TOMS RIVER HIGH SCHOOL NORTH

LIBRARY ORIENTATION

2005-2006

MEDIA STAFF

Ms. KeetonMedia Specialist

Mrs. Lamb, Secretary

MEDIA CENTER HOURS

MONDAY 7:20-2:45TUESDAY 7:20-2:45WEDNESDAY 7:20-2:45THURSDAY 7:20-2:45FRIDAY 7:00-2:00ANY CHANGES WILL BE ANNOUNCED

AND POSTED ON THE DOOR

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

MEDIA CENTERLIBRARY

IMCRESOURCE CENTER…..

THAT’S US!

STUDENT USE OF THE MEDIA CENTER

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL

NO PASSES NEEDEDCOME AND GO AS NEEDED

FROM STUDY HALL

HAVE A PASS FROM ONE OF YOUR SUBJECT TEACHERS

COME DIRECTLY TO THE MEDIA CENTER

REMAIN UNTIL THE PASSING BELL

FROM LUNCH

EAT YOUR LUNCH FIRST!!

GET A PASS FROM A CAFÉ TEACHER

HAVE A PASS FROM ONE OF YOUR SUBJECT TEACHERS

REMAIN UNTIL THE PASSING BELL

LIBRARY GUIDELINES

BE ON TIMEPLACE YOUR PASS ON THE

PROPER CARDBE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERSPLEASE-NO FOOD OR DRINK IN

THE LIBRARY

LIBRARY MATERIALS

30,000 VOLUMESCLASS COMPUTER LABSTUDENT COMPUTER LABSPECIAL COLLECTIONS NEW JERSEY CAREERS OVERSIZED

SERVICES

PHOTO COPIER- .05/PAGEMICROFILM READER-PRINTER

– NY TIMES 1911-2002– SELECT PERIODICALS 1964-…– COPY-FREE

CIRCULATION

YOUR SCHOOL ID IS REQUIRED TO CHECK OUT MATERIALS

BOOKS – CIRCULATE FOR 3 WEEKS RENEW ONCE - $.05/DAY

OVERDUE REFERENCE/MAGAZINES/VIDEOS/

NEWSPAPERS DO NOT CIRCULATE

Finding Materials Online

Use the card catalog– You can use any computer in the

building– Toms River Home Page– Gray Line “Library”– Click on “High School North”– Click on “Search Catalog”– Enter Keyword

SPECTRUM CARD CATALOG

Materials Located by Dewey Number

000

General

Computer Info

100

Philosophy

Psycology

200

Religion

300

Social Issues

Costumee/fashion

400

Language

Folktales

500

Mathematics

Natural Science

600

Technology

Human Body

Cooking

700

The Arts

Music

Sports

800

Literature

Poetry and Plays

900

Geography

History

920’s Group Biograpies

Special Collections

Paperbacks

New Jersey

Career

Reference

Located on the wall

COMPUTER USAGE

PLEASE SIGN CLIPBOARD AT THE CIRCULATION DESK

YOU MUST HAVE YOUR ID TO USE THE COMPUTERS

USE ONLY YOUR OWN USERNAME AND PASSWORD

COMPUTERS ARE FOR ACADEMIC USE

COMPUTER USAGE, cont.

NO INSTANT MESSAGES, CHAT ROOMS OR E-MAIL(SENDING RESEARCH INFO HOME IS PERMITTED)

LOGIN/PASSWORD

USERNAME YOUR USERNAME IS THE

FIRST INITIAL OF YOUR FIRST NAME AND YOUR ENTIRE LAST NAME

PASSWORD YOUR PASSWORD IS PRIVATE

AND SHOULD NOT BE SHARED WITH ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS!

PRINTING

ALWAYS USE PRINT PREVIEW FIRST

NEXT CLICK ON FILE THEN PRINTNEVER USE THE PRINTER ICONNEVER PRINT MORE THAN 10

PAGES WITHOUT ASKING FIRST NEVER PRINT E-MAILS, GAME

CODES, SONG LYRICS, ETC…, ONLY SCHOOL WORK IS ALLOWED!

PLEASE, DO NOT WASTE PAPER

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

EBSCO-HOST- full text periodicals New this year-Scientific American Online!

CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS -Bibliographic information on modern novelists, poets, playwrights, and journalists

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

SIRS- full text articles and graphics, country facts, World Almanac

ACCUNET/AP MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVE -Archive of more than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTERBIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL INFORMATION. INCLUDES THE SCRIBNER SERIES AND THE TWAYNE SERIES.

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

COUNTRY WATCH-AMERICAN HISTORY -offers more than 15,000 reference entries, giving students access to documents, biographies, historical images, visual timelines, audio clips, maps, and more

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

WEBFEET ONLINE -WEB FEET is a research tool designed to help you save time and find the best resources available on the Internet. It is not a search engine, but rather collections of preselected sites reviewed by librarians, educators, subject-area specialists, and editors.

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

GROLIERS MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES– THE NEW BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE– GROLIER MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA– ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA– NUEVA ENCICLOPEDIA CUMBRE EN LINEA– THE NEW BOOK OF POPULAR SCIENCE– LANDS AND PEOPLES– AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL– ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN STUDIES

LOGGING OFF

BEFORE LOGGING OFF, SAVE ALL WORK!

THEN CLOSE ALL OPEN PROGRAMS YOU MAY NOW LOG OFF THE

COMPUTERALWAYS USE THE LOG OFF OPTIONNEVER USE SHUT DOWN OR

RESTART THE COMPUTER!IF YOU DON’T LOG OFF, SOMEONE

COULD MESS UP YOUR WORK!

NEED HELP?

JUST ASK!!!