· Online Catalog – Using the online catalog, you can find books and other materials in the Children’s area. You can limit your searches to items in the Children’s Collection by using the children’s interface or you can search for any item in the Worcester Public Library. Using the online catalog, you may also place holds on materials not on the shelf. Use the Children’s Catalog now.

· CD-ROM Computers – The library provides computers pre-loaded with software of interest to children such as Disney’s Adventures in Typing with Timon and Pumbaa or Pirate Raider.

· Reserved Computers – You may sign up with your library card to use a reserved computer to use common applications such as MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint, to search online databases, or search the internet.

The Internet has great information, but it is important to protect your privacy! Here are some “common sense” rules you should know.

My Rules for Online Safety

I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone number, parents' work address/telephone number, or the name or location of my school without my parents' permission.
I will tell my parents right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable.

I will never agree to get together with someone I "meet" online without first checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the meeting, I will be sure that it is in a public place and bring my mother or father along.

I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents.

I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do I will tell my parents right away so that they can contact the online service.

I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online. We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, and appropriate areas for me to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission.
Published by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1994

http://www.missingkids.org