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Library

General Library Information

Librarians: Elaine Rico and Ali Osuna

During the school year, the Library is open from 7:00 am - 3:30 pm. Library is open before school, during break, lunch and after school. (Unless otherwise noted).
Coin operated photocopier (10 cents per copy).
Scotch tape, staples, scratch paper, 3 hole punch.
Pen Machine (50¢ per pen) and Mechanical Pencil Machine (50¢ per pencil)

Search CVHS Library Books

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Search CVHS Library Books with online Circulation Catalog.

Orange County Public Libraries

Quick Link Here: OC Public Libraries Online Databases & Reference eBooks (Must have a Library Card to access online resources).

To search a database, use the link above. When accessing databases from home you will be prompted to enter your 10-digit library card number (no spaces).

Quick Link Here: Local OC Public Libraries Branch (Use this link to locate your neighborhood library).

Mission Viejo Library

Quick Link Here: Mission Viejo Library

Citation Builders

Quick Link Here:

BibMe

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

Quick Link Here: Citation machineSmart technology to create citations, provide grammar suggestions, and detect unintentional plagiarism.Calvin library 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

On Line Research

A+ Research Writing for High School and College Students

Need to write a research paper? Want to do an A+ job without going totally NUTS? Here’s help.

Research and Documentation Online

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.

Evaluating Web Pages

UC Berkeley Teaching Library Internet - Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial

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Search CVHS Library Books with online Circulation Catalog.

Click on the IMC Website link below for access to Research Tools. Use the magnifying glass to open links to Britannica digital Learning and ProQuest. Resources are also available in Spanish.