Metro High School Library Media

Center

What’s It All About?

Wilfred D. Moore, Principal Brenda Kukay, Library Media Specialist

Library Hours

• 6:50 a.m. – 2:50 p.m. • Library is open during lunch

period

Rules Enter the library quietly. Sign-in at the circulation desk. No food or drinks allowed. Cell phones must be turned off and out of sight. Work quietly – study groups should keep their

voices low. Reserve time for meetings, clubs and

presentations in advance. Leave the library in the same condition it was

when you entered.

Circulation Of Materials

3 items may be checked out: books, magazines, newspapers, some reference books

Some reference books may be checked out overnight

Library materials are due in 14 daysThere are no overdue fines but all lost and

damaged books will be paid for or replaced by the student at the end of each year.

OPAC(Online Public Access Catalog)

The “Card Catalog” is found on the desktop of each computer in the library. OPAC

When searching for a title, omit the words “A”, “An”, “The”. THE GREAT GATSBY becomes GREAT GATSBY in the search.

An author search begins with the author’s last name first: Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Subject search will give a list of books on a certain topic: Jazz Age or The Roaring Twenties

Write down the Call Number of the books you want.

The Status or the availability will be listed as either “in” or “out”.

Helpful Internet Sites

To access helpful internet sites go to the Metro Web Page, there you will find links to: Public libraries

Online Magazines and Newspapers

Research Support Internet Reference Resources

Public Libraries

If you have a library card you can go to your library site and access several useful data bases.

St. Louis County Libraryhttp://www.slcl.org/St. Louis Public Libraryhttp://www.slpl.org/index.asp

Online Magazines & Newspapers

There are suggested sites for magazines and newspapers. Examples:

Time onlinehttp://www.time.com/time/

St. Louis Post Dispatch online

http://www.stltoday.com

/

Research Support

There are helpful sites that will assist you when researching and writing, such as:

Evaluating Web Resources http://library.usm.maine.edu/research/

researchguides/webevaluating.html Research and Writing http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/ Writing Resources http://www.tuc.edu/lrc/writing.htm

Internet Reference Resources

A few more examples of suggested sites under “Library Media Specialist” on the Metro Web Page:

Questia School Database www.questiaschool.com MOREnet http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/st_louis_sd MOREnet passcode- slpslib The World Fact Book https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-

factbook/index.html Biographies http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

Technology Behavior

• All students must log in with their personal log in information

• Use of generic log ins may result in loss of computer privileges.

• Consult pg. 14 in the STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT HANDBOOK.

• This applies to all computers at Metro High School.

Misc.

Suggestions for library materials are always welcomed!

Donations of gently used, age appropriate books are appreciated.

See you in the library!See you in the library!