Digital Collection with Sora
Weymouth High School subscribes to the Commonwealth eBook Collections program. This means students and staff can access more than 60,000 eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines shared only among participating schools.
Benefits of Digital Books:
Customize font and text size for comfort
In app access to definitions and Google Translate
Typed and highlighted annotations are saved and can be exported to Google Drive
Reading progress syncs across devices (e.g. Chromebook and phone)
Privacy when reading sensitive topics
Titles can be downloaded for offline access
Access to very current materials like 2025 SAT test prep books, or newly released novels.
eBook and audiobook options for most titles
Access Sora through your Google account app launcher (aka the waffle). To sign into the MLS Commonwealth eBook Collection scrool down the page to select Weymouth High School. Then "sign in using Weymouth High School" and then choose your Google Account. You can also get the Sora app on your personal device through your app store or Google Play.
For help using the features in Sora, click here or meet with Ms. Buell or Ms. Duff for a tutorial lesson.
Weymouth High School Library Collection
You can search the WHS catalog by keyword, title, or author.
To find the book physically in the WHS library, take note of the title and call number (call #).
If you get stuck, you are always welcome to ask for help at the front desk!
What's a Call Number?
A Call Number is like an address for a book, telling you where you can find that book in the library. It might include a short label, or it could be just a Dewey Decimal number. It's printed on the spine of each book. Most call numbers end with the first three letters of the author's name, so books are alphabetical in each category on the shelf. When you search for a book in the catalog, write down its call number to find where it is.
Fiction
The WHS library fiction section is organized by genre. Call numbers for fiction books will start with a short code that tells you what genre section the book is in:
ADVENTURE fiction is near the middle of the library
CHILDREN'S literature is near the computer lab area
CLASSIC is near the middle of the library
FANTASY is near the middle of the library
GRAPHIC novels are near the rocking chairs
HISTORICAL fiction is near the middle of the library
HORROR is near the middle of the library
MG is for middle grade, located against the far left wall of the library
MYSTERY is near the middle of the library
REALISTIC fiction is near the middle of the library
SC stands for STORY COLLECTIONS, which are near the the computer lab area
SCIFI (science fiction) is near the middle of the library
SPORTS fiction is near the middle of the library
Nonfiction
Most nonfiction books are organized numerically according to their Dewey Decimal number. There are a few exceptions:
Biographies and memoirs are alphabetical by subject (the person the biography is about), not by author.
921 is the Dewey Decimal number for biographies, located in the back of the library
MEM is the code for memoirs, directly beside biographies in the back of the library
MYTHOLOGY is near the front of the library. Some mythology is considered fiction and some is considered nonfiction.
Other Library Catalogs
If you have a public library card for any library in the state of Massachusetts, you can access books through the public library.
