Creating Resource Lists

in DestinyLita Brown, Librarian,

Instructional Technology Educator, Information Technology Teacher

Destiny, DeKalb County’s Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), has

many helpful features for educators and

students.

Today, we will focus on 2 of those features:

Searching by Strand

and Resource Lists

You do not need to log in to Destiny to search by strand, but you will need to be logged in to

create a resource list.

You never know when you will find something useful, so it is best to get into the habit of logging in

when you open Destiny.

To login, simply enter your employee number

(e followed by 8 numbers)for the username and

mydestiny as the password.

Create a Resource ListIn the Left Navigation

Area, click Resource Lists

On the right, click Add List

Now, Name your List.For example, Credit Cards

Click Make this List Publicif you want your students

to be able to access this list.

Now, Save.

Searching by Strand

Once you are logged in, click the Catalog tab

Then click Standards Search in the Left Navigation bar.

Click your Content Area

Then Select the Grade Level

Now, select your Strand

Select your Topic

and Select your Standard

Click Find it, next to your Standard.

You can now save your results as a Resource

List.

The default display is materials in the library, but you can also save

Online Materials to a Resource List.

Doing this for your students provides them with vetted sources, saving time.

To display Online Materials, select the Web Sites tab, at

the top right.

For Standard SSEPF4 (The student will evaluate the

costs and benefits of using credit) There are 268 websites to choose

from.

You can reserve library time for your students to access

these websites for a project,

or send a student runner to see if there is space

available to send small groups.

See You Soon and Have Fun!