LIBRARY: 45,000 curriculum
related books!– 92 computers for students!
Quality online databases! Information literacy
instruction!
The RBHS Library -The Information
Hub of the School!
Check your Library/Textbook
Record Online! On
the Library webpage (this page) click, "Search
the Catalog." Click "Login."
Username = ID# Password=your lastname. Click
My Info. (Teachers login just as
you would login to Novell.) View your RBHS
library and textbook record online today!
Do
you have shopping to do? Start here! The RBHS
Friends of the Library and Amazon.com:
When you access Amazon by using
the link below and to the right, 4% of
the sale goes to into an account to buy books
for our Library and to help our students.
You can use this link for any purchase! It's
so easy!
New hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 7:10
to 3:00 . Wednesday 7:00-1:52 pm . (Thanks
to Mr. Robinson and the RBHS Friends of
the Library for providing funding to
restore staffing so we can be open the entire
school day as well as before and after school,
at lunch and at break.)
Our Mission:
The mission of the RBHS Library is to support
the curriculum of Rancho Bernardo High School,
and as part of that mission provide access
to current, adequate and appropriate information
resources, and to ensure that all students,
teachers and staff are effective users of
ideas and information.
Electronic Research: When
researching, students and teachers are encouraged
to use our extensive curriculum tailored book
collection and our online databases. (Links
are to the right.) Passwords for these databases
are on a "bookmark" and
can be obtained on the RBHS Library circulation
desk. Try our new the WORLD BOOK ONLINE
subscription database! It’s
a high quality alternative to Wikipedia and
much that can be found on the web! CQ
(Congressional Researcher) is also
now available! Gale has upgraded their search
capabilities.
Use it to access thousands of quality articles
in E-reference collections, online journals
and popular and academic magazines. Use United
Streaming to view or download educational
video clips and images. These resources have
been selected to help our students do even
better. Headphones are available at the circulation
desk.
Computers: Use MS Office,
Inspiration and Movie Maker, Accelerated Reader,
STAR Reading and other applications.
All computers provide high speed Internet
access. Need help with research, a Powerpoint
or video editing, just ask library staff for
assistance.
LearningPoint: Click on
Lectures and Links for a list of library lectures
and notes.
Library Policies: Students
may check out up to ten books at a time for
a period of up to 2 weeks. Students are held
responsible for returning the same book in
the same condition on time. Fines of 10 cents
per day are charged for library books returned
late. Students will be charged the replacement
cost for books lost. (Any refund is subject
to a $10 processing fee per board policy.)
Reference books may be checked out overnight.
Fines of 50 cents per day are charged for
late reference materials. Computers are to
be used for school purposes only. Holds have
priority over renewals. If the book has a
hold on it, it cannot be renewed.
PARENTS: Volunteers Needed!
Please consider being a RBHS Library volunteer
and/or RBHS Friend of the Library! To find
out more about the RBHS FOL click the link
to the right or contact FOL President Erin
Willard 858 673-9091 or 619 892-4963
EBOOKS ARE HERE! We now
have over 120 copies of electronic books that
can either be previewed or checked out 24/7
using the RBHS library catalog. (Click on
the button to the right, Search the Library
Catalog.) Many are core literature titles
such as The Alchemist, A Tale of Two Cities,
Brave New World, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Frankenstein, The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn, The Joy Luck Club, The Scarlett Letter,
Hamlet and MacBeth. We also have available
several fiction books such as Meg Cabot’s,
Princess series books. We have SAT prep ebooks
and US history related ebooks. For a complete
list of ebooks, type ebook into the library
catalog and search by “keyword”.
To check out an ebook you must enter your
barcode # and your password which is your
last name. Only one person can check out a
copy of a particular ebook at a time. Ebooks
can be viewed and/or printed on computers
that have Adobe Reader 6.0 or better. Files
of ebooks can be transferred to your PDA.
Ebooks have built in dictionaries and can
be searched, highlighted and manipulated.
They can be checked out for 24 hours and then
are automatically checked in. Give it a try!
Let us know what you think!
Thanks! Thank you for your continued support
as we strive to provide the best service we
can during these most challenging times of
fiscal restraint. Please donate through the
RBHS Friends of the Library.
LIBRARY CONTACTS:
Benn von Wistinghausen, Teacher Librarian
bvonwistinghausen@powayusd.com (858)
485-4820
Frances French, Textbook Specialist
ffrench@powayusd.com,
Phone 858 485-4800 Ext, 4820
Come in and say “Hello!”
Web Page Updated October 29, 2009
