Look for it in the Library catalog

The Library includes fiction and non-fiction books – do you know the difference?

1. Fiction books are made up stories, and located at the back of the library, arranged by the author’s last name

2. Non-fiction books are located at the side of the library, arranged by subject, using Dewey Decimal Classification numbers

3. You use the library online catalog to find books in the library

Use the AHS Library Catalog – at school or from home

• Use one of the catalog computers

• Find and click the Library Search icon or:

• To use at home, go to: http://library.ausd.net/ (or use the Destiny mobile app on your phone or tablet; see the link at the end of this slide show)

• Click on Arcadia High School

The Library Search page looks different now in the

new Destiny Library System –

but it works the same way

For help, click here on any page

You can search for the title, the author or the subject and a few other things you see here on the menu bar

Type the name or title or subject in the find search box and click on the button

in the menu bar

Click on

Library

Search

A sample search – when trying to find a book by

Stephen King – if I type in king and hit enter, the

catalog makes a keyword search on the word “king” and I get more than 400

hits – not very helpful

go back to the first search screen

This list shows that the AHS library has 28

books by Stephen King, the call number where it can be found on the shelf, and if a book is available – click on the title to read more about the book

The best and fastest way to

find what I want is to type in his

last name – king or first and last names, and

click on the author tab at the top of the search screen

When you click on the title in the list, you get this page

that tells you more about the book

You can search for books by

subject by typing in the

term and clicking on the subject button

at the top

For your Mythology report on gods and goddesses, go back to the search screen by clicking on Library search, type mythology in the find box and click on the subject button

When you search for books by the subject mythology– this list shows that we have

more than 120 books under the subject term “Mythology”

Once again, when you click on the title, you can see more information about

the book

some information for a

“works cited” page in a report or presentation

For a different version of the catalog that you might want to use – click on Destiny Quest

This opening page gives you another place to search for books in

the library and a whole lot more (you can personalize it)

With a search for mythology - these results look different from the list we got in the basic search, but the same books are listed - click on the cover of the book you want to find

Read about the book here

Some information for a “works cited” page in a report or presentation

Now you can even have Quest on your iPhone, Droid or tablet

– go here: http://bit.ly/vMweTf (Download your version, choose Arcadia HS and log

in with your school log in)

Now you need to go to the Library at school, answer the questions

about the library, and then use the Library catalog to find a free

reading book to check out if you need one

Bye for now!