• Quick Facts

     
    Librarian - Ms. Emily Charpentier
     
     
     
    Borrowing from the Library
     
    Loan Period - 4 weeks for books, 1 week for media. When you check out an item, Ms. Charpentier will let you know when it will be due. If you need more time and no one else is waiting for that item, Ms. Charpentier can renew it for you.

    Privacy - Libraries are supporters of privacy and confidentiality. Your reading habits are your own business, and you have the right to feel safe in reading according to your interests. The only situation in which your library record will be shared with anyone is if you have overdues that have not been returned at the end of the school year. In this case, the list of your overdues will only be shared with the principal, secretaries, and your parents/guardians in order to facilitate collecting the overdue books or replacement copy/fee.

    Holds - If you need a book, but it is checked out, it can be placed on hold. This means that you will be put on a waiting list for the book, and as soon as it is returned, Ms. Charpentier will email you to let you know that you can pick it up. To place a hold in the online catalog, log in with your school Google account, and when you find the book you are looking for, click on the "Hold" option.

    All materials should be returned to the library by the day prior to final exams. Items that have been lost must be replaced either with a new copy of the same title or the original cost of the title. For seniors, all items must be returned before senior exams begin. For underclassmen, all items must be returned before final exams begin.



    Doing Research

    If you're completely lost, a good place to start is to check out some the menu to left (desktop) or at the top of this page (mobile). You'll find tips and tutorials, lists of databases, and the online catalog to help you get started. Whether or not you're lost, please feel free to come into the library to talk to Ms. Charpentier or email her about your research or the information you're looking for.

    If you know ahead of time that you need to spend some time getting to know library resources or need some guidance in starting research, sign up for a research tutorial at the library's circulation desk.



    Citing Sources

    In the context of research, using information ethically means that whenever you incorporate someone else's ideas, words, or work into your own work, you give them credit by citing them as a source. In a research paper, this means following the MLA, APA, or Chicago style for formatting your paper, bibliography, and citations; but for other types of projects, it might mean adding an attribution for an image you used on a poster, providing a list of the sources you used when you looked up some facts, or listing your references for a drawing.

    The Citation Help tab includes guides, tutorials, and help, as well as other resources to help you format citations.  If you have questions about when and how to cite, visit the library.



    What should I read next?

    Come in and talk to Ms. Charpentier if you're looking for book recommendations. If you want to talk about books with other students, join Book Club. There are genre guides with collections of books with similar subjects available to browse in the library, or log in to Sora and browse collections of eBooks and eAudio.