A Student’s Guide to Independent Use

PURPOSE  The purpose of this tutorial is to help familiarize students with the organization of the libraries, and teach how to use the automated system in which to search for specific information within the libraries. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved2

Location of Libraries  Ouachita School District has two separate libraries: One is housed at the end of the main high school building. It is closest to the entrance used for students arriving through the bus loading zone. ○ Pictures of High School Library Pictures of High School Library One is housed in the elementary right across from the elementary office area. ○ Pictures of Elementary Library Pictures of Elementary Library 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved3

OUACHITA’S LIBRARY SOFTWARE It is important to know that Ouachita School District uses Follett Circulation +/Catalog + for library organization and maintaining the collection. Both libraries are cataloged under the same software program. To distinguish books in each library, an “E” is shown in front of the elementary library titles. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved4

OUACHITA’S LIBRARY COMPUTER LOCATION DESIGNATIONS Elementary books are given call numbers with an “E” in them. EXAMPLE: EF RYL, EE HEN, EPB High school books do not have an additional letter. EXAMPLE: F RYL, F HEN, PB 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved5

Navigation of Student Tutorial  This tutorial is organized into three topics: OPAC, Dewey Decimal System, and Fiction.  To Navigate through a section, click on the arrow to the right of the topic on the Student Tutorial Contents Page.  When you finish a section, click on the home button to return to this page to select another topic. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved6

Student Tutorial Contents:  OPEC  Dewey Decimal  Fiction Section 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved7 FICTION DEWEY INDEPENDENT USE OPAC

Tutorial Navigation Help:  Home Button will take you back to the Student Tutorial Contents Page.  Arrow Buttons will help you navigate through the three tutorial sections.  Question Mark will take you back to this screen. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved8

What is OPAC?:  OPAC stands for : ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG  It assists people in finding any library material in our library. It can be a particular book, a particular author’s works, or a particular subject area. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved9 OPACs are a faster version of the old card catalog.

Where is OPAC?  What is OPAC? What is OPAC?  Getting Started: Double click on the OPAC icon on desktop. ○ It looks like books on a shelf. There will be a gray screen with a text box and several buttons on it. The buttons are labeled: KeywordTitleSubject SeriesCall NumberPower BookbagHelpAuthor 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved10

How do you use OPAC?  Enter your search term in the text box rectangle. The search term is what you are looking for in the library. Next click on the button that describes your search term. Is it the author’s name? Title? Keyword? Subject?  The bottom portion of the screen shows the search results for our library. Double click on a title of interest to see more information about it, its location, and whether it’s available. Search Example 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved11

OPAC Index Buttons  Keyword Button: After a keyword has been entered into the text box, then a click on the keyword button will tell the computer to search for this word in all of the title records held in the libraries.  Title Button: After a title has been entered into the text box, then a click on the title button will tell the computer to search for a particular title in the libraries. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved12

OPAC Index Buttons  Author Button: After a author’s last name is typed into the text box, then a click on this button will search the computer for all of the titles written by a particular author. **Be sure to take note of an author’s first name, because there could be multiple authors with the same last name. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved13

OPAC Index Buttons  Subject Button: Once a topical subject has been typed in the text box, then a click on this button will search for MARC Records containing this subject in their subject line. What is a MARC record? ○ A MARC record is the specifics about a particular book. It lists the publisher, author, title, copyright date, book summary, reading level, related subjects, and many more specifics. Think of this as an extended bibliography about a book. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved14

OPAC Index Buttons  Series Button: If a particular book series is typed into the text box, then a click on this button will list all titles that are available in the library written in the series.  Call Number Button: If the call number for a particular book is known and is typed into the text box, then a click on this button will take you to the information about this particular book. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved15

OPAC Location Information  The information about the location of a book that you receive from OPAC is called the call number.  Call numbers are located on the spine of a book.  Call numbers are arranged: Alphabetically by authors last name for fiction books. Digit by digit and first three letters of author’s last name on nonfiction books. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved16

Dewey Decimal System  The Dewey Decimal Classification System was named after the man who created it – Melvil Dewey.  Who is Melvil Dewey? Who is Melvil Dewey?  The Dewey Decimal System is divided into 10 sections. In libraries that use the Dewey System, it is used to organize the non-fiction section. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved17

Dewey Decimal System Divisions Range of NumbersSubject Generalities Philosophy/Psychology Religion Social Science Language Natural Science & Math Technology (Applied Sciences) Arts Literature Geography & History 92sBiographies 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved18 These are the major divisions of the subject areas. NOTE: Natural Sciences are things that humans haven’t altered. Applied Science are things that humans have altered.

Dewey Decimal System Subdivisions  Each of these divisions have 10 divisions. The system keeps subdividing to be more specific.  For example: Dragonflies Look in 500’s – Natural Science ○ 590’s – Zoological Sciences 595’s – Invertebrates – Insects 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved19

Dewey Decimal System Book Organization 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved20 Now for a quiz on ordering Dewey Decimal books! **Remember books are shelved digit by digit! EXERCISE #1 QUIZ

Fiction Section  The fiction section has two main subdivisions in the elementary library: EE before the first three letters of an author’s name designates a book as an easy picture book. F before the first three letters of an author’s name designates a book as a general fiction book. Longer chapter books are located in this area.  There is not a separate fiction section in the high school library. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved21

Paperbacks in the Fiction Section  High School: Paperbacks are shelved altogether by author’s last name. These are located at the end of the hardback fiction section.  Elementary: Paperbacks are shelved separately from the hardbacks according to their AR level. Paperbacks without an AR quiz are shelved together near the encyclopedias. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved22

Paperbacks Continued  As the library grows, this section will gradually become smaller. It is Ouachita School District’s goal to gradually acquire hardback titles that last longer with patron use. 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved23

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Pictures of High School Library 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved25

Pictures of Elementary Library 6/9/2015 8:44 PM© 2008 Chandra Helms All Rights Reserved26