GOALS is an acronym for Guilford Open Access
to Libraries for Students.  Guilford County
Schools partnered with the libraries in Guilford
County so that all current students have access
to a library card using their student IDs. 
This tutorial will show you exactly how to
use the GOALS card to help you get the resources
and information you need from the High Point
Public Library. You can access these resources
anywhere that you can get on the internet.
For a limited time, the High Point Public
Library will be streaming Wi-Fi in the parking
lot so that students can access the Internet
to do their schoolwork. Using the GOALS card
as your library card number is easy,  when
you login, your library card number will
be capital GCS as in Guilford County Schools
and your student ID number. Your PIN number
is the first two numbers of your birth month
and the last two numbers of your birth year
for example: January 2002 would be 0102.
The GOALS card enables students to borrow
up to 10 items and 5 digital items as well
as access the library e-resources and databases.
You can reserve books and movies online or
over the phone to pick up at the library if
you are unable to come in. You can also borrow
digital books and audiobooks online, you can
access our online database via NC live for
homework and projects, you can also borrow
graphic novels, magazines and music. There
are no overdue fines for GOALS accounts however
students are responsible for fees on lost
or damaged books and resources. Students can
come into the library to borrow books and
use the computers using their GOALS card as
a library card. However students 12 and younger
must be accompanied by an adult. If you are
having trouble figuring out what your Guilford
County Schools student ID is, contact your
school or your school library media coordinator.
If you want to access music, read alongs and
comics you can go to Hoopla. First click I
want to, then popular destinations, then scroll
down to Hoopla.  Here you will enter your
Guilford County Schools email address and
use the password for that email. In Hoopla,
you can browse audiobooks, music, comics and
ebooks. When you borrow a book from Hoopla
it will show up automatically on your screen.
To borrow music, go to browse music and scroll
to the title you would like to borrow. The
music will instantly come up on your screen.
To get back to the main menu, click my Hoopla
and to view the items that you're borrowing
click currently borrowed. Here I have selected
a read along. The read alongs are professionally
narrated and the words are highlighted  as they are read.
