Independent Library Users Can:

1. LOOK UP a book on Destiny2. LOCATE the book on a shelf (using a shelf

marker)

First!!!Know what you’re looking for * library website * award posters in library * suggestions from friends

Notice if the library is open

If the library is open

• Grab a shelf marker

• Go to the catalog

If the library is closed

• Go back to class

• Regular Catalog

LOOK UP a book

LOOK UP a book• Destiny Quest

If the school library doesn’t own the

book you want….(12,000 books in the school library)

(235,000 books + 65,000 non-book items)might!!!!

Locate The Call NumberExample:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

• Fiction book

• Written by Jeff Kinney

F

KIN

Write down the call

number on a piece of

paper!

What The Call Number Tells Us

AuthorF

KIN

E

WAT

031

GUI

B

FRA AuthorLocation

Locations000-999 Numbered items are non-fiction

B Biography (at end of non-fiction)E Books for Everyone (shelved after bios)F Fiction (outside perimeter of library)

MAG Magazines at end of Fiction (by Reference)REF Reference items (cannot be checked out)

to use a shelf marker!!