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Have you visited the Burneson Library lately?  It can be your key to the world.

All of our materials, books, magazines & videos are checked out electronically.
All online resources may be accessed from home with passwords.  Bookmarks with passwords are availalbe in the library.

To access some of the electronic resources available in the library, CLICK HERE.

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key.gif - 0.6 K On Line Magazine Index (EBSCO)-- this indexes articles from thousands of magazines
key.gif - 0.6 K SIRS (Social Issues Resource Series)-- a compilation of newspaper articles, journals, and magazine articles on topic of current social interest
key.gif - 0.6 K OCIS (Ohio Career Information Service)-- provides in depth information regarding careers
key.gif - 0.6 K Newsbank-- 30 newspapers, 15 from Ohio, including the Plain Dealer (from 1991).

To use any computer in the district, a student must have a signed Internet policy on file in the library. Once a parent signs the form, it will follow the student as long as he/she is attending any of the Westlake schools.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

?  How does a student get in the library to use the resources found there???

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check2.gif - 0.2 K  If nothing planned is happening during a student's homeroom, he/she may come to the library (with homeroom teacher's permission).
check2.gif - 0.2 K Students may come to the library during Study Hall with a pass from their subject teacher
check2.gif - 0.2 K Students may come to the library from class anytime the teacher sends them.
check2.gif - 0.2 K The library is available to students before and after school as long as the librarian is there.  Students are told to check with the librarian the day before they plan to stay after school to see how late she plans to be in the library after school.

?  What library materials can be checked out???

check2.gif - 0.2 K All materials in the Burneson Library are available for checkout.  Regular checkout is two weeks with the student being able to renew the item(s) as many times as needed.
check2.gif - 0.2 K When teams are doing a large project, the books are placed on reserve which means they are available for overnight checkout at the end of the day and must be returned during homeroom the following day.
check2.gif - 0.2 K Reference books are checked out OVERNIGHT ONLY which means they are available for checkout at the end of the day and must be returned during homeroom the following day.  This includes encyclopedias and special reference books.

?  Does the library charge fines for overdue materials???

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Grade cards are withheld if a student does not take care of his obligations.


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When using any sources for a report, you must CITE the places from which you obtained information.

Standard Bibliography Format
for all written research papers

The following format for bibliographies is currently being used at WHS (taken from the HARBRACE COLLEGE HANDBOOK, which follows current guidelines from the MLA).  A bibliography is a list of the sources actually used in writing a research paper.  Some teachers may require variations of this standard form, but all include the pertinent information regarding the source.  The list of sources is generally arranged alphabetically by author or main entry and is double-spaced throughout.   The first line of each entry is flush with the left margin; for subsequent lines, tab in once.

Things to remember when typing your bibliography:

Following are some examples of correct bibliographic entries:

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  For a book - one author:

Kahn, Herman.  Thinking About the Unthinkable. New York: Horizon Press, 1982.

  For a book - more than one author:

Kennan, Earl A., and Edmund H.  Harvey.  Mission to the Moon. New York:

    Morrow, 1969.

(Note the second author 's name does not have last name first.  The second line is double spaced and indented using the tab key).

For a book - compiled by an editor:

Lawson, Don, ed.  Great Air Battles.  New York: Lothrop, Lee, 1968.

  For a magazine article - author given:

Davidson, Sara.  "Our Fragile World: Rare Ecosystems." Harper's. June

    1990: 91-102.

(Note that the pages of the article are listed after the date of the magazine and the colon.  Also, the format would be the same if the article had no author.  You would start with the title in quotes and follow the rest of the format).

For an encyclopedia article - author given:

Pine, I. F.  "Dinosaurs." World Book Encyclopedia. 1994 ed.

(Note that the format would be the same for an article without an author.  You start with the title in quotes.  No pages are needed).

  For an electronic source:

"Pony Express." Academic American Encyclopedia.  (Electronic Version) 1995 ed.

    For an interview:

Cummings, Fred.  Personal Interview.  16 Apr 1994.

    For a pamphlet - no author given:

Nuclear Terms: A Brief Study.  Oak Ridge, TN: USAEC Div of Tech Info Ext, 1997.

 

The following will give you the bibliographic form for online sources.  Remember, anyone can put anything on the Internet: your source must be valid.

MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources
(Endorsed by the Alliance for Computers & Writing)

The basic component of the reference citation I have compiled is simple:

    Author's Lastname, Author's Firstname.  "Title of Document."

      Title of Complete Work (if applicable).  Version or
      File Number, if applicable.  Document date or date of
      last revision (if different from access date).
      Protocol and address, access path or directories (date of
      access).

WWW Sites (World Wide Web) (Available via Lynx, Netscape, Other Web Browsers):

To cite files available for viewing/downloading via the World Wide Web, give the author's name (if known), the full title of the work in quotation marks, the title of the complete work if applicable in italics, the document date if known and if different from the date accessed, the full http address, and the date of visit.

    Burka, Lauren e.  "A Hypertext History of Multi-User

      Dimensions." The Mudex.  1993.
      http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/lpb/muddex/essay/
      (5 Dec.  1994).

GOPHER Sites (Information available via gopher search protocols):

For information found using gopher search protocols, list the author's name (if known), the title of the paper in quotation marks, the date of publication if known and if different from the date accessed, any print publication information, and the gopher search path followed to access the information, including the date that the file was accessed.

    "The Netoric Project." gopher://kairos.daedalus.com:70

      /OOftp%3APub%3AACW%3ANETORIC%3A-Welcome-(13 Jan.
      1996).

Email.  Listserv, and Newslist Citations:

Give the author's name or alias (if known), the subject line from the posting in quotation marks, the date of the message if different from the date accessed, and the address of the listserv or newslist along with the date of access in parentheses.  For personal email listings, omit the email address.

    Bruckman, Amy S.  "MOOSE Crossing Proposal." mediamoo@media.

      mit.edu (20 Dec.  1994).

      Thomson, Barry.  "Virtual Reality." Personal email (25 Jan.
      1995).