The Pleasant Valley High
School Library affords students, teachers, and staff, access to a rich
collection of reading and reference materials through traditional books,
audio-visual materials, and electronic resources. In addition to the high
school’s local collection, students can search the catalogs of over 3,000
libraries on the ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA database at
http://accesspa.state.pa.us
and request library materials through interlibrary loan at no charge.
The library web site
offers access to quality information resources to support our curriculum for the
entire school community. Users will find selected links to all subject areas as
well as links to recommended book lists, MLA guidelines, copyright information,
web site evaluation, search tools and research strategies.
In addition, a variety of
online subscription services provide current, authoritative, and comprehensive
coverage via the Internet. The high school subscription services are selected to
support all areas of the curriculum. Students may printout, download to disk, or
email full-text articles to a personal account. Passwords are available for
remote access.
The State POWER
Library project provides Internet access to thousands of full-text
periodical articles, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, and reference
materials. Home access to the POWER Library resources is available
to all valid public library cardholders through Western Pocono Community Library
at http://www.wpcl.lib.pa.us.
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Organization of
Material in the Library
Get to Know
the Dewey Decimal Classification System!
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PB |
Paperbacks - Fiction books in
paperback binding arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name
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YA |
Young Adult - High-interest
books, including graphic novels, arranged alphabetically by the author’s
last name
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SC |
Story Collection - Fiction short
story collections arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name
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F |
Fiction - Classic and
contemporary novels arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name
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SP |
Spanish
Language
– Novels written in or translated into Spanish |
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001-999 |
Non-Fiction - Informational books
arranged by subject according to the Dewey Decimal Classification
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B |
Biography - Book-length histories
of a person’s life arranged alphabetically by the subject (person)
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P |
Professional
- Curriculum resources arranged by
the Dewey Decimal Classification
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PT |
Professional Text - District
collection of post-graduate textbooks arranged by the Dewey Decimal
Classification |
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R |
Reference
- Non-circulating single and
multi-volume books consulted for facts and information arranged by the Dewey
Decimal Classification
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CR
Green Dot |
Career Resources - College and
occupation books with a one-week circulation period; arranged by the Dewey
Decimal Classification (25¢ per day overdue fine; limit one per student)
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Blue Dot |
Overnight Reference - Circulating
reference books with overnight checkout (25¢ per day overdue fine)
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Red Dot |
Ready Reference - Reference books
located for quick access
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Orange Dot |
Literary Criticism - Critical
analyses of authors and their works with one-week circulation (25¢ per day
overdue fine; limit one per student) |
