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Welcome to
Highlands Middle
School Library
Library Orientation
Program
Librarian
Dr. Sandra Reidmiller
Before you open a
book, let’s find out
how the library
works!!!
The library offers many
resources to help you
succeed. You just need to
learn where to find them.
This program will give
you an overview of what
is available in the
Highlands Middle School
Library and where to
locate those resources.
Dr. Reidmiller is the
Library Media Specialist
and is always glad to help
students locate and use
library materials.
Computers are available
throughout the library to
look up books in Destiny
and to use for reference and
research.
The objectives of this
lesson are to:
•Log into Follett Destiny
•Find a book in Destiny
•Complete an OPAC
search for an author,
title, or subject
•Identify online
databases that will help
students with research
How to Find a Book
in Destiny
•Log into a library
computer
•Go to goldenrams.com
•Click on the link for
Destiny in the brown
bar on the left
•Click on the link for
the middle school
You should see a screen that
looks like this.
Click on the tab which reads
Highlands Middle on the upper
left hand corner of the page.
You will see a screen that looks
like this. You can enter a search
term in the box.
You can search by keyword, title,
author, subject, or series.
Practice:
Make sure that
Highlands Middle shows
you are searching in the
Highlands Middle School
Library. You can set
limiters when searching
as needed.
If you know the title of a book
and want to look it up you can
enter the title in the Find box.
We are using Fever, 1793 as an
example.
It does not matter if you use
lower or uppercase letters.
Searches are not case
sensitive. For example,
searches for give yourself
goosebumps, Give YourSelf
GooseBumpS, and GIVE
YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS
will all return the same
results.
Destiny ignores certain words,
called stop words, in search
terms. If you need to include stop
words in your search term, switch
to the Power tab, enter the term
with the stop words, and select
"Starts with".
If the title begins with an "A" that
isn't a leading article, such as "A,
my name is Ami" or "A is for
America," put quotation marks
around the title.
Destiny ignores the punctuation
in a search term. If your search
term includes words separated
by a punctuation mark such as a
dash, double-dash, hyphen, or
slash, leave it out. When you
leave it out, don't replace the
punctuation mark with a space.
For example, if you're trying to
find Camp Ghost-Away, enter
camp ghostaway.
If you're trying to find Katie.com,
enter katiecom.
After typing in the name of the
title, you will click on the Title
button above.
You will now see a screen that has
a list of titles with the terms
included. You can click on the book
title details to get more
information.
On this screen you can find out
many things about the book. You
can see a picture of the cover of the
book. You can read a summary of
the book to see if it is what you are
looking for.
You can find out how many copies
of the book the library owns and if
any of these copies is available for
check out. You can find the call
number of the book so that you can
locate it easily in the library.
The call number for this book is
FIC AND. The letters FIC in the
call number tell you that the book
is a fiction book and it is located in
the fiction section of the library.
The AND in the call number tells
you that the book was written by
an author whose last name begins
with these letters. The last name
of this author is Anderson.
You are
now
ready to
find the
book on
the
library
shelves.
Fic
And
Practice #1:
Using the Destiny program search
for the book Catalyst using the
title tab.
Click on the correct answer.
1. Find the author of the book
Catalyst. Is it…
A. Laurie Anderson
B. Ann Devlin
C. Amy Wertz
Good
Job!
You are
correct
Continue
That is
incorrect.
Please try
again.
Let’s say that after
reading Fever, 1793 you
would like to read other
books written by Laurie
Halse Anderson. You can
complete an author
search to find out if our
library has additional
titles by a particular
author.
You can type in the author’s
name starting with the last name
first. Then you will click on the
Author button.
Now we see a screen with a list of
all the books written by that
author that are located in the
Highlands Middle School Library.
If we click on the details button of
the one we are interested in we can
find information about that book.
Here are the details for the book
Chains which was also written by
author Laurie Halse Anderson.
We can see a picture of the cover of
the book and if any copies are
available at this time. We can
identify the call number to find the
book on the library shelves.
Practice #2:
Practice completing an author search.
What did author Meish Goldish write?
Remember to search using the author’s
last name first.
Click on the correct answer.
2. What is the title of the book
written by Judith Presnall?
A. It’s a Dog’s Life
B. Hollywood Dogs
C. Hotel for Dogs
Good
Job!
You are
correct
Continue
That is
incorrect.
Please try
again.
What do you do if you do
not know the exact title
of the book you are
looking for? Let’s say
you are assigned the
topic of pollution to
research. You can
complete a subject
search to see what is
available on this
particular topic.
You will type in the word
pollution in the Find box. Next
you will click on the subject box
above.
If you misspell a search word, or
Destiny cannot find your word,
Destiny asks you, Did you
mean...?. If Destiny's word is
correct—if it's the word you
want—click the word to see the
search results. If not, click Refine
your search and try again.
Example:
If you type dinasors, Destiny asks
you, Did you mean "dinosaurs"?
Click dinosaurs if that's the word
you meant to enter.
If not, click Refine your search
and try again.
We see a list of 17 books about pollution
which can be located in the Highlands
Middle School Library.
We think that the book title Managing
Toxic Wastes might work for our needs,
so we click on the details button for that
title.
We see that the library has one copy of
the book and that it is available. The
call number for this book is 363.728 K.
We know that this a Dewey Decimal
number and that we will find this
book in the nonfiction section of the
library.
We locate the 300 section
of nonfiction and locate
the specific call number
of 363.728 K. This is the
Dewey Number for Social
Science. We can find the
particular book we need.
Click on the call number for each
of the nonfiction library books
below to put them on the shelves
in the correct order. Can you
guess how they will go?
505
Gig
502.1
Fla
503.3
Cla
501
Joh
What if my Search
Results list is too long?
How do I find fewer
titles?
If your Search Results list
is too large, refine your
search, using a more
exact term. By default,
Destiny only returns
things that include all
your words.
Tips:
•If you use more words, you'll get
fewer results. Use North American
birds rather than just birds.
•Be as specific as you can be. Use
marine biology rather than science.
•Put NOT (in capital letters) in
front of each word that you don't
want. For example, pets NOT cats
NOT birds will give you titles
about pets—all kinds of pets except
for cats and birds.
•If the Search Results list is still
too long, or doesn't contain what
you want, try the Power search.
What if my Search Results list is
too short? How do I find more
titles?
If you get too few results, refine
your search using some of these
methods:
•Use a more general term. For
example, use history or war rather
than Spanish-American war.
•Try adding similar words with OR
(in capital letters) in front of each.
For example, cars OR autos OR
automobiles.
•Try using a similar or related
word. For example, if biosphere
produces no results, try entering
atmosphere, or biology, or even life.
Practice #3:
Practice completing a subject search
on the subject Koalas.
Click on the correct answer.
3. When you enter the subject
Koalas you find one book titled…
A. Kangaroos and Koalas
B. Koalas
C. Koala Bears
Good
Job!
You are
correct
Continue
That is
incorrect.
Please try
again.
Highlands Middle School
Library also provides
links to several online
databases that will
assist you with your
research. You can locate
these on the school
library webpage under
Library Resources.
After you login to Destiny using your
library number you will get a screen
that looks like this. These are the links
for online resources which can help you
when completing research. The links
are listed in alphabetical order under
the heading Reference Links.
Find and click on the link
for Almanacs. Now click
on Infoplease Almanacs.
Practice a search in
almanacs.
Find the resource link for Dictionaries.
Click on this link (Library Spot) and
practice finding information on a
vocabulary term you would like to know
more about.
Click on the link for
Encyclopedias and find
information about a
topic you would like to
know more about.
Another link is for Grammar and Style
when writing. Click on Writer’s
Handbook in this link to see what
resources are available here.
Find the link
titledThesauri. The
thesaurus can be a good
resource when writing so
that you do not use the
same words repeatedly.
Click on Roget’s
Thesaurus and do a
“Quick” lookup in Roget’s
of the word library. What
other terms can be used
.
for the word library?
Assessment:
Your librarian has given you
a research project to
complete. Your topic is
ancient Egypt. Using
Destiny locate three books
that might help you with
your research. Jot down the
titles and turn in to the
librarian. Then you may
continue this tutorial.
The Follett Destiny Program
(card catalogue) can be a very
helpful tool and resource when
you are researching. You can
login to Destiny from your home
computer or device.
Now you are ready to use
the Highlands Middle
School Library to begin
your research. Have fun
reading and researching.
The End