Basic High School Library Media Center
400 N. Palo Verde Drive
Henderson, NV 89015
Phone: 702.799.8000 ext. 4026
Fax: 702.799.8030
Library Hours:
Mon. - Thur. - 6:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Fri. - 6:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Librarian - Mr. Drum / email contact: drumfj@interact.ccsd.net
Library Assistant - Mrs. Townsend
Media Center Mission and Philosophy
Basic High School Mission Statement:
Basic High School challenges students to pursue their individual learning
goals while preparing themselves for the future.
The mission of the Basic High School Library Media Center is to provide a collection of diverse materials and resources that will assist in the implementation, enrichment, and delivery of the curriculum in a manner that fulfills the school’s mission to challenge students to pursue their individual learning goals while preparing themselves for the future.
Basic High School believes that a student’s right to learn is an inherent right derived from the U.S. Constitution. The school also believes that in order to insure that right, it is the obligation of the school and staff to provide the best possible resources for its students. The school sees the media center and its collection as a key element to insuring that our students have those resources they need to learn. To that end, the school and media center subscribes to the following documents which define those “rights to learn” on the part of our students and the role of the librarian in providing the resources for student learning. The school and media center used the following documents as the basis for developing the school’s Collection Development Policy and Philosophy which serves as the basis for the management of the school’s media center collections.
- Clark County School District Policy Statement of Educational Principles
- Nevada Department of Education Board Policy on Library Education
- Pitstop Statement on the Value of Library Media Programs in Education
- The Role of the School Library Media Program
(See Basic High School Media Center / Library Policy Manual)
About the Basic High School Library Media Center:
- The print/book collection currently contains over 12,000 volumes with an
average age of 1990. - The library subscribes to over 25 magazines.
- The library receives 2 newspapers.
- A wide variety of electronic resources and databases are available on
the computers in the library via the library’s homepage. - There are currently 40 student computers in the library that have access
to the Internet.
Basic High School Library Media Center Policies:
The Library Media Center is the place to come and study, do research, and to gather and process and share information. To facilitate this process the following policies have been put in place to help you learn and will be strictly enforced:
- That you will always be considerate of the other students working in the
library. - No food, gum or beverages are allowed in the library at any time.
- No games or game-playing on the computers is allowed at any time.
- Classes booked into the library during class time have first priority on
the library computers & resources. - Passes to the library are required. Only the agenda / planner passes
will be accepted. - CCSD and BHS Acceptable Use Policies are strictly enforced.
Circulation & Printing Information:
- Book Checkouts:
Students may check out up to 2 books (including most reference books) at a time. The circulation period for each checkout is 2 weeks or 10 school days. Students may come in and renew their book(s) for another 2 weeks at any time if needed. Students with fines on library or textbooks from BHS or any other school in C.C.S.D. must clear those fines before being allowed to check out books from the library.
**The fine for overdue books is $ .10 per day. - Document Copying:
The coin-operated copy machine is across from the reference desk and
copies are $ .10 per page. Change is available at the reference desk. - Printing from the Computers:
Printing homework assignments to be turned in for a class (with proper
formatting - name, teacher name, date, etc.) and Intouch grade / missing
assignment printouts are free. All other printing from the computers such
as research from the Internet and personal printing is $ .10 per page.
- All printouts are in black & white.
- The Dells do not print from the Internet.
- Printouts are picked up at the main desk.
**All Federal Copyright Laws are strictly enforced.
Basic High School, C.C.S.D.. & Nevada Databases & Relevant Information:
The Basic High School library is a fully automated and web-based library system and is a part of the greater Clark County School District’s Union Catalog which links our library with all of the other school libraries in CCSD. As a result of this district-wide modernization, all transactions such as searching for books and checking out materials are done over the Internet. All of the computer web browsers in the library now default to the library's homepage where students will find great research resources, the school's databases, and other valuable educational & career information. The following links are accessable from the library’s homepage. User I.D. log-in information and passwords may be obtained from the librarian at the reference desk and are available in the library brochure.
Bibliographical Citation Help:
Free Internet Works Cited Site
http://citationmachine.net
CCSD Databases:
ABC-CLIO - History-Government-Geography
http://www.americangovernment.abc-clio.com
EBSCO:
Periodical Articles / Professional Journals / ERIC/Health Sources,
etc.
http://search.epnet.com
Grolier Online Encyclopedia:
Online Encyclopedia/Reference
http://go.grolier.com
CQ Press and Researcher:
Issues in the news
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher
Gale Group:
Science - Current Science News & Topics
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nv_clarkcsd
LitFinder:
Current Science News & Topics
http://www.litfinder.com
The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry:
All things related to poetry
http://www.columbiagrangers.org
NASA:
U.S. Government Space Exploration
http://www.spaceplace.nasa.gov
Opposing Viewpoints:
Current Event News & Topics Debates
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/hend96675
Nevada Kids Page:
Information on Nevada
http://NevadaKidsPage.org
Politics 1:
Everything about Politics (Great Website/Database)
http://politics1.com
Bridges:
Online Career Portfolio Development Tools
Click here
NCIS:
Nevada Career Information System - Career Information
http://www.nvcis.intocareers.org
**To Log into the Library Home Page at Basic High School just type
10.50.64.50 in the web browser address window.
There is an intimate laughter to be found only
among friends.
- Dr. Maya Angelou
Fred Drum, Librarian
Basic High School LMC
799-8000 ext 4026
WAN: 0951-4026
