://usm.maine.edu/library/checklist-evaluating-web-resources
6) Citation information: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/res5e_ch08_s1-0011.html
7) Quick international research reference: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
8) General reading suggestions: http://www.goodreads.com
9) Maine book awards: http://mainereaderschoiceaward.org
10) Pulitzer Prize winners: http://www.pulitzer.org