Media Center Orientation

2008

Who Can Help Me?

 Ms. Dwyer  Media Specialist  Academic/Unified Arts Teacher

What is a Library Media Center?

          Books Magazines Newspapers Videos DVDs CDs TV/VCR Computers with Internet access: school related Database access More

What Do I Need?

 No Library Card!

 Student ID Number Only!

 Sign out books for 3 weeks  Sign out a magazine overnight  Know your student number  Return books by due date or else renew them  Leave book or magazine in book return

Your Responsibilty

 When your borrow a book or magazine be sure to return it on time for the next person.

 Be courteous and respectful to others.

 Take care of the materials that you take out.

Fiction Section

 A fictional book is not true. It is made up from someone’s imagination. A

novel

is fiction.  Fiction books are arranged in

alphabetical

order according to the author’s

last

name. (Fic Row)

Reference Section

 Books such as dictionaries, general and special encyclopedias, atlases, world almanacs and more.

Ref.

031 Wor

Biograhpy 92

 A biography is a book written about the life of a person. It is supposed to be true.

 All books with the

call number 92 are biographies.

 Biographies are arranged

alphabetically by who they are about & shelved near the windows.

How Can I Come to the Library Media Center

 You can get a pass from your language arts, reading teacher or other teacher.  You need to have a pass.

Destiny Catalog

 Search by Author, Title, Keyword, Subject Destiny