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TOMS RIVER
HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH
LIBRARY
ORIENTATION
2005-2006
MEDIA STAFF
Ms. Keeton
Media
Specialist
Mrs. Lamb,
Secretary
MEDIA CENTER HOURS
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
7:20-2:45
7:20-2:45
7:20-2:45
7:20-2:45
7:00-2:00
 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 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 PRINT
 NEVER USE THE PRINTER ICON
 NEVER 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 yearScientific 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, subjectarea 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!!!