Transcript Slide 1

How to Use Destiny
• This presentation is designed to cover the basics of
Destiny, the RUSD library and textbook management
system. In order to use Destiny effectively, you will need
to be logged into a computer that can access the
internet.
• Find Destiny at http://library.redlandsusd.net
• The student portion of the Destiny Tour takes
approximately 20 minutes. If you are looking for
information on how to use a specific option or feature,
click on the links in the Table of Contents, located on
the next slide.
Table of Contents
• The Destiny portal
• Basics
– Guest use
– “Breadcrumbs”
– Logging in
• Using
– Searches
• Basic
• Visual
• Power
– Managing
• Reviews
• My Info
• Recommendations
• Holding Titles
– at CVHS
– at another RUSD school
• Creating & Using Lists
– Wish Lists
– Resource Lists
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•
Creating
Refining
Selecting titles
Working with lists
– Citations
– Bibliographies
From CVHS’ School
Fusion website, click
“Library,” then “Find
Books,” then
“Destiny: CVHS
Library.”
The Home tab
displays popular
books, basic use
information, and
helpful links that can
help you navigate
Destiny, as well as
other educational sites
available for CVHS.
Click “Login” if you want to do more than search.
You can start searching for a book by entering what it is you want to find in the “Find” box and then
clicking on the appropriate buttons:
Keyword--search the entire record for the word or phrase.
Title--search all or part of the title: e.g., “Potter.”
Author--search for books that an author has written: e.g., “Meyer.”
Subject--look for books in a particular field of study: e.g., “whales.”
Series--find all of the titles in a set: e.g., “Lord of the Rings.”
See “How do I . . .?” for more information or examples of “Power” or “Visual” searching.
Note that clicking on the buttons on the left will change the program’s displayed languages to either
French or Spanish, but WILL NOT change the language of the title information Destiny displays.
A word about
“Breadcrumbs” and
website navigation.
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Your user name and password are the same as the ones you use to login to the library
computers and the School Fusion website.
Once logged in, your
name appears in the
upper right-hand
corner of the window,
and your school’s
name and logo appear
in the upper-left.
Finally, you can use
the “Help” button in the
upper right-hand
corner if you are
unsure of what to do or
how to do it while using
Destiny.
You also can access
some links to other
websites, and can click
on the tabs for
“Catalog,” to search, or
on “My Info” to see
what you have checked
out, overdue, or on
hold.
Clicking on “My Info”
shows your checkout
history.
If you lose a book,
check here, first.
Library staff will
check in anything
that comes to us,
so if the book’s
title shows here,
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bookstudent
is still out
there
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for finding it or
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textbooks,
paying
for it.
with one
overdue . . .
and a ready
hold.
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next to “How do I . . . “ For more information on an available function, click on the question mark icons.
Use “My Searches” if you want to go back to a search you did before.
Sometimes, you may
not have a specific
book in mind.
When that happens, try
doing a “Visual Search.”
Here are 9 fiction &
non-fiction books on
“Antarctica” that are a
good place to start.
Let’s find a book by Title. . . .
In this example, entering part of a title with an asterisk (*) will find anything beginning with “Tokyo M”
Clicking on “Title” will get us the results we want.
The “Search Titles” screen shows:
The Title
The Cover
Clicking on “Details” will get you
more information about a title.
You can sort by
“Relevance” (i.e., how
The Call Number, Author, Publisher
closely the information in
and Year Published
the book’s record matches
your search terms), “Title,”
How many
or many
copiesother
are available
criteria.
Sorting by “Status” will list
books with available copies
first.
Use the menu bar
to get more
information about
the book . . .
Let’s look at some of
these. . . .
You can also see
reviews of books . . .
get copy information . . .
and place a book
on hold.
Clicking on “Find It” will
get you lists of books by
the same author or in the
same subject area.
Last, you can click on “Recommend” to send others a title that you think might interest them.
If there is more than one title,
use the green arrows, above,
to move to other titles before
or after this one in the
previous list.
Here are 109 titles
that also fit the
subject,
“psychological
fiction.”
“Find It” is a great
way to search for
things when you
have nothing in
mind; just start by
searching for the
last good book
you read, and
then use “Find It”
to get you
started.
Say you read Odd
Thomas and want
another book that is like
it. Click on the “Find It”
button.
“Publication Info” is where you
can find the number of pages a
book has.
“Additional Info” often gives you information
about the title, artwork, and other miscellaneous
information. It also may give you the reading
level and interest level of a book.
Clicking on the cover
may get you more
information about the
book.
You can return to your
previous Destiny window by
clicking this tab or by closing
the TitlePeek tab or window.
Use the tabs on the
left to read a
summary, reviews,
or an excerpt, if
available.
When you click on a book’s cover in
the “Search Results” window, you will
be taken to another website. Another
tab (or maybe another window,
depending on your browser) will open.
From the “Details”
When you see search
window, you can
results, you may see a
read any student
title with a star-rating.
reviews.
Remember, all
reviews have to
be approved by
a library staff
member . . .
and don’t forget
that YOUR
name will be on
the review.
You may only review a book ONCE . . .
so think your reviews through,
and make them count.
Let’s add a simple review in the
“Reviews” window.
Destiny has “spellcheck”; the squiggly
red line tells you
Destiny needs you to
be sure the word is
spelled correctly.
Write your review. Remember,
your review will have your
name on it AND it will have to
be approved by a library staff
member before it will post.
“Mouse-over”
the stars to set
a rating.
Check your postings
BEFORE you click
“Save.”
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is if they first
look for the book. If
you want to force the
issue, “Recommend”
a title to friends,
directly.
Search for a CVHS
student or staff
member, here.
Click on the
person’s name
Check the My
Info tab often,
as library staff
will sometimes
use
“Recommend” to
send you a
message.
Enter the name of the person to whom you want to recommend the title, and click the “Go” button.
Enter your comments and click the “Save” button. That’s it, but remember: Your comments
will be screened by library staff and we will have to approve them. If we cannot , we will
have to bother you to explain why we could not.
Let’s put a
book on
“Hold.”
When you put an item on hold,
you will see a message that
tells you what your “Hold”
status is. In this case, the book
is on the shelf . . . so go get it!
We do not have enough staff to
guarantee that we will be able to
But what if a book isn’t AT the
gather books for you that are on the
CVHS library?
library shelves. If you place a “Hold”
on a book that is not checked out to
another student, the “Hold” may be
ignored. You should come into the
library and find books like these,
yourself.
Most of the time you can start by searching . . .
in the CVHS library.
When this screen appears, it means
CVHS’s library does not have the
book. To look outside our school, click
“Refine your search.”
Try your search
again, but this
time look at other
sites in RUSD.
Let’s see what we
get if we search
for a Title in
“Redlands USD.”
MUCH better results,
with forty titles. Let’s
get the second one by
clicking on “Details.”
This screen shows
you there are no
titles at CVHS. . . but
there are two at
other schools, with
one available.
Clicking on “Hold
It!” will send your
request to the
CVHS library staff.
Once we approve
it, the request will
go to another
school and your
book could soon be
here.
We will not notify you
when your book
arrives, but you can
check the status of
your hold by clicking
on the “My Info” tab.
When you see
“Ready” next to the
title, your book is
waiting for you at the
CVHS library
circulation desk.
If you believe a
title that we do
not have is one
we should have,
click “Add to
Wish List.”
Clicking on
“Resource Lists” in
the “My Info” window
will allow you to view
and create your own
lists.
“My Personal List”
is the default.
Clicking “Add List”
will let you create
specific lists for
specific classes,
subjects, or other
things.
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There are 127 books
that meet our
requirements.
Clicking “Add to this
list” will add the book
to “My Personal
List.”
If the screen shows “In
This List” rather than
“Add to this List’ it means
you have added the title.
You can also click “Add
Page” to add all 25
copies listed on the
screen. Clicking “Show
All” will load all pages;
“Add Page will then add
all 127 titles to your list.
Let’s jump ahead a bit. . . .
How did we get here?
Remember the
“breadcrumbs”?
Now that you are back in
“My Personal List,” you
can work with all the
books you have selected.
Clicking on “Remove” will
remove the title from your
list, only (NOT from
Destiny).
Clicking on “Citation,” will
let you see the MLA
information for the book. If
some is missing, you can
add to it. It will only add to
the list, not to the actual
record in Destiny.
One more thing about
using citations . . .
At the bottom of any
resource list, click
“Citation List” or
“Bibliography” and then
”Go.”
Choosing
“Citation List”
produces an
MLA formatted
list of books in
another tab or
window.
(These options should make your teachers happy, too.)
Selecting
“Bibliography” will
give you other
results.
Finally, should you have further questions, remember that you can always
click on the “Help” button in the upper-right corner of almost any page in
Destiny. Their help is FAR more detailed than this presentation would even try
to be.
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