Library Induction Booklet Your guide for how to use the Library and its resources
Name ......................................... English Teacher.........................................
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Welcome to the Library What does the Library offer? A quiet space for you to read, do research and complete extended learning Lots of books, including non-fiction to help with your research and fiction for reading for pleasure The Library gets a selection of magazines, including Match, Shout and Top Gear National and local daily and weekly newspapers Computers with internet access, from which you can print work for your extended learning Extended Learning Club where, as well as the Librarian, a further member of staff will be available to support you with your work
Borrowing Rules You can borrow up to four books at one time You get to keep books for three weeks You will be sent a reminder letter if your books are not returned by their due date If you have overdue books, you will not be able to borrow any further books until they are returned
Library: Opening Times
Before School
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8am – 8.40am
8am – 8.40am
8am – 8.40am
8am – 8.40am
8am – 8.40am
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
4pm – 4.45pm
4pm – 4.45pm
4pm – 4.45pm
Closed
Closed
Lunchtime After School
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Find your way around the Library
Label your floor-plan with these items: Fiction Non-fiction Reference Study area Computers Issue desk Newspapers and magazines Photocopier Comfy chairs
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Non-Fiction and the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System The Dewey Decimal Classification System was developed by Melville Dewey. The DDC system groups books together, so that they are ordered by their subject. The system was invented so that books were easier to find, with those about similar things closer together.
DDC 000099
Subject Classes Computer science, facts and general reference information
100s
Philosophy, psychology, ethics
200s
Religion
300s
Social issues and social sciences, e.g., law, education
400s
Languages
500s
Sciences (physics, biology, chemistry), maths
600s
Technology and applied science
700s
Arts, sport and leisure
800s
Literature, poetry and plays
900s
History, biography and travel
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Dewey Decimal Classification – Worksheet Can you predict which Dewey range the subjects will be found in? Fill in the middle column with your predictions. Now for each subject, go to the section you have predicted and see if you can find a book for each, writing the Dewey number from the spine in the third column Subject
Main Dewey Range (e.g. 200s)
Dewey Number
Rugby
700s
796.333
Photography Buddhism The internet Cookery Spanish World War One Islam Football Astronomy or Planets (e.g. Mars) Ancient Egypt Poems by Benjamin Zephaniah Racism/civil rights
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What is SearchStar? SearchStar is the Library’s very own search engine. You can use SearchStar to search for resources in the Library, just like using an internet search engine like Google. To access SearchStar, double click the Library Management System internet icon on your desktop. Then click SearchStar, which will open a new window for your search. Click SearchStar
The SearchStar program looks like this.
Search box
Type the word rugby into the simple search box and press enter. How many results are there? _________ What class, or Dewey, number do the books have? _________ Double-clicking a book record will bring up a new window, with even more information.
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Searching for books using simple search 1. Search the Library catalogue for books about ancient Egypt? Write down the title of one of the books .............................................................................................. What Dewey/class number does this book have? ..............................................................................................
2. Do you have any hobbies or interests? (e.g., music, sports, cooking etc.) Use SearchStar to see if the Library has any books about it. How many books were there? .............................................................................................. Write down the author of one of the books .............................................................................................. What Dewey number does this book have? ..............................................................................................
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Searching for books using advanced search You can use the advanced search facility to perform more detailed, specific searches for books.
Advanced search
Search using keyword Type your subject keyword here, then press enter
Click on the blue box and select “keywords”
Click the arrow and select “Equal to”
Use one of the subjects from the worksheet on page 5 to search as a keyword. Look at the results: 1. What Dewey number do your results have? .............................................................................................. 2. Are there any different numbers? If yes, why do you think that might be? .............................................................................................. Start a new search by clicking the X button, and try one of the other subjects from the list on page 5 Click “X” for a new search
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Search for a book using title 1. Select Title, then Including and type space in the search box. Write down the title and Dewey number for two of the books .............................................................................................. ..............................................................................................
2. Do the same search, this time for chocolate Write down the author and number of copies for two of the books .............................................................................................. ..............................................................................................
Double-click one of the records, to bring up a new window and see more information about the book. Write down the keywords for the book ......................................................................................... When was it published? .........................................................................................
Search for a book using author 1. Select Author, and Including, and type Wilson in the search box. How many different authors are there with the name Wilson? Write down their names. .............................................................................................. 2. Search for a book by your favourite author. Write down the title of one of the books ..............................................................................................
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Search Tasks Use either the simple search or advanced search to complete the next tasks.
1. Find a book about a particular religion Who is the author and what is the Dewey number? ..............................................................................................
2. Find a book about the Olympics Write down the Keywords for one of the books ..............................................................................................
3. Find a book about cars How many books have you found? .............................................................................................. What subject class are these books in? ..............................................................................................
4. Find a book with the class number beginning with 32 Write down the title and author of two of these books .............................................................................................. ..............................................................................................
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Writing a Book Review in Search Star The Library’s catalogue Search Star has a book review facility. To add your own review on a book that you have borrowed, follow these steps: 1. Open Eclipse and then Search Star 2. Click on the ‘My Account’ icon on the left side of the page
3. In the new window, click on the ‘Reviews’ tab. This gives you a list of all the books that you have borrowed, which you can add reviews for 4. Highlight the book you’d like to review by clicking once on it, then click the ‘Review’ button
5. This will open the review window where, under the ‘Ratings’ tab you get to rate the book on how funny, scary etc. it was. Click on the rating you would like to give the book under each of the questions
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6. Then click on the ‘Review’ tab. Here you get to add your own review of the book. Some questions have been added here, which will help you write about the book you are reviewing… just add your answers to the questions. 7. Once you have finished your review, click on the ‘Save’ button 8. Your review will be submitted to the Librarian to be approved
To See Reviews on a Book If you search for a book you would like to borrow, you might want to see if anyone else has read and reviewed it. To see if a book you have found on Search Star has any reviews: 1. Double-click on a record to open the particular book’s details 2. Then click on the ‘Reviews’ tab to see a list of all the people that have reviewed that book. 3. Double-click in someone’s name to read their review and see what they said about the book
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Meet the Author If you are looking for fiction books using Search Star, you might notice the ‘Meet the Author’ logo This means that this book has a video of the author talking about the book!! All you need to do is click on the icon and either Quick Time or Windows Media Player will open and play the video automatically.
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Using World Book Online World Book Online is an online encyclopaedia which you can use to find information on just about anything. This is a great tool for if you need to find out a fact, start some research, or look up information about someone famous (like an inventor, scientist, or sportsperson). Instead of using Google to search the internet for information, try World Book Online first. To access this facility: 1. Click on the World Book icon on the desktop. This will open Internet Explorer and take you straight to the World Book website 2. From here you can search the website using the ‘Search’ facility. Just type in a keyword and see what comes up.
3. You can browse the ‘Biography Center’ to find information about famous people from history 4. Find out about a different countries by using the ‘Explore’ facility
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