Library

The library is a place for quiet research and study. Students are expected to be on task and working productively. Students will use computers and other equipment and resources responsibly and appropriately. Food, candy, and beverages are not allowed on either floor of the library or in any of the labs.

Hours

The library is housed on two floors; students may enter and exit the library only through the first floor doors. The library is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The facility is also open from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday evenings.

Borrowing Library Resources, and Equipment and Textbooks

Library books may be checked out for 3 weeks, with the option of renewal. Other resources have shorter loan periods. A 5 cent per item per school day fine is assessed for overdue library materials. Students must pay the replacement costs for lost or damaged materials.

Some types of equipment are available for student checkout for school-related projects. Special application/permission forms are required. A late fee is assessed and/or checkout privileges revoked from students who return equipment late.

Textbooks for most classes are circulated through the library. Overdue fines are not assessed for textbooks, but students must pay fines for damaged textbooks, or the replacement costs for lost textbooks.

Technology Resources and Use

Access to various technology resources is available to students for academic-related purposes. The goal of providing technology is to promote educational excellence by facilitating instruction and learning, research, production, innovation, communication, and collaboration.

Students must adhere to established guidelines regarding proper conduct and efficient, ethical and legal usage of computers. The ICCSD Board Policy 509 outlines student use of Technology Resources. Students who violate computer use guidelines will lose access privileges. School disciplinary actions and/or appropriate legal action may be taken.

Computer Use Guidelines

Acceptable Use--The use of the school’s computers must be in support of education and research and consistent with the district’s educational objectives. Computers may be used for academic, school-related purposes: e.g. research, word processing, preparing slide shows. Computers may not be used for non-academic purposes such as playing games, instant messaging, excessive personal web surfing, or excessive personal emailing.

Privileges--The use of the school’s computers is a privilege, not a right, and inappropriate use will result in the cancellation of those privileges and/or disciplinary action

Etiquette--Students are expected to abide by the generally accepted rules of network etiquette. Students are not to modify the standard configuration of any computer. Students must login and logout from the network properly. Students should report any malfunction to the appropriate staff.

E-mail--Student use of non-academic related email should be kept to a minimum. Messages relating to or in support of illegal activities may be reported to the proper authorities. Illegal activities are strictly forbidden. This includes but is not limited to threats, harassment, stalking, and fraud.

Intellectual Property--Students must respect the intellectual property of others by crediting sources and following all copyright laws. Students may not download or install software on school computers.

Vandalism--Vandalism will be grounds for losing computer privileges. This is defined as any malicious attempt to modify, harm or destroy the equipment, the computer configuration, or data of another user, the Internet, or any other networks.

Network Accounts--Students are assigned a network account logins which may be used on any computer in the school. The login gives students access to printers and resources. It also gives students storage space on the building file server. This space may only be used to store documents created for school-related projects. Students may not use the network to store programs or applications of any type, or non-school-related files. Files stored in students’ accounts are not guaranteed to be private. School staff may review the contents of student accounts to maintain system integrity and ensure responsible and appropriate use. Inappropriate use of student accounts may result in disciplinary actions, including loss of computer access.

Security--Security on the computer network is imperative. Specific actions are prohibited.

• Students are prohibited from using another individual’s account without permission.
• Attempts to break into password protected areas of a network or tamper with network systems will result in cancellation of user privileges.
• Accessing unauthorized portions of the Centerpoint system will result in cancellation of user privileges.
• Any attempt to breach the desktop security of a computer will result in cancellation of user privileges.
• Students who send network broadcast messages, thereby disrupting network use by others, will lose user privileges.
• Students who inappropriately message through Centerpoint will lose user privileges.

Any user identified as a security risk may be denied access to the school’s computer resources.

Plagiarism

To plagiarize means to take someone else's words and/or ideas and put them into your writing as though they were yours. Some people deliberately steal other writers' work, but much plagiarism in students' papers occurs through carelessness, uncertainty, or ignorance. Some simple rules will help you know how to avoid plagiarism.

• 1. Put quotation marks around all direct statements from others' work. Also make a parenthetical notation for this quotation.
• 2. Document any paraphrase of another writer's ideas or statements.
• 3. Document any thought you derived from a specific source in your reading.
• 4. Document any material, ideas, thoughts, etc., you took from your reading that can't be described as general knowledge.
• 5. Document any summary (even if in your own words) of a discussion from one of your sources.
• 6. Document any charts, graphs, tables, photos, diagrams, illustrations, etc., made by others or any you make with others' information.
• 7. Document material obtained through electronic resources (including electronic databases).

Paraphrase

To paraphrase means to put in your own words. Here is a paragraph quoted from the "Cliffs Notes on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar" followed by a paraphrase of the information.

Quotation

"The action begins in February, 44 B.C. Julius Caesar has just reentered Rome in triumph after a victory in Spain over the sons of his old enemy, Pompey the Great. A spontaneous celebration is interrupted and broken up by Flavius and Marullus, two political enemies of Caesar. It soon becomes apparent from their words that there are powerful and secret forces working against Caesar."(Vickers 8)

Student Paraphrase

In February of 44 B.C. Julius Caesar returns to Rome after defeating the sons of Pompey the Great in Spain. A magnificent celebration is stopped by Flavius and Marullus, enemies of Caesar. They are part of the faction that are against Caesar at this time (Vickers 8).

Notice that even though this quotation has been completely paraphrased, it is still documented because all the IDEAS came from this source.

Proper Documentation

Original Version: Quoted Directly From the Source:

"During the opening lines of this scene, tension builds rapidly. The Soothsayer offers Caesar a verbal warning and Artemidorus offers him a written warning, but Decius and Cassius intercede to distract him. The suspense peaks when Popilius Lena wishes Cassius success in his enterprise. All this occus in the first twenty four lines of the scene. Trebonius escorts Antony from the chamber and the conspirators are free to stalk and kill Caesar unopposed." (Vickers 36)

Student Version #1:

Tension builds rapidly in the opening lines of Act III, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In a mere twenty four lines, Shakespeare has the soothsayer and Artemidorus warn Caesar and be distracted by two conspirators. The peak of the suspense occurs when Popilus Lena offers his wish for Cassius' success in his plans. When Trebonius takes Antony out of the Senate chamber, the conspirators are able to kill Caesar unopposed.

Remarks: The writer has clearly plagiarized:

1. The writer uses information that is not common knowledge, information taken from the original paragraph, and yet does not document it.

2. The writer uses many of the source's exact words and phrases—steals them in fact—and does not mention that the words and phrases are taken from that source. Even though the writer does use some of her own words occasionally, she owes credit to the author for the knowledge in the paragraph itself and for the author's direct words.

Student Version #2:

Tension builds rapidly in the opening lines of Act III, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In a mere twenty four lines, Shakespeare has the soothsayer and Artemidorus warn Caesar and be distracted by two conspirators (Vickers 36). The peak of the suspense occurs when Popilius Lena offers his wish for Cassius' success in his plans. When Trebonius takes Antony out of the Senate chamber, the conspirators are able to kill Caesar unopposed (Vickers 36).

Remarks: The student is still plagiarizing.

Even though she documents the information regarding how quickly tension builds in the scene, she is still passing off many of her source's words as though they were hers. Just documenting a source does not give the student the license to use the author's phrases and words without giving credit.

Student Version #3:

Act III, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar demonstrates Shakespeare's skill in the creation of dramatic tension and suspense. The dramatic irony that has been in place since Brutus and Cassius

first spoke as Caesar was refusing the crown within the Roman Forum, has reached a crescendo. In this scene much happens very quickly; in a mere twenty four lines, Shakespeare makes both the soothsayer and Artemidorus warn Caesar, and he uses two conspirators to distract Caesar from what is happening (Vickers 36). The frenzy Popilius Lena creates when he wishes Cassius success in his day's plans brings the tension to its peak. When Shakespeare follows this peak with Trebonius' removal of Antony from the Senate Chamber, his pacing and plotting prepare the audience for the climax which is to follow and "the conspirators are now free to stalk and kill Caesar unopposed" (Vickers 36).

Remarks: Finally, the student has stopped plagiarizing.

The material has been recast to focus on Shakespeare's skill in creating suspense and dramatic tension. The first two sentences are totally her own. They do not come from the original source. The fact taken from the original, that this scene moves very quickly (24 lines), is documented, and the words taken directly from the source are quoted and correctly documented.

A bibliographic reference in a Works Cited list would follow the completed paper. This source would be cited as follows:

*Vickers, James E. "Shakespeare's Julius Caesar." Cliffs Notes Series. Lincoln: Cliffs Notes, Inc., 1980.

Other issues of concern: Cheating or Plagiarizing may include any of the following: participating in a group effort that presents plagiarized materials; downloading and submitting materials from electronic databases; purchasing and submitting materials as your own; copying from someone's homework, exam, lab work; allowing someone else to copy from your work; accepting credit for work completed without your participation; using notes or other materials during an exam without the teacher's knowledge. These are all issues that must be discussed in individual classes with individual teachers. In general, all of these are "forbidden" and dishonest activities.