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Voice Levels in the Media Center 0= No Talking 1=Whisper 2=Normal Conversation 3=Elevated Voice

RESOURCES OVER 23,000 BOOKS FICTION & NON-FICTION BOOKS REFERENCE BOOKS BIOGRAPHIES STORY COLLECTIONS

Magazines Magazines are located behind the checkout desk. We don’t check them out to students, but they can be looked at anytime while you are in the library. Magazines cover a wide variety of topics.

NEWSPAPERS SENTINEL ECHO CORBIN TIMES SEVERAL ON LINE PAPERS AVAILABLE.

Internet Must have library card showing internet permission to use computers or the Internet Only go to acceptable sites Never give your name/address to anyone on the Internet Abuse results in loss of privilege

FINDING WHAT YOU NEED USE LIBRARY SEARCH- AUTOMATED CARD CATALOG SEARCH FOR TITLE, AUTHOR, SUBJECT, OR KEYWORD ASK FOR HELP

COMPUTER LAB/CLASSROOM RESOURCES 40 STUDENT COMPUTERS Automated Library Search ACCELERATED READER STUDENT STAR TESTING MICROSOFT WORD/MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

CHECK-OUT POLICIES EACH STUDENT HAS OWN ID CARD MUST PRESENT ID CARD TO CHECK OUT BOOKS EACH PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MATERIALS CHECKED OUT ON ID REPORT A LOST CARD IMMEDIATELY REPLACEMENT CARD WITH NEW ID NUMBER WILL COST $1.00

CHECK-OUT POLICIES STUDENTS MAY CHECK-OUT TWO (2) BOOKS ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS MAY BE CHECKED OUT FOR RESEARCH NO CHECK-OUTS WITH OVERDUES

BOOKS ARE CHECKED OUT FOR TWO WEEKS. BOOKS MAY BE CHECKED OUT OR RETURNED AT ANY TIME. DROP ALL RETURNED BOOKS IN BOOK DROP ! DO NOT RESHELVE BOOKS.

ACCELERATED READER INDIVIDUAL READING LOG BOOKS ARE COLOR CODED FOR READING LEVEL TESTS MUST BE TAKEN UNDER TEACHER SUPERVISION AND YOU MUST HAVE THE BOOK WITH YOU. ACHIEVEMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON HALL BULLETIN BOARD REWARDS WILL BE GIVEN ACCORDING TO HANDBOOK.

SPECIAL REQUESTS IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR BOOKS, PLEASE LET US KNOW THESE MUST BE CONTENT APPROPRIATE

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