Library/Media Center

Library Hours:

Monday-Friday 7:50 AM to 3:05 PM
Tuesday: Closed to students during Silent Reading Study Hall Period
Monday after school until 4:00pm
Homework Club will be held in the Library each day afterschool and students are welcome to check out materials.

Library Policies

Checkout: Students may checkout an unlimited amount of materials as long as they do not have any overdues. No additional checkouts will be allowed if there are overdues. Exceptions: up to three items in a series may be check out at a time and up to two playaways checked out at a time. Materials are checked out for three week periods and may be renewed if a hold has not been planced on the items(s).

Fines: No fines are charged for overdue materials, but students are charged for damaged or lost items.

Returning Materials: Materials must be turned in or renewed by the due date. Materials

Holds: Students may place a hold request on materials with the exception of graphic novels. If a hold has been placed on an item, it may not be renewed. Once a hold item has been returned, students will be notified through their English teacher and will have 3 days to pick up the item.

Computers: Computers are for Library, research and class assignment use only. Student's are expected to follow the Acceptable use Guidelines found in the SR&R packet. There are no charges for printing but students are asked to print no more than 5 pages unless discussing with the library staff first. Outside flash drives are not allowed. Students should save all work to either their H: drive or their Google Drive account.

Citing Sources

Noodle Tools is a FCPS online citation maker. Student use individual accounts when they are provided.

OSLIS Secondary Citation Maker
Allows you to select the type of source, plug in the information, then provides the information in MLA 7 citation format.

EasyBib
Allows you to plug in the information. Make sure you select MLA 7.

Son of Citation Machine

**It is important to make sure you are using MLA 7 format; many web sites still use MLA 6 and have not updated their information to represent the correct format as of April 2009.

Sample Works Cited Page (Adobe)

Citation Forms with Examples
(fill out form, print it or rename it and save it)

Book (Adobe)(Word)

Encyclopedia (Adobe)(Word)

Periodical Article Print Format (Adobe)(Word)

Periodical Article from Online Database (Adobe)(Word)

Periodical Article from Website (Adobe)(Word)

Website (Adobe)(Word)

These are also available on the Irving Blackboard Library site.