1. Welcome to the RCHS Library Information Center

2. Information Center Hours
Monday through Friday 7:35 – 2:41
(except Bell 2 days, 7:35 to 1:55)

3. Library Staff
Mrs. Sandra Kolander

4. Welcome to the neighborhood!
Reading Room
-- Reference section
-- Non-fiction section
-- Fiction section; paperback rack
--Periodicals
-- Computers, printer, photocopier
Language Lab
--Computers and printers

5. Library Resources Print materials -- Books, magazines, newspapers
Electronic resources
-- Library catalog
-- Databases
Encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers
-- E-books

6. Library Services Book selection Help using electronic resources
Research help
Help with source citation
Printer and copier
--Ask permission to print more than 5 pages
Quiet study and work area

7. Library Policies Reference books and periodicals do not circulate.
Other books circulate for 2 weeks, with unlimited* 2-week renewal.
A quiet place to read or work
-- No food, drink or gum
-- A no-gaming, no-video, no-earbud zone

8. Paying us a visit… Usually open all day, from 7:35 until 2:41
Coming from class—note from teacher; sign in at library
Visiting during lunch
-- Sign-out sheet in cafeteria
-- Sign in at library
Closed?
-- Class visits, meetings, testing, etc.

9. Subscription Databases – Pure Gold!
Linked on library web page by subject area
Gale Virtual Reference Library—e-book versions of reference books in 13 subject areas
ABC-CLIO—group of databases containing info on history and geography; found under Social Studies

10. More Subscription Databases
CultureGrams—information about countries around the world
E-library and Access World News—magazines and newspapers from around the world
World Book Web and Britannica School—online versions of encyclopedias

11. To Connect to Databases:
Go to Roman Catholic HS website
Click on Academics
Click on Library
Click on Information Databases