Welcome to the RHS Library. The library staff would like to
ensure that all library patrons at RHS are confident and experienced
users of information resources. This orientation will acquaint new
users with available online and local (RHS) resources for classroom
and personal research. If you have any questions about locating
resources, please ask one of the library staff (ellen.taylor@cmcss.net
or valerie.meadows@cmcss.net).
To locate materials in the RHS Library, use the online catalog:
Alexandria Researcher Web
Catalog. You may search by author, title, subject, any word (key
word), series name, or call number. You can sort the results by
title, author or call number (use call number if you will be
searching the actual shelves). The results page(s) will give the call
number and availability of all items listed. To read the details on
any book, double-click to bring up the individual record. To print a
bibliography of results, click Print on your web browser (this will
only print the results page that is showing.) Go to the shelf and
locate the book, take it to the circulation desk, and check it out.
Make sure to review the date due slip in the back of the book to
avoid overdue fines.
Electric
Library is an online resource that includes newspaper and
magazine articles, PICTURES, maps, books and TV/Radio transcripts. It
contains full-text articles that are current and revised daily for
research purposes. The CMCSS username is
subclark37040 and the password is 12527 (these must be entered
in the log in screen to access the database.) To find a picture, type
your search term in the search box and select "Picture", then click
the search box. To print, click on the "Printer-friendly Version" box
and wait for it to load. Click the printer button on your browser and
go to the circulation printer to retrieve your document. Log your
name in on the clipboard and number of pages, and the library staff
will give you your document. (After orientation, printing costs per
page are $.10).
Grolier Online is another
paid subscription database available to CMCSS students. It has mainly
encyclopedic information in several areas, including the science and
social studies area. The username for accessing
this resource is cmcss and the password is grolier. When you
access the home screen, you can type your search term in the bottom
right search box, or go to one of the databases (Encyclopedia
Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New
Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, or
Lands and People). If you use the general search box, your
results will show which database the article is from. Select an
article, put a check in the box next to it to preview it and print.
Also, send it in an email to Mrs. Taylor (ellen.taylor@cmcss.net).
Tennessee
Electronic Library (TEL) is a state-sponsored database that
contains NUMEROUS valuable research information. Information on
business, health, literary criticism, reading guidance, and general
topics all exist in this database. The password
is elvis. For our purposes today,
go to the "What Do I Read Next?" database (scroll down the page) and
type in the name of your favorite author. You should get a results
page, which you then print (push print button on your browser
page).
Google is a popular
Internet search engine that will search the World Wide Web
efficiently for virtually any topic of interest. Select a topic from
a recent classroom lesson and do a Google search to find 2 articles
and a picture of your subject. (You must not print more than 2 pages
of any article; if it is longer, select the text, copy and paste into
a Word document for printing). To print an image, hold down until the
popup box allows you to select "Open Image in new window". Print the
new page that has the image only (not the text).
After completing each task, attach the printouts and turn in to
the library staff for credit. Please ask questions as you go through
these exercises. Our goal is for you to be a happy and productive
user of information.
