Transcript Slide 1

Welcome to
Highlands High
School Library
Library Orientation
Program
Librarian
Mrs. 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 High School
Library and where to
locate those resources.
Here is a photograph of our
library. The library
computer lab is located
upstairs on the balcony
level of the library.
There are computers located
on the first floor of the
library under the stairs.
These are primarily used to
look up library materials on
OPAC.
The objectives of this
lesson are to:
•Log into Destiny from
school or home
•Find a book in Destiny
•Complete an OPAC
search for an author,
title, or subject
•Identify three online
Power Library
databases that will help
with research
How to Find a Book
in Destiny
This is the web address:
http://destiny.goldenrams.com
Notice that you do not
use www in the
address. You can also
log into Destiny from
home.
Your screen will look like this.
You will need to click on the link
for Highlands High.
Now you are in the Highlands
High School catalog. You need to
click on the login button in the
upper right hand corner of the
page.
You will need to log in with your
student id number. You will use
your id number as both the user
name and the password.
Your name should now appear in
the upper right hand corner by
the logout button.
Practice:
Click on the Destiny link
below and enter your
login information. When
you are finished exit the
browser to return to this
tutorial.
http://destiny.goldenrams.com
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
the title highlighted in bold print.
You can click on the book title 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:
Log onto your account in Destiny
using the link below. Find the
answer and close the browser when
you are finished to return here.
http://destiny.goldenrams.com
Click on the correct answer.
1. Find the author of the book
Impossible. Is it…
A. Nancy Werlin
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.
You will see the author’s name in
bold print and the number of books
Highlands High School library has
by that author. You will now click
on the author name.
Now we see a screen with a list of
all the books written by that
author that are located in the
Highlands High School Library. If
we click on the details button of
the one we are interested in we can
find information about that book.
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:
Log onto your account in Destiny using
the link below. Find the answer and
close the browser when you are
finished to return here.
http://destiny.goldenrams.com
Click on the correct answer.
2. What is the title of the book
written by Faith Adams?
A. Paraguay
B. Nicaragua : struggling with
change
C. Nigeria: a new beginning
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 our subject pollution in dark
bold print. It tells us that the library
has 14 copies of books that are about
pollution. We can click on the word to
get more details.
Now we see a listing of the 14 books
about pollution. We think that Climate
and the Environment 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 551.6 CLI.
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 500 section
of nonfiction and locate
the specific call number
of 551.6 CLI. This is the
Dewey category for Pure
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:
Log onto your account in Destiny
using the link below. Find the
answer and close the browser when
you are finished to return here.
http://destiny.goldenrams.com
Click on the correct answer.
3. When you enter the subject
alligators you find one book
titled…
A. Alligators
B. Alligators and Crocodiles
C. Alligators and Other Reptiles
Good
Job!
You are
correct
Continue
That is
incorrect.
Please try
again.
Highlands High School
Library also has a
subscription to several
online databases that
will assist you with your
research. You can find
the Power Library icon
on the desktop to search
for a database.
You will get a screen that looks like this.
Let’s examine three different databases
that will help you. Let’s look at the
Student Research Center (6-12).
Click on the Student
Research Center button
to listen to a tutorial on
what features can be
found in this database.
When finished close the browser
and return to this tutorial.
Now let’s take a look at a database
called SIRS Discoverer which is also
found in Power Library.
Click on the SIRS
button to listen to a
tutorial on what
features can be found in
this database.
When finished close the
browser and return to this
tutorial.
Now let’s take a look at a database
called Facts for Learning which can also
found in Power Library.
Click on the words
Facts for Learning to
listen to a tutorial on
what features can be
found in this
database.
When finished close the
browser and return to this
tutorial.
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. Complete the
workbook page linked here.
Type your answers and print
your completed worksheet and
return to the librarian. Then
you may continue this tutorial.
When you are finished with your
library search make sure to click
the logout button (located in the
upper right hand corner) to exit
the Destiny program.
Now you are ready to use
the Highlands High
School Library to begin
your research.
The End