General Policies

• No liquids or food in the Library!
• Silence cell phones and take calls outside. No audio on music or videos. Headphones are available at the front desk.
• Be respectful of all library users. Keep voices “library low”
• Printing: To print to the PHS Library Student Lexmark Printer, type “ctrl” + “p” on your school-provided chromebook, selecting “PHS Library Student Lexmark Printer”, then type your PIN into one of the print release stations. Please try to print from home as much as possible to hold costs down.

Circulation

• Library books may be checked out for up to three weeks and may be renewed unless the book has been placed on hold by another student. Please renew before the expiration date to avoid weekly overdue notices.
• You may check out a textbook to use in the library for one period only. Ask at the front desk. Copies are limited and your choice may not always be available.
• Our Special Collection, in the glass case by the door, is available for in-library use only. Please ask the Librarian to help you get a book from the case. 

Overdue Books & Fines

• At the end of each quarter and semester, students who have not returned library materials will receive LOST notifications requiring a replacement fee or the return of the materials.
• Seniors with library materials outstanding will have transcripts and diplomas held until clear.
• Students pay fines at the end of the year for any lost or very damaged books.
• You will receive a refund on a “lost” book you paid for, returned in good condition, within one calendar year of its overdue date. After that time period, we still appreciate your returning books to the Librarian, but we have already purchased a replacement in most cases. 

Computer Acceptable Use Policy

• School computers are to be used for educational purposes only.
• Personal computers (laptops) must be approved by the school's Technology Coordinator and are subject to the Acceptable Use Policy.

Writing Papers

1. Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab
2. MLA Formatting and Style Guide
3. Parenthetical Citations Guide
4. Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

Research

• Databases - EBSCO, Britannica, Proquest…

• NoodleTools Tutorials -- Learn about NoodleTools projects, source citations and notecards

Evaluating Online Resources

• CRAAP Test
• UC Berkeley Tool
• 10 Ways to Spot a Fake News Article
• Penalties of Copyright Infringement
• Popping Your Filter Bubble

Quick Reference Links

• Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
  From the 10th edition published in 1919, contains 11,000 searchable quotations
• OneLook® Dictionary Search
  Searches many dictionaries—easy and useful.

PHS was established about 100 years ago. The library has always been an integral part of the school. It has changed locations and changed in terms of services over the years. It has a classical look to it thanks to the work of the WPA, including our Minstrels Gallery with our school motto: Achieve the Honorable.

If you look through our collection of yearbooks, you will see photos of the older libraries and our Library Teaching Assistants through the years. Before the library was on the ground floor of the 30’s building, it was in what is now the Student Center. Before that, it seems to have been in the building that existed on the site of the current 30’s.

Our older wood chairs and tables have a cut out decoration of our school emblem, the Scottish Thistle. The chairs were commissioned and installed in about 1934. If you turn over one of these chairs, you may still see the paper delivery form marked with the year we received it.