TOMS RIVER HIGH SCHOOL NORTH LIBRARY ORIENTATION

MEDIA STAFF Ms. Keeton Media Specialist Mrs. Lamb, Secretary

MEDIA CENTER HOURS  MONDAY7:20-2:45  TUESDAY7:20-2:45  WEDNESDAY7:20-2:45  THURSDAY7:20-2:45  FRIDAY7:00-2:00  ANY CHANGES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND POSTED ON THE DOOR

WHAT’S IN A NAME? MEDIA CENTER LIBRARY IMC RESOURCE CENTER…..  THAT’S US!

STUDENT USE OF THE MEDIA CENTER

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL  NO PASSES NEEDED  COME 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 TIME  PLACE YOUR PASS ON THE PROPER CARD  BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS  PLEASE-NO FOOD OR DRINK IN THE LIBRARY

LIBRARY MATERIALS  30,000 VOLUMES  CLASS COMPUTER LAB  STUDENT COMPUTER LAB  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS  NEW JERSEY  CAREERS  OVERSIZED

SERVICES  PHOTO COPIER-.05/PAGE  MICROFILM READER-PRINTER –NY TIMES –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 (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 PRINT  NEVER USE THE PRINTER ICON  NEVER PRINT MORE THAN 10 PAGES WITHOUT ASKING FIRST  NEVER PRINT S, 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 CENTER BIOGRAPHICAL 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 COMPUTER  ALWAYS USE THE LOG OFF OPTION  NEVER USE SHUT DOWN OR RESTART THE COMPUTER!  IF YOU DON’T LOG OFF, SOMEONE COULD MESS UP YOUR WORK!

NEED HELP?  JUST ASK!!!