Teaching children how to utilize the library computer catalog.

1. TEACHING LIBRARY USE SKILLS How to Use the Computer Catalog to locate a Book.

2. Are You Confused?Need Help Finding a Book? Help! I don’t know where to look. Hmm… What to read?

3. Let’s Learn: How to Use the Computer Catalog

4. Let’s Learn:How to Use the Catalog Type book information, such as author’s name, book title, or a keyword. Click the corresponding icon to retrieve Information. Junie B. Jones, click “Title” all books in this series will appear.

5. Let’s Learn:How to Use the Catalog Here, the author’s name was selected, Barrows. When clicking “author” icon, all of the books this author wrote will come up.

6. Using the Catalog:List of Available Books Here is the list of books in the series, choose a title. Ex: Junie B. Jones and her big fat mouth. Write down: title and “FIC PAR” to help locate book on shelf.

7. Using the Catalog:List of Available Books Choose an Ivy + Bean title. Ivy + Bean take care of the babysitter. Write down: the title you want and “FIC BAR” to help locate book on shelf.

8. Using the Catalog:Choose your Book I want to read Junie B; first grader: toothless wonder. I will write down: FIC PAR and the title to help me locate my book.

9. Using the Catalog:Choose your Book I like this Ivy + Bean title. I will write down title and “F BAR” to find book on shelf.

10. Locating a Book I see the books on the shelves, but how do I find the book I want? Write the title desired, sometimes an alternate, your first choice may not be available. Now, write the letter(s) or numbers that appear under the title. The bookshelves will have a range of letters for the particular last name . EXAMPLE: E PAR F or FIC BAR 398.2 HAR B OBA REF 1

11. Locating a Book Using Library Terminology “E” usually represents Everybody books; inclusive of all reading level, usually picture books.

12. Locating a Book Using Library Terminology “F” or “FIC” is Fiction books. These books have various levels, but are not true stories.

13. Locating a Book Using Library Terminology Books that begin in the number range, 398 fall in the Fairy Tale theme.

14. Locating a Book Using Library Terminology “Bio” or “B” is for biographies, books about famous people.

15. Locating a Book Using Library Terminology “Ref” refers to reference books and non fiction. They are classified by numbers according to the Dewey Decimal system. 000-990

16. Locating a Book Okay, now that you know what the letters and numbers mean, what about the 3 letters that follow? The 3 letters that follow the “E” or FIC or even a Number, are the first 3 letters of the author’s last name. Examples: I want to find a book on President Obama? How do I find it? Look for “B” for biography, then the first 3 letters of last name, like this B OBA

17. Example of a Biography B= Biography, OBA= Obama A biography of President Barack Obama.

18. Example of Everybody Book E= Everybody, POL= Polacco A picture book by Patricia Polacco.

19. Example of Reference Book REF= Reference AME= American Heritage. A Dictionary is a type of Reference.

20. Let’s Go On a Treasure Hunt,for Books! We have learned how to locate books on the shelves. Now, we have our book information; Call Numbers, and book title. Let’s go search!

21. Look, I Found It! I matched my information from the computer to the information on the shelf. I found the book I wanted! Junie B. First Grader: Toothless Wonder.

22. Hooray, I Found It, Too! I matched the computer information with the shelf information. I did it! I can’t wait to read my book.