Library Orientation

The same rules that apply in the classroom apply in the library.

Finish all drinks & snacks before entering the library. If drinks & snacks cannot be finished before coming to the library they must stay off to the side in the hallway by the doors.

Internet use must be school related; this means: no visiting Myspace, Facebook, etc. This rule applies to before, during, and after school.

Students cannot enter the library office unless directed to do so by either Ms. Connolly, Ms. Jones, or is directed to do so for their teacher.

1. To reduce amount of paper used, copy and paste needed information from a website into a MS Word document so you can adjust the size and use less printer paper and ink.

2. The computers’ are cleaned every night, this means that if you are working on a project that you need to save it to a floppy disk, or a memory stick. If you save a project to the computer overnight it will not be there the next day.

3. All computers send their print jobs to the printer by the computer. Printer only prints in black & white.

You can find dictionaries, writing guides, encyclopedias, etc. in the Reference Section.

A call number is how you know which section of the library to find a particular book.

For example, a fiction book’s call number would look like this:

The FIC indicates that it is a Fiction book and, that the first three letters of the author’s last name begin with STI.

A Non-fiction book’s call number would look like this:

FIC

STI

796.43

JONThe numbers indicate that it is a non-fiction book, and that the first

three letters of the author’s last name begin with JON.

Reference books’ call numbers look similar to those of non-fiction books but, they also have REF indicating that they are reference books,

on the row above the number.

REF

796.43

JON

You use the Destiny Online Catalog…

…which is located at:

Screen Shot of Destiny Homepage

www.schoolnotes.com

www.ncwiseowl.org

www.highschoolace.com

www.sparknotes.com

www.schoolisland.com

www.sasinschool.com