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!!!