Q. How do I check out a book?
A. Bring your books to the circulation desk with your current
Student ID card.
Q. How long may I keep the books I check out?
A. Most books are circulated for 3 weeks. Reference books
do not check out at all and there are some books with special circulation
periods - Overnight, 3 Day, or 7 Day. All special circulation
books are clearly marked below the barcode on the front cover.
You will also be reminded when you check the book out.
Q. Will there be fines if my book is late?
A. Yes. Fines are .10 a day for general circulation
books, .25 a day for 3 Day and 7 Day Loans and $1.00 for Overnight
loans.
Q. What do I do if my book is REALLY overdue?
A. Even if you can't pay the fine now, return the book.
It's a start to getting back in our good graces. You can pay the
fine later if you must. At least you will have stopped any further
fines from accumulating.
Q. What if I think I might have lost the book?
A. Come in and talk to us. Sometimes just talking
about where you had the book last will jog your memory as to where it
is now. Sometimes books are found at school and returned.
We've even had someone call us who found a lost library book at the
mall. She returned it and all the student owed her was a thank
you note.
Q. What if I got an overdue notice but I'm sure I already
returned the book?
A. Come in and talk to us. You may be right. Sometimes
the notices sit in the teacher's box for a day or so. But come in to
check. If the loan is still on your record, we'll look up the
call number and let you double check for the book on the shelf. But
it's important to straighten things out as soon as possible.
Q. What if I really have lost the book?
A. Then you must pay for it. It's the right thing to
do. We all have a responsibility to preserve the resources that
belong to the school as a whole. You'll be asked to pay for the
original cost of the book as well as a processing fee.
Q. What is a processing fee and why do I have to pay it?
A. The processing fee is the amount it costs us to put the
book back in the collection once we have ordered it. This
includes tax and shipping charges, the cost of the barcode, spine
label and jacket cover, as well as the cost of our time in physically
handling the book and adding it to the catalog. Our cost is not just
the cover price of the book.
Q. If there is a book that I'd really like to read, and I
think others would enjoy but it's not in the library?
A. You may request a book by coming to the desk and asking
for a request slip. We will consider the request before we place the
next book order.
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Q. Can we eat in the library?
A. No food or drinks are allowed in the library. Even
healthy mineral water spilled on a book can be fatal. Students
are asked to leave all beverages on the counter by the door and
retrieve them on the way out.
Q. Do I need a pass to be in the library?
A. Anytime during school hours you do need a pass or, if you
have no class scheduled that period, you must sign in on the clipboard
at the circulation desk.
Q. Can I play games on the computer?
A. No. The library is a place for research and study. The Acceptable
Use Policy that you signed states that the computers may not be used
for playing games, checking e-mail, or going into chat rooms.
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Q. Does the library photocopy material for students? How much
do you charge?
A. All copies are .10 each even if they are being
made for a class. Copies are made at the self-serve copy
machine.
Q. May I print things out from the computer?
A. Yes. Again, students may have 5 free pages of printouts
a day. All other printouts are .05 per page. You are expected
to take responsibility for your printing and pay for pages you print
whether you intended to print them or not. So think before your
print. If you're not sure about printing, ask.
Q.
How can I tell how long something is before I print it?
A.
Most of the library programs e.g. Current Biography, Encyclopedia
of World Biography, etc. state how many pages there are in an article.
Q.
I only want to print part of an article.
How do I do that?
A.
This requires two steps. First
select the section you want using the mouse.
Next, after you
go to file and
print move the radio button from all
to selection.
Be sure you complete this second step, or even if you have
carefully highlighted the computer default is to print all.
Q.
How can I select and print several different
sections of an article?
A.
Select the first section you wish to print.
Choose edit and
copy.
Minimize Internet Explorer and open document before
pasting another picture or it will be pasted right smack on top of
the previous one.
Q.
I tried to print one page from the Internet and instead I got
a whole bunch of pages each with a little bit of
the stuff from that page on each of them.
What the heck happened?
A.
You’ve got frames!
Some web pages that use frames have a button that allows you
to remove the frames.
Search engines like Ask
Jeeves use frames but allow you to remove them.
This will clear up your address bar
and allow you to cite the URL and, at the same time, simplify your
printing. If you cannot
remove the frames, be sure that
when you go to file
and print that
you check the section that says print
frames. Make
sure the radio button
is by as laid out on the
screen. On the
page you had difficulty with, the button was defaulted to
all frames individually.
The web page considers each little bit on it a separate frame.
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Q. What computer/online resources are available?
A. The following resources are available on all computers
on the library network.
- OPAC
- The computerized card catalog
- SIRS Knowledge Source
- A full text resource on art, music, Supreme Court decisions,
historic documents, countires of the workd, health, science, and
"social issues" such as gun control, capital punishment,
drug abuse, and abortion
- Current Biography
- Full text resource about famous people since 1940
- Ebsco Magazine Database
- An online full text magazine collection. Accessible to
both students and teachers via the internet. Password protected
- come to the library for password
- Scribner's American History and Culture
- Includes Dictionary of American History, Dictionary of American
Biography, Encyclopedia of American Social History, and Historical
Documents
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- 7,200 biographies of notables throughout history
- Exploring Poetry
- More than 275 poems explained. Over 100 authors represented
- Exploring Shakespeare
- Information on the plays, characters, life during Elizabethan
times and the Elizabethan theater
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- Scholastic's Reading Counts!
- Internet Access
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He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Danish Proverb
