1. HELP! I WANT TO FIND A BOOK! SEARCHING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPAC

2. LOOKING FOR A BOOK? START HERE!

4. IF YOU NEED AN IDEA, LOOK AT MY WHEEL. LET’S LOOK AT FROGS

6. WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS BOOK? CLICK THE PICTURE OF THE BOOK COVER!

7. WAIT! WE’RE NOT FINISHED

8. THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO SEARCH BOOKS AT OUR LIBRARY

9. Subject Use this search if you are looking for: A book that fits into a certain subject or category. You want to find books that are all about the same type of thing. Keyword Try this search if: You are not sure what subject to use. You want to use a combination of key words to search. *Warning: Sometimes books that have your key word in them are not really about the topic you want. Look through your search results carefully. WHAT TYPE OF SEARCH DO I WANT?

10. SUBJECT SEARCHES CAN BE TRICKY. THIS CHART MAY HELP Subject You Want to SearchLibrary of Congress Subject Heading to Use A personFlacco, Joe Colonial JamestownJamestown Settlement How to tie knotsKnots & Splices Country music artistsCountry music stars A book about Olympic athletes from the U.S.Olympic – United States -- Biography Fiction book about SpaceSpace -- fiction How to braid hairBraids (Hairdressing) Pet snakesSnakes as pets

11. SUBJECT SEARCH EXAMPLE

12. SUBJECT SEARCH RESULTS

13. LET’S TRY THE SAME SEARCH USING A KEY WORD

14. WOW! THE KEY WORD SEARCH FOUND 237 TITLES

15. DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR SPORT IN MIND?

16. SPORTS + BASKETBALL KEY WORD SEARCH RESULTS

17. STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

18. WORKS CITED Howard County Public Schools. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2012.. Kaplan, Allison G. Crash Course in Cataloging for Non-catalogers: A Casual Conversation on Organizing Information. Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2009. Library of Congress. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012..