Freshmen Orientation

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Freshmen Orientation

• Welcome

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Staff and Hours

•  
• Library Media Specialists 
• Mrs. Elaine Ardeneaux 
• Mrs. Harriet Clark
• Technical Assistant 
• Mrs. Norma Carruth
•  
• Monday through Thursday
• 705 A. M. to 230 P. M. 
• Friday705 A. M. to 225 P. M. 
• Lunch Come on in. Cozy up in the reading corner.

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Heart of the School

• The library is the heart of the
  school.
• 14,000 books and AV
• Electronic card catalog
• Computer stations
• State Databases
• The Internet
• CD-ROM  

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Library Rules

• All students MUST HAVE an Official DHS School
  Pass and have an ID to come to the library during
  regular class time.
• Computers are available for school assignments
  ONLY! E-MAIL is not allowed.
• Before using the computers at lunch, students
  must sign in at the computer with their name,
  date, time, teacher, and assignment.
• Circulation Periods are 2 weeks for regular books
  and overnight for temporary materials. Special
  reference materials may be sent to The Learning
  Center for after school use..
• Fines will be assessed as follows 0.05 per day
  for regular materials and 0.50 per day for
  temporary materials and magazines.
• Book returns are located at the outside exit door
  of the library between the lockers and in the
  Library at the Circulation Desk.
• A copy machine is available for student use with
  a charge of 0.10 per copy.
• .

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LIBRARY ETIQUETTE

• No food, drinks, or candy is allowed in the
  library.
• Please respect the other students who use the
  library.
• Please be sure to replace materials you take from
  the shelves to their proper places or return to
  the Circulation Desk.
• Please remember that the library is a place for
  work and study, not visiting. Keep your voices
  quiet.
• Please be sure you clean up your work area before
  leaving the library.
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DHS PLAGIARISM POLICY

• Unethical Academic
  Dishonesty
• Plagiarism is the presenting of someone
  elses ideas or words as ones own. It can
  vary from lifting of phrases or sentences to
  the copying of an essay in which the writer
  uses a thesaurus to change a few key nouns and
  verbs to personalize the work. .
•  
• Lifted phrases, the grade will be lowered
  significantly to a 60.
• Copied one or more sentences or paragraphs,
  or which has the
• frame and structure of another work
  regardless of the source will
• receive a zero. 

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Library Catalog
Search by
SUBJECT horses TITLE Gone With The
Wind AUTHOR Jack London KEYWORD and/or POWER
SEARCH
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Louisiana Library Databases

• MUST HAVE a card from the public library.
• DESTREHAN HIGH SCHOOL HOME PAGE
  stcharles.k12.la.us/destrehan/
• At the side tool bar find resources
• At the left tool bar find research resources
• LaLibraryDatabase
• St. Charles Parish Library
• Library card number.
• EBSCO NEWSBANK LEARNING EXPRESS

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Databases

• EBSCO
• CX Bridges
• CQ Researcher
• Worldbook
• SIRS
• Student Resource Center Bronze
• Opposing Viewpoints

DESTREHAN HIGH SCHOOL HOME PAGE stcharles.k12.la.u
s/destrehan/ At the side tool bar find online
resources /choose Galenet from school or from
home/.
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passwords
CQ Researcher Username wildcats Password
cqpress World Book Online Username
Louisiana Password highschool SIRS Username
LA0667H Password 70047 EBSCO Username ebsco
Password students CX ONLINE BRIDGES  Username
 0100351 Password wildcats OPPOSING
VIEWPOINTS STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER BRONZE NOVELS
FOR STUDENTS Password louisiana
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Key Word

• Welcome
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