Rosemount High School Library Information

Welcome to the Rosemount High School Media Center. Over the past decade, the IMC has experienced many changes as technology and automation were introduced. The Card Catalog migrated to a Web based Catalog in 1999 and is now accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week from any computer in the library or at home, via Internet access. Students can access the library's collection of more than 21,000 books and videos from home. The RHS Catalog includes an assortment of fiction, nonfiction, short story collections, paperbacks, reference books, atlases, eBooks, magazines, videos and audiobooks. Students can search for materials by keyword, subject, title or author. Our Catalog also searches for reliable websites using WebPath Express.

In addition to our catalog, students can also search the entire School District for materials. By logging into the Catalog, this enables you to request books from any of the school media centers in District 196. When you click on Login in the upper corner of the catalog page, it will ask you for a USERNAME and a PASSWORD.

Student Login Information
Username = Student ID #
Password = First 6 letters of last name followed by Date of Birth.
(For example: osulli31. If your birth date is single digit put a 0 in front of the date, i.e.: 09.)

Teacher Login Information
Username: e-mail address before the @ sign. For example: michael.osullivan
Password: E-mail password

The Library's home page is designed to facilitate access and create a "roadmap" to reliable and authoritative library research tools and information. The library subscribes to more than 20 different Online Research Databases and World Book Online Encyclopedia . The online databases provide access to the latest news from thousands of magazines and journals, international and national newspapers including: the New York Times, Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Wall Street Journal.

The primary goal of the Rosemount High School Media Center is to provide students and faculty with access to a wide range of materials, including print, video, electronic and online resources. These resources are carefully reviewed and selected to support and supplement the academic needs of Rosemount High School's curriculum. The primary objective of the Library staff is promote Information Literacy skills across the curriculum. Information Literacy is an information problem solving process, involving the ability to recognize the need for information, the knowledge and skills to locate and retrieve the information from a variety of sources, and to evaluate and use the information efficiently and effectively.

An Information Literacy Committee comprised of faculty members from various departments, two administrators and the School Library Media Specialist adopted FIVE Information Literacy Skills, designed to prepare Rosemount High School students to become lifelong learners.

Monday - Thursday 6:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Friday 6:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

The Lower IMC Computer Labs are closed to students after school Monday-Friday, unless supervised by a teacher.

Library Policies

A student I.D. number is required to check out books. Books may be checked out for a three week period, and can be renewed as many times as necessary, unless the book has been requested by another student. Students can check out up to 4 books at a time.
Magazines may be checked out for THREE days. Most Recent issues of magazines can only be read in the library.
Videos and DVD's can be checked out for THREE days.
Students must have a pass to be in the Media Center during class hours.
Students in the Library should keep the noise level down so other students can work.
Library computers may only be used for research purposes. Word processing or other multi-media activities are available in the IMC Computer labs.

No Food or Drink is permitted in the library!

Internet Policy

Students wishing to use the Internet must have:

Both you and your parents need to sign the RHS Internet Authorization form and turn the signed Authorization Form into the Library. Click here for a copy of the Internet Permission form. (This is a .pdf document. Adobe Acrobat needs to be activated in your browser.)

Access to the Internet:

Internet use will be for educational purposes only. While the District does have a filtering system on their network, this does not guarantee that students will be unable to download or access offensive material on the Internet. Internet Regulations include:

No E-mail is permitted during Class hours, unless you are e-mailing a school assignment to yourself,
e-mail is being used as part of a class project or you are sending research articles home. E-mail is only permitted before or after school hours.
Students should not be accessing listservs or chat rooms while at school.
Students are not permitted to use abusive language in e-mail.
Students may not review or download any material that is obscene, offensive, vulgar or sexually explicit.
Students are prohibited from playing Games, downloading or playing music.
Any information downloaded from the Internet, should be classroom related.

Library Services

Types of materials available for use in the Media Center include: books, magazines, newspapers, CD-ROM products, videos, and microfiche.

The Book Collection

Reference Collection

The Reference Collection is located on the main level of the Library. Reference books provide students with access to a variety of information, covering all subject areas. Sources include: directories, general and subject specific encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, historical atlases and biographies. Reference materials are intended for use in the library and may not be checked out.

Virtual Reference Collection

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a collection of over 50 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research including the Arts, Business, Education, Environment, History, Literature, Medicine, Religion, Science and the Social Sciences. You can access these reference materials online from the library or remotely 24/7.

Nonfiction

The library's extensive collection of nonfiction books cover the entire spectrum of the school's curriculum: Art, Business, Language Arts, Home Economics, Industrial Technology, Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Music, Science, Physical Education and Social Studies.

Short Story Collections

This collection of books occupy several shelves in the collection and are set aside to facilitate students locating these books. They include short story collections by author or anthologies of famous short stories.

Fiction

The Media Center has a collection of both hardbound and paperback novels, ranging from the classics to the more popular authors today...from Dickens to Steinbeck...from J.K. Rowling to Stephenie Meyer.

Periodical Collection

The Media Center subscribes to more than popular and educational magazines and professional journals. At least 20 of these magazines are on display and available for reading and back issues are available for checkout. For most of these magazines, the library keeps seven years, including current issues, in print. Full text access to articles from many of these magazines is available online through MasterFILE Premier..or..Academic Search Premier.

A Copy Machine with enlargement and reduction capabilities also is available for students to photo copy articles from magazines or books at 10 cents a copy.

DVD/Video Collection

The RHS Library houses a total video collection of over 5,000 videos or DVD's. Students may check out videos for THREE days.

eBooks!

Rosemount High School students can now access eBooks, electronic versions of printed books, using service established with the Minitex Library Information Network. Access to the eBook collection is from the Library's home page. Since eBooks are online, students can browse reference and nonfiction books for research or check them out and read them at their leisure. eBooks are automatically returned at the end of your checkout period.

Interlibrary Loan

Students and faculty may request books and/or journal articles using an Inter Library Loan service established with Minitex Library Information Network. If you have a book you need, that is not available in the District, contact Mr. O'Sullivan in the Media Center, and he will submit your request and contact you when the book or article arrives.

Dewey Decimal System

Most library books and videos are categorized according to the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme. Dewey Call Numbers usually consist of three numerals followed by a decimal point and one, two or three additional numbers. (For example: 650.19)

Understanding Dewey - offers students an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the Dewey Decimal System.

Below the Dewey number is a "cutter", which consists of the first three letters of the author's last name. The Call Number for each book is located on the spine of the book, and serves as that book's address on the shelf.

Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme

(Click on the above title to search the Internet by Dewey Decimal Subject Areas or browse the Dewey Decimal system)

000-099 General Works

100-199 Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics

200-299 Religion and Mythology

300-399 Social Sciences

400-499 Philology

500-599 Science

600-699 Technology

700-799 Fine Arts

800-899 Literature

900-999 History, Geography, Biography, Travel

Glossary of Library Terms

What is the definition of an abstract? What is Boolean Logic? What is meant by a Cross Reference or a SEE ALSO Reference? Find the answer to these and many other library jargon related terms by clicking on the above link.

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