1. Welcome to the Media Center We are here to help you succeed. Remember that we can sometimes make your life easier.

2. Media Center Policies  We are open from 7:30-3:45 every school day, and are available later upon request.  You may check out three books at a time for up to two weeks, and you may renew the books if no one else requests them.  You are not fined for overdue books, but if you lose a book, you will be placed on the debt list.

3. Media Center Policies  You cannot purchase items from the school store during class time.  You must have a pass from your teacher to come to the Media Center during class or during lunch.  Print-outs and copies are 10 cents a page, unless they are part of a class assignment.

4. Using the Internet at School  Do not play Internet games at school.  Do not go to any sites with bad language or pictures.  Email and messaging are not allowed at school. Therefore, sites like Hotmail, Yahoo, MySpace, and Bebo are blocked.  Using sites that get around the sonic wall is a violation of the rules. Don’t do it.

5. Good Sites to Use in the Media Center  www.peachnet.galileo.edu is for research. The password is “nib”. www.peachnet.galileo.edu  www.gcis.com is for career research. You will need the username (screvenchs) and the password (gcis552). www.gcis.com  www.usatestprep.com is good for practicing for the graduation test and EOCT. You can get help on creating an account here in the media center. www.usatestprep.com

6. What’s in the Media Center besides computers?  Books: You can ask for our help finding them.  Fiction books are shelved alphabetically and located on the left and back wall.  Non-fiction is located on the middle shelves. Biographies are the last rack of non-fiction.  Reference books are located on the right wall.  We also have a story collection and children’s books.

7. Non-Fiction:  000 Generalities 100 Philosophy & psychology 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Language 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 600 Technology (health, automotive, etc.) 700 The arts (music, art, sports) 800 Literature & rhetoric 900 Geography & history 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy & psychology 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Language 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 600 Technology (health, automotive, etc.) 700 The arts 800 Literature & rhetoric 900 Geography & history 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy & psychology 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Language 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 600 Technology (health, automotive, etc.) 700 The arts 800 Literature & rhetoric 900 Geography & history  Biography section  Graphic Novel section

8. What else?  Magazines: Our magazine shelf is behind the computers, and we keep outdated magazines in our storage room.  Newspapers: We subscribe to the Statesboro Herald and the weekly Sylvania Telephone. We also have a stack of old newspapers that you can use for school assignments.

9. AND?  The letter cutter next to the front door is where you can create letters for class presentations.  You can also use the tables for studying and doing homework.  The school store has school supplies such as jump drives, pens, pencils, highlighters, badge protectors, notebooks and much more.

10. Finding Books in the Media Center  You can search for books you want by going to our online public access catalog (or OPAC).  You can find the OPAC by going to the Screven County High School website:  www.screven.k12.ga.us www.screven.k12.ga.us