A. Library Hours and Rules:
Welcome to the Helix
High School Library!
The staff of the library
Mrs. Skullerud, Library Media Teacher
Mrs. Potter, Library Media Teacher
Mrs. Crabtree, Library Assistant
Mrs. Chaffin, Library Technician
The library is open from 7:15
A.M. to
4:00 P.M. during school days.
There are
three IMPORTANT rules
to follow in the library:
- Study quietly.
- No food or drink.
- No gum.
What will happen if a student does not follow these three simple rules?The consequence for not studying quietly OR for eating or drinking in the Helix Library is to lose Library privileges for four weeks.
The consequence for chewing gum in our Library is to help beautify the Library by scraping gum from the underneath of Library tables. We appreciate the help!
B. Checking out books,
I must have my I.D. Card to check out materials. Books can be checked out for THREE weeks. I can have up to THREE items checked out at one time. Books can be renewed.
Overdue fines are TEN CENTS per day, not including school holidays or weekends. I cannot check out additional items, if I have fines on my account.
If I lose or damage a book, I am responsible for its cost plus a $3.00 service fee.
Book costs are:
C. Logging in and Finding Books on the Online Catalog
1. You should have your own password to use the Helix computers. Be sure that you will NEVER FORGET the password!
2. Get Job Aide to install printer. You will need to change the printer each time you print in a different room on campus. Don’t Forget!! You are responsible to pay for the pages you print.
3. Open another window on the internet, keeping this page open for instructions.Go to the Helix Home Page. Click on “Library” on the RIGHT side.
Go to Helix Online Library Catalog.
* Choose a country. Search for a book about that country. Type your country name into the search bar.Look right under the words “Search Results” on the screen. It will tell you the number of records or books. It is helpful to know how many books or other materials are available on your topic.Notice the Call Numbers for the first two books in the list. Example: Call number: 456.7 Jones
A call number is how you will find the books on the shelves. Every books has an "address" or location in our Library.Look at the Call Numbers in your list of books. Can you tell if a book is Fiction or Nonfiction?
Fiction book call number: FIC Jones
Nonfiction book call number: 641.14 Smith (Notice that Nonfiction books have NUMBERS!)
D. Using Online Computers for Research:
1 . Return to the “Helix Home Page” by clicking on the little house icon at the top of the screen.
2. Next, type: google.com into the URL ADDRESS LINE. This is your search engine.
When you are in google.com, type: cia factbook. (Notice that “Factbook” is all one word!)
3. Then select: CIA World Factbook. (Probably the first listing.)
4. Now, go to “Country Listing”, select your country. Click on the country.
5. Click on “People” under the Title of the country. Scroll down to “Ethnic Group.”
What is the first Ethnic Group listed and what is the percentage for that ethnicity?
E. Internet Rules at Helix:
F. Quiet Study Before & After School & Lunch Time
Before school, at LUNCH, and after school I can use the Library for quiet study or research.
There is no eating or drinking or gum chewing allowed.
Tutorial: I can use the Library for Wednesday Tutorial to study .
G. Fiction, Nonfiction, & Reference Books
1. Nonfiction books are organized by the Dewey Call Number.
2. Fiction books are organized by the author’s last name with FIC and the last name for the Call Number.
3. Reference books are organized like non-fiction, but they have
yellow labels on their spines and are located in the Reference Section of the Library.
What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction books?Fiction books are made up stories from the author's imagination.
Nonfiction books are facts and information.
H. The Library Security System
Anytime books leave the Helix Library without being checked out, an alarm will buzz on the security system.
Any student leaving the Library, who does not checkout materials or causes another student to set off the security alarm, will receive a referral and lose Library privileges for four weeks.
I. Copying and Printing:
1. Printing from computers in the Library costs TEN CENTS per page. I must pay for ALLthe copies I have printed.
2. On the Computers: I MUST choose the correct PRINTER/ROOM before printing.
I need to know what to do, as I will be charged for copies I generate.
(Ask the library staff if you need help before printing).
3. I can make photocopies in the Library for TEN CENTS per page. The copier will take ONE dollar bills, QUARTERS, DIMES and NICKELS.
(Ask the library staff if you need help operating the copier).
4. Transparencies can be purchased at the Checkout Counter for TWENTY-FIVE cents and copied in the Copier for professional presentations.
J. Book Drop:
Returning Books to the Library
Notice near the front door of the Library is the Book Drop where you can return Library Books.
K. Time Stamp Machine for PASSES
The Library Time Stamp Machine is located near the front door of the Library.You use the Time Stamp Machine everytime you come to the Library on a PASS. Stamp the pass when you arrive and when you leave, so that your teacher knows the time you arrived in the Library and when you left.
*You MUST have a PASS to use the Library during Class Time!!
What services and resources does the Helix Library provide?
