Thank you for visiting the Althoff Catholic High School web page. The Library is both an active and relaxing work area in the school. Most of the study halls are now housed in the Library because of their size. The study hall students find it a quiet place to catch up on work or to "chill out" before their next class. Teachers send students to the Library to make up tests or missed work. Often teachers will bring their entire class to the Library to do research.
The Library is located on the second floor, in the wing above the Main Office and Guidance. It is adjacent to the Internet Lab, which is convenient when classes need to do extensive research. The Library is open each school day as soon as staff are available, but no later than 7:45 a.m. It remains open as long as students are present up until 4:00 p.m. Due to the carpeting and computers, no food or drink of any kind are permitted in the Library. Cell phones are also prohibited.
Students are responsible for materials checked out to them. Books can be renewed at the end of the loan period, as long as there are no reserves waiting on it. Fines for overdue materials are five cents ($.05) per school day. Reminders are sent out periodically to students who have overdue books and fines. Students should return all materials and pay all fines before taking final exams.
During the school day, a student may use the Library by securing a pass signed by a teacher or study hall moderator. There is a copy machine in the Library that students may use to make copies for fifteen cents ($.15) per page.
Resources that are available
in the Library include a collection of over 8,000 volumes of books, an automated
catalog of all the books in the Library, several sets of encyclopedias, five
newspaper subscriptions, over 40 magazine subscriptions, and two on-line databases
for locating articles from back issues of magazines, newspapers, and journals.
The student must have an Internet Authorization and Code of Conduct form (used
throughout the Belleville Diocese) signed by a parent/guardian before he or
she is allowed to access the Internet
at Althoff.
The two databases available for use are InfoTrac and FirstSearch. Students may also access these databases on any computer at school, as well as at home. The locations are:
InfoTrac (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/althoff_chs) use password: althoff
COMPUTER LABS
Computer labs include the Language lab (next to 210), the Internet lab
(next to Library), 201 and 204. The Science Department also has an Internet
Lab located on the third floor.
Students are not allowed to setup any e-mail accounts nor are they allowed to check or send e-mail from any computers at Althoff. No food or drinks are allowed in any of the computer labs. Students are not to alter the setup of Windows, other programs, etc. on any computer in the labs. Sanctions can include losing the privilege to access the labs and being dropped from the course.
Other interesting web sites you may want to use:
Medline Plus Health Information
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
United States Census Bureau – 2000 census
Western Libraries online calculators, conversion tools, measurements and weights
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