The Ford Library upholds the Bosque School's mission to prepare young men and women to become lifelong learners while also teaching them to value their natural surroundings and their community. For this reasoning, in addition to offering a well-balanced reference collection, stellar online textual databases, ample computer access, and attentive staff support; this library serves as cornerstone of the Bosque School community. The library provides a central location for students, teachers, parents and community members to meet in the spirit of information literacy, academic growth, and environmental preservation. Our ever growing collection reflects our focus on traditional liberal arts curriculum with an added emphasis on Albuquerque's bosque.

The Ford Library is open for student research and projects from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM.

Our collection of nearly 10,000 volumes continues to grow thanks to a generous grant from the Annenberg Foundation and generous gifts from the Bosque community. Additionally, our access to Facts of File database, the EBSCO HOST Ultra Online package, Business and Company Resource Center, General Reference Center Gold, InfoTrac, Expanded Academic (ASAP), INFORME, and the Literature Resource Center provide numerous other materials, including on-line newspapers and periodicals from thousands of popular and academic sources. We also offer ample computer resources to students and staff, with two computer laboratories in the North Library.

DATABASE LINKS 

1. EBSCOHOST  databases are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users.  Includes Literary Reference Center - a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Literary Reference Center is a full text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing.
    

2. INFOTRAC - For Business and Company Resource Center, General Reference Center Gold, InfoTrac, Expanded Academic (ASAP), INFORME, Junior Edition K-12, and the Literature Resource Center, go to:

Password: cactus

3. FACTS ON FILE

Username: bosqueschool
Password: facts

4. GreenFILE  indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. 

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library System

Arts & Letters Daily - Daily report of news in art and literature. This site features links to newspapers, magazines and journals, book reviews, articles, essays, editorials, news services, columnists, literary criticism, and 'amusements' in every area of the humanities.

University of New Mexico Libraries

University of New Mexico, Digital Reference Shelf: The page is a clearing house of general reference cites and databases, many of which do not require a UNM affiliation.

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