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Library
Resources: 24,050 print items; 1284 videos/DVDs; 31 recorded books; 18 desktops; 10 laptops. All PCs have access to the online catalog, Spectrum and to the Internet. All library PCs have installed on them MS Office 2000 (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access), Choices Career software, MasterPlots (literary criticisms and summaries), access to print to two black and white laser printers and one color laser printer; 10 PCs have licenses to Adobe PhotoShop and two scanners. The Hoover High School Library also subscribes to an online periodical database. Plans are underway to have English, French and Spanish software installed on the PCs so as to help students who are learning these languages. Circulation Policy: Student must show a valid Hoover I.D to borrow material. With the exception of reference materials and the laptops, most material circulates. Students may check out videotapes but they must be used in the library after school and may not be taken home. Most material circulates for three weeks and may be renewed on or before the due date. Students need to bring checked-out items in to renew them. The library charges $.10 per day ($.25 per day on material that circulates overnight) on overdue material. Library Information Skills: Libraries and librarians have changed a lot in recent years. With the advent of the Internet, education now realizes the importance of teaching library/information literacy skills to students so that they may develop into discerning users of information. Library information skills go beyond teaching how to locate a book to include how to undertake a research paper to creating a multimedia presentation. For more information on the scope of library/information literacy please see: Resources for Students: The following web sites are recommended to Hoover students:
Come to the library to get the user ID and password. Please note that the library plans to switch to a new online database at the beginning of January 2005. Resources for Faculty: The Library Media Teacher welcomes collaboration with teachers in creating research projects. A few suggested web sites that demonstrate how to merge research skills with content areas are:
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