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 I have no special talents.

I am only passionately
curious.
Albert Einstein

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Your CHS Librarians :

Louise Shorter, Librarian
Karma Grimm, Circulation Asst.
Rick Lucas, Media Tech
303 665 9211x 7741

The only cure
for boredom is curiosity
.
    Dorothy Parker 
 There is no cure for curiosity.   
       
                 

 Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie

 Library Information

HOURS: school days , 7:10 am to 3:30 pm
CHS ID to check out books-2 wks, magazines 1wk. reference and video materials overnight.

Overdue materials accrue fines
:
$.10/day. 

Students are responsible
for returning
materials checked out in their name on time and in good conditionfor paying accrued fines or the replacement cost for lost or damaged tems.

Students use
:books,magazines, curriculum related videos,audio books,laserdisks,DVDs, d
igital video editing,digital still cameras cameras and Casablanca editing machines.

Objectives of the CHS Library Media Program:
 
To ensure that students and staff have the opportunity to use books and technology for exploration, critical evaluation and creation of information products. Information is available in all formats. 
 To ensure a successful learning environment through direct instruction and collaborative work with teachers and students.


Colorado Information Literacy Standards
American Library Association
Information Power


 

 Writing Tools and Web Resources

Bibliography & Writing (research too) tools 
NoodleTools PRIME Research Organizer  SCHOOL SUBSCRIPTION does MLA, APA; Create on-line note cards, organize them according to your topic (Research Question and all sub topics) create an outline, an annotated works cited and final bibliography with ease!!! Access your student account from any computer anywhere. A Centaurus Warrior logon needed away from school. See librarian (louise.shorter@bvsd.org) for remote log-in and problems.

      Citation Machine ( All- including MLA & APA free Easy Bib)
                                           all are free to use.
                       

        Easy Bib MLA free but APA fee based

Tutorials: Tips to Ace your paper
                OWL : Writing ( The Write of Passage)

   Research 101 great tutorial

ACCESS YOUR SCHOOL SERVER DATA REMOTELY
EZ Folders(up-download) Teachers&Students


Paste these URLs into your browser to access Digital Locker both at school and home: IS NOT your default CHS server. Your BVSD logon username and password open your locker.
DigitalLocker
: Put URL into browser
*students  ftp://broomfield.org
*teachers 
ftp://adams.org

Reference Pages
Centaurus HS
 Links to our subscription & 
         other databases
 Public Library 
 
CU
AT CHS click on a link  at home use Centaurus and Warriors


non EBSCO Databases that are FREE and Not blocked
MedllinePlus: Drug, Health,Medical Information:not blocked
*
CountryWatch INFORMATION by country:political, economic, cultural (cuisine too), geographic, historical, current news and more at home:  bvsdcolo   YOUTH edition
*CIA FACTBOOK
*Population Pyramids

International Recipe Links
*World Health Recipe Collection
*International Recipes Masters' Tech
*International Recipes from Gaby and Andy

Careers
*Job Bank- USA,  * Colorado   
*
Occupation OUtlook Handbook descriptions of jobs, working conditions, education requirements, advancement options, salaries

!Public Library Reference Pages
Each library has a broad collection of databases available to you at CHS and at home. Louisville has Opposing Viewpoints , an excellent resource for controversial issues, Encyclopaedia Britannica and World Book: excellent resources on-line..
Use your
BPL, the CHS BPL Card , Louisville, Broomfield or Lafayette Card to search databases at the issuing library
!Academic Source Premier Scholarly journals Good place to begin for scholarly research. Citations and Articles from academic and professional journals.
*Business Source Premier  The industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. 
*
Regional Business News This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
*New York Times Historical (1851-2003) Through the Proquest database
*Wall Street Journal Through the ProQuest database
*Chronicle Career Library

!MULTI-DATABASE Searches
Search Everything (BPL Card)[bottom right hand corner of reference page]  
Gale Virtual
Reference (Louisville Card,  Boulder Card  )

Electronic Books: Web Based Searchable full-text 
!Ebrary (use Firefox with eBrary reader) log on page at BPLfull text academic non-fiction books

!GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY: E Reference Books: *American Decades, *Costume and Fashion, *American Revolution,*Buddhism, *Arts and Humanities, *Video Hound, *Grizmek's Animal Encyclopedia (excellent!), *Encyclopedia of Management,*Business Planns Handbook, * Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, * Encyclopedia of the Great Depression, *Fashion, Costume and Culture, *Television in American Society,* The People's Chronology, *The Sixties in America, Encyclopedias of Cancer, *of Genetic Disorders,*of Medicine, * Countries and their Cultures, *Alternative Energy, *Plant Sciences


Public Library Print Book 
Boulder   Louisville   Broomfield    or Lafayette Public Libraries:
!Prospector: Interlibrary Loan (do a title search and then choose a second search in Prospector)

CU Libraries Home
!Books, Academic Journals, Government Documents

University of Colorado, Norlin Library 
Search for books,
EJOURNAL LOCATOR: Determine which of CU's databases carries the journal and article you need. Search by journal title.
Research and Subject Guides   The CU Libraries provides research and subject guides and tutorials to help you connect with information and resources on a variety of topics. To learn more about this database, please go here.
 

 Student Research Center:no logon needed at school. Scroll right for more resources & information