High School Library Media Center

Highland High School Library Club
Barnes and Noble Book Fair

Thursday, April 3, 2008
9 am – 11 pm
Barnes & Noble Road
2518 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
*See the High School Choir perform
*See the High School Jazz band perform
*Don’t miss the Poetry Slam!
*And much more….more details to follow.

Call Linda Bailey, Library Media Specialist (845) 691-1020, x3030,
for more information.
(Sponsored by the Highland High School Library Club)

*A percentage of your Barnes & Noble
purchases will benefit our school library.

In September 2002, the Highland High School opened its state-of-the-art library media center. The center boasts a print collection of over 10,000 volumes and 36 computers with Internet access. The High School subscribes to over 20 databases including an online encyclopedia and almanac, magazine and newspaper article databases for several disciplines, a photo archive and others that provide summaries of current issues. For a complete listing of our subscriptions, click here.

The website is divided into 6 broad categories.

• The Process suggests starting points for research from free and subscription sites like encyclopedias and dictionaries. In addition, The Process includes a section on how to properly cite information found in print and on the web.
• Find Articles is the place to look if you need to support a paper with a magazine or newspaper articles. Find Articles leads to databases or websites that provide online coverage of traditional print resources. Keep in mind that some "free" sites still charge if you wish to view a document.
• Find Books provides links to local library catalogs and library websites like the Highland Public Library and SUNY New Paltz.
• Surfin' the Net provides links to several search engines.
• Evaluation gives information on how to think critically about the information you retreive online and in print.
• Citation will lead you to information about proper citation, plagiarism and the ethical use of information.