Using the Library

USING THE LIB

RARY

B E I NG R

E S O U R C E F U L I N T

H E LB R A R Y

IF YOU KNOW HOW TO

USE THE CATA

LOG

Y O U CA N F

I ND A

N Y T H I NG Y

O U WA N T

ALL TH

E INFO

RMATION

YOU NEED IS RIGHT

THERE ON TH

E SCREEN

J US T L

O O K ! !

THE COMPUTER TELLS YOU WHICH SECTION TO LOOK IN Does it say F or Fic?

Then look in the Fiction section (also known as Chapter Books)

Does it say E?Then look in the Easies (also known as the Picture Books)

Does it have a number?Then it’s Non-fictionCheck the number, then look at the number ranges on the signs at the end of each Non-fiction shelf

F IS FOR FICTION

All you need to know is what section it’s in and who the author is

Fiction is arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name

Look for the signs at the top of each Fiction shelf to guide you

Any name between Abbott and Bell will be on this shelf

We are looking for Tony Abbott

Here are the books by Tony Abbott

E IS FOR EASY

All you need to know is what section it’s in and who the author is

Look for the signs on the sides of each Easy shelf to guide you

This sign tells us that authors with last names beginning with A through B are on

one side and authors beginning with C through De are on the other.

We are looking for Arnold Adoff .

There are also signs guiding you to the popular authors located on each shelf

Here are the books by Adoff

NUMBERS ARE FOR NON-FICTION

All you need to know is the Dewey Decimal number for the book and who

wrote it

Look for the signs at the end of each Non-fiction shelf to guide you

Here the number ranges on each shelf are given on each sign. We are looking for

001.9, so we need to go to the left here – to the front of this shelf

Here are the books with the call number of 001.9