Capistrano Valley High School Home
Library

 Librarians: Elaine Rico and MaryAnn Kretch

  • During the school year, the Library is open from 7:00 am - 3:30 pm. We are also open during break and lunch.
  • Coin operated photocopier (10 cents per copy).
  • B/W Document printer access via Library workstations (10 cents per page).
  • Scotch tape, staples, scratch paper, 3 hole punch.
  • Pen Machine (25¢ per pen) and Mechanical Pencil Machine (50¢ per pencil)

Textbook Rules and Procedures:

CUSD Library and Textbook Information-English

CUSD Library and Textbook Information-Spanish

Book Locker Agreement:

Book Locker Agreement-English

Book Locker Agreement-Spanish

Gr. 9-12 Textbooks Online Resources

Citation Builders

BibMe

The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It's the easiest way to build a works cited  page.

Citation Machine

KnightCite 

Provides an interactive tool to help create reference citations for research papers. Click on the type of resource you are citing and fill in the blanks.  Choose MLA format, and just copy and paste.

 

The links on these pages connect students to resources, which are recommended because of their educational content and value. Students are not intended to visit pages beyond the specific links provided.

Search Engines

ipl2: Information You Can Trust - Here you'll be connected to quality, authoritative sites. Search by keyword or narrow down your search by browsing categories like business, government, media, health, computers, or the arts and humanities.

refdesk.com - RefDesk is known as the "fact checker for the Internet." You can search MSN, Google, Yahoo! or Wikipedia, as well as various dictionaries and periodicals.

Infoplease - Get information on any subject, from history and government to arts and intertainment to world news to biographical information to homework help.

50 Awesome Search Engines

The links on these pages connect students to resources, which are recommended because of their educational content and value. Students are not intended to visit pages beyond the specific links provided.

On Line Research

Need to write a research paper? Want to do an A+ job without going totally NUTS? Here’s help.
 
Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age by Diana Hacker
 
An extensive annotated list of specialized sources for more than 30 disciplines. The resources are organized by type—databases and indexes, Web resources, and reference books—under four main categories: Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences.
 
UC Berkeley Teaching Library Internet - Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
 
Web Tutorial by Widener University Chester, PA
 
The links on these pages connect students to resources, which are recommended because of their educational content and value. Students are not intended to visit pages beyond the specific links provided.

Dewey Decimal Classification System

Dewey Decimal System
Our library is organized using the Dewey Decimal Classification System.  To learn about the Dewey Decimal System, complete these tutorials:
 
 
Melvin Dewey
           Melvin Dewey
 

On The Shelf

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CVHS Library

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MaryAnn and Elaine.jpg Look Up Station Lounge Area Library Computer Lab