Middle School Library

Kistler Library

REMINDER: Your library barcode number is the same as your Holland Hall ID number, which is located at the bottom of your Holland Hall ID.

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Audiobooks

Click and enter your student six digit ID# to begin searching from the digital collection.

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Citation Tools

Databases

Credo Reference

A great place to start your research. Includes full-text dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference books that can be searched using keywords. Use this database to find definitions, overview articles on a topic.

CultureGrams (P)

This database offers up to date country reports written by experts of the country. It offers inside perspective on daily life and culture, backgrounds and interviews of the people.

DocsTeach

The U.S. National Archives Experience offers primary source materials.

EBSCO Host (E)

A large warehouse of databases

eLibrary

Includes magazines, newspapers, maps, books.

Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

The encyclopedia contains articles written by scholars in the field.

Explora Lower MS

Research by key word or topic to find best results.Sort results by source type:magazine, photos, flags.

Explora Upper MS

Research by key word or topic to find best results.Sort results by source type:magazine, photos, flags.

Facts on File

Issues and Controversies in History

Image Quest (B)

Pebble Go

Beginning research tool for animals, science, biographies, social studies and the U.S. Regions or American Indian Culture.

Sirs Discoverer

A multidisciplinary database specifically designed for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.

SIRS Issues Researcher

Article selections and varying viewpoints from media sources covering social, scientific, health, political, and global issues.

World Book Online

Digital encyclopedia. Off campus access UN: hhall  PW: GoDutch

World Digital Library

This database has more than 7,000 primary source documents and images from around the world sponsored by the United Nations Educational and Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Holland Hall News

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Meet the Chaplains

Sarah Smith

Holland Hall Chaplain Sarah Smith joined Holland Hall in 2023 after coaching at independent schools in Oklahoma City, then leading her own parish, before spending time at the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma.

She holds degrees from Notre Dame and Vanderbilt.

A sixth-generation Oklahoman who graduated from an independent school, she is uniquely qualified to teach religion courses and offer pastoral care at Holland Hall.

Christy Utter

Christy serves as the Middle School Chaplain in addition to her role as head field hockey coach. A 1992 graduate of Holland Hall, Utter coached at the University of Louisville and Brown before returning to Holland Hall.

She holds degrees from the University of North Carolina and the University of Louisville. 

Her mission as a chaplain is simple: Helping students to understand the consequences of their choices, helping them to develop a strong moral compass, and guiding them as they lead of life of loving others with compassion, no judgment, and understanding and appreciating the differences in others.

Kristin Lees

Kristin serves as the Primary School Chaplain and is instrumental in teaching the Second Step curriculum, which promotes social and emotional skills in children. The program fosters and builds skills related to empathy, communication, problem-solving, and emotional regulation.