Welcome to the Media Center at Midland Middle School

Welcome to the Media Center at Midland Middle SchoolYour tour guide, Gem Butterfield

This is our fabulous media specialist, Mrs. Maness and her magnificent media assistant Ms. Moffett.

Hi there! I am Mrs. ManessHi! Im Ms. Moffett

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These are the doors to a wonderful world of adventure and learning.

When you come in, put your agenda book on the circulation desk and then sign in at the podium.

To the left of the door begins our non-fiction section. It goes almost all the way around, starting at the 100s of the Dewey Decimal System.

5Most of the books in the sections along the outer wall of the library are arranged in order with the Dewey Decimal System. Below is a general outline of the Dewey categories.000 Generalities 001.9 weird stuff like Bigfoot and UFOs 004 the Internet 020 libraries

100 Philosophy, Psychology, and Unexplained Phenomena 133.1 ghosts 133.5 astrology 152.1 optical illusions 170 - values

200 Religion Amish, Bible Stories, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Quakers, and other world religions; Greek, Roman and other myths...

500 Science and Math 520s planets and stars 551.2 volcanoes 567.9 dinosaurs 590s animals 600 Technology 600 the way things work 608 inventions 620s planes, trains, boats, and cars 636s pets and farm animals 641.5 cookbooks 690s how buildings are made

700 Arts and Sports 741 how to draw 745.5 crafts 791.4 movies 793.8 magic tricks 794 games 796s sports 798.2 horseback riding 800 Literature (this includes fiction)808 how to write 811 American poetry 818.54 jokes and riddles 900 Geography and History 910.4 shipwrecks, pirates, and explorers 932 Ancient Egypt and mummies 940 Medieval times castles and knights973 U.S. history 978 Cowboys and the wild west

All of these shelves are out fiction titles. They are arranged alphabetically by the authors last name. Occasionally, books are arranged by series.

This is a computer work station. Please make sure you have your internet use card. Let us know if we can help you!

This is our OPAC computer. We use Destiny to search for titles. I will show you how.

This is the first page in the online catalog, Destiny. This is how we look for particular books. You can search by keyword, title, author, subject or series.

Here I have put in a search for Kinney, Jeff. I will select the author tab to see a list of the books we have by him.

Jeff Kinney is the author of the Wimpy kid books.

This is our reference section. We have a great selection of encyclopedias and other reference books.

Here are some more reference books.

And some more reference books as well as some tables to spread out and work upon.

Over here are some paperback books. These books are available for checkout if you dont have your card or you need to return a book or pay a fine.

Heres Ms. Moffett, hard at work to make sure your visit was productive! Come back soon!

For Teachers and StaffProfessional resourcesThrough here is Ms. Maness office and a work area.

This is Mrs. Maness office If you dont see her out on the floor, she may be in here working. The door is always open!

Here is the laminating machine. It may take a day or two to get something laminated, but let us know if you need it sooner. We will do our best to get it for you.

In this room, there are class sets of novels by grade level as well as videos and DVDs by subject level. Most are listed in the OPAC, but if you need something, we can locate it at another school.

Here is the DVD and video collection. They are arranged by subject area and are on the OPAC. We can help you find most anything you need. We will need you to fill out a video use form that correlates with your lesson plan. Then we can think of any other resources we might have.

We also have itouches, SMART Response clickers, digital cameras, and video cameras.

This has just been an overview off what we have to offer. Let us know what you need or what you are working on and we will see how we can help.

Permission to use photos of Mrs. Maness and Ms. Moffett were given for school and educational use.