Creating Resource Lists in Destiny Lita Brown, Librarian, Instructional Technology Educator, Information Technology Teacher

Destiny, DeKalb County’s Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), has many helpful features for educators and students.

Today, we will focus on 2 of those features: Searching by Strand and Resource Lists

You do not need to log in to Destiny to search by strand, but you will need to be logged in to create a resource list. You never know when you will find something useful, so it is best to get into the habit of logging in when you open Destiny.

To login, simply enter your employee number (e followed by 8 numbers) for the username and mydestiny as the password.

Create a Resource List In the Left Navigation Area, click Resource Lists On the right, click Add List

For example, Credit Cards Click Make this List Public Now, Name your List. For example, Credit Cards Click Make this List Public if you want your students to be able to access this list. Now, Save.

Searching by Strand

Once you are logged in, click the Catalog tab Then click Standards Search in the Left Navigation bar.

Click your Content Area Then Select the Grade Level

Now, select your Strand

Select your Topic

and Select your Standard

Click Find it, next to your Standard Click Find it, next to your Standard. You can now save your results as a Resource List.

The default display is materials in the library, but you can also save Online Materials to a Resource List. Doing this for your students provides them with vetted sources, saving time.

To display Online Materials, select the Web Sites tab, at the top right. For Standard SSEPF4 (The student will evaluate the costs and benefits of using credit) There are 268 websites to choose from.

You can reserve library time for your students to access these websites for a project, or send a student runner to see if there is space available to send small groups.

See You Soon and Have Fun!