Teachers' Page

Youth Guides & Pathfinders

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Focused on a specific topic, our subject guides and pathfinders can help you discover the resources you need.

Tools for Teachers

For You!

Teacher Library Card

Bring in proof of employment to receive a Teacher Library Card, which allows double the quantity of materials to borrow! Check out Services for Teachers for more details.

Custom Materials Selections

Need books for an upcoming unit and don’t have time to search for them? Submit a Custom Materials Selection request (online, in-person, or over the phone), and in 5 days you’ll have up to 30 books waiting for you! Check out the Custom Materials Selection page for more details.

Assignment Alerts

Do your students have an assignment coming up, and they need to grab some books from the library? Give us a head’s-up and we’ll have a cart of books about the specific topic available for them at the main UA Library. Check out the Assignment Alerts page for more details.

Booktalk Visits

Booktalks are a great way of encouraging reading, introducing different genres, and to support social studies units. These short, book “commercials” are provided by professional library staff either in the library or in your classroom. Contact Brittany Harrison for more details.

E-book presentation

Professional library staff are available to visit your classroom to teach the students and staff how to access and download e-content such as e-books and audiobooks. Contact our Media department for more info.

Scheduled library tours and visits

Staff-led tours are available at each UA Library location. For Lane Road Library contact Sue Emrick; for Miller Park Library contact Sarah Manley; and for the Tremont Library contact Brittany Harrison.

UA History/Digital Archives Programming

The UA Archives coordinator is available for class visits and presentations about Upper Arlington’s history. In addition, tours of the library’s Ohio Room, UA Archives digitization office, and UA Historical Society’s archives can be requested. Please provide four weeks’ notice for all field trips and presentations. Contact Sara Nagai for more details.

For your students!

Library card sign-ups through the school

The library organizes library card drives at the beginning of each school year, for most UA schools. If your school is interested in a library card drive please contact Jen Faure for more info.

E-cards for students

Does a student need access to research databases but doesn't have access to a library card? An e-card might be the best solution! E-cards provide access to virtual resources immediately upon application. Check out https://www.ualibrary.org/pages/e-cards-digital-access for more info.

Service opportunities

We provide opportunities throughout the year for students to earn service hours. Check out teensmakeadifference.ualibrary.org  for more info.

Research Databases

The UA Library has access to many reliable databases with resources for students of all ages. Learn more about where to find primary source documents, scholarly articles, literary criticism, and biographies, or find resources for projects on controversial issues, current events, states and countries, and much more. Contact Erin Hendricks.

Database Training

If students are doing a project that uses a UA Library database, a reference librarian can help provide training on search strategies. Contact Erin Hendricks.