Resources available Library Books Encarta Encyclopedia & Dictionary Subscription databases

SHS LMC Research Resources • Resources available • Library Books • Encarta Encyclopedia & Dictionary • Subscription databases • Gale Research Databases • SIRS Researcher • United Streaming • Other websites

Just about everything you need is available on the desktop in the lab or library

OPAC • Online Public • Access Catalog The Electronic Version of the paper Card Catalog.

The Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) looks like this: OPAC at school OPAC over the internet

Locating the book in the library Double click on the book to see the details The call number tells you where to find it. This book will be found in nonfiction (508s)

Finding AR books by level or points Desktop version of the OPAC (at school) Online version of the OPAC

Due Date

To place a hold • If the book you want is checked out, you can ask the program to “hold” the book for you when it is returned. • Locate the title of the book in the OPAC and double click to bring up its information • Click on the Hold/Reserve button • Type in your library patron number & password (see the librarian if you don’t know it)

Check to make sure the book you wanted is showing, then click save • We will send a notice to your English teacher when the book is returned.

Use a usb drive if you need to take documents to/from home Insert the drive, open the document and “save as” onto the drive. Close the document. When you are ready to take out the drive, follow these steps: right click on the symbol at the bottom of the screen This box will appear, click on stop Click on your drive and then OK When this message appears, you can remove the drive.

Evaluation of resources is extremely important. With most books and periodicals, a publisher has reviewed the content prior to publishing the information. On the web, anyone can be an author, editor, or publisher (even you!!!). Therefore, for anything you find on the web, it is your responsibility to evaluate the information before you use what you found in your assignment. Ask yourself whether the book, web site or periodical can meet the following requirements: • It is written by an authority on the topic. • It contains accurate information. • It is relevant to your assignment. • It has a clear purpose (to persuade, inform, sell something etc). • The information it contains has been reviewed prior to publication.

Any book or website that you look at to get information for your report (written paper, powerpoint, or poster) needs to be included in your bibliography or works cited page. At SHS we use MLA format for citations. Some databases have the citation already in MLA format which you can copy & paste. For most books and websites you will have to create the citation yourself. Word 2007 has a template you can use:

You can also get help online to create your citation. Easybib.com This website can help you create citations for the sources you use. You can copy and paste the web address or the ISBN and it will try to find most of the information you need. (You will need to add the missing info – in pink) You can set up a free account and save all your source citations until you are ready to print your bibliography.

Encarta Encyclopedia is available on all computers in the lab or library

Many web resources are available on the LMC website. In the library and lab, Internet Explorer opens to this website. From home you will have to go to the district webpage by typing: www.eagles.k12.mo.us , click on High School and then Library Media Center.

Resources available Library Books Encarta Encyclopedia & Dictionary Subscription databases