Hours: 7:45 - 3:45 School Days
Telephone: 972-274-8090 Ext. 8507
Our Mission
In support of the DeSoto ISD mission, DeSoto East Middle School library media center program’s mission is to help each student excel and achieve maximum potential by creating a 21st century learning environment, fostering a love of reading, and promoting the effective use of information and communications technology.
Through collaboration, the library media faculty partners with the larger DeSoto ISD community to empower students in becoming lifelong learners, responsible citizens, and industrious problem solvers.
Looking for a good book or research reference?
Start withDestiny
Destiny
Destiny is a student-friendly search interface that is designed to help students, teachers, and parents search for books in the EMS media center collection, view book covers, see the availability, and call number of search results. Visit Destiny from anywhere you have internet access. Searches can be performed without usernames and passwords.
Ebooks
Check out a book from anywhere you have internet access. Login to Destiny, select your campus, then select Destiny Discover on the left-hand ribbon. Scroll down thru ebooks, audiobooks, interactive resources, lightbox books, or select a topic. Students will need their username and password to check out an online resource.
Research Tools
Links to research tools, Britannica, Ebsco, Gale Infotrac, and other resources, are available on the library website under "Online Resources."
Can't access eBooks?
Click HERE for video tutorials
Click HERE for links to PDF instructions
Need to ask our librarian a question? Select the link below or email our District Librarian directly.