1. Finding a Book Mills 8/11 1

2. Finding Books: Mills 8/11 2 To locate books, you will need to click on the catalog tab at the top of the homepage.

3. Finding Books: Mills 8/11 3 You can search for a book by keyword (The computer will search all of its records for the word you type in. It will then give the results of everything with that word in it.), by title, author, subject, or series. You must click on the button – do not just hit Enter.

4. Finding Books: Mills 8/11 4 When your book comes up, check its availability. You can click the link to find out more about the book or you can find it on the shelves by the call number.

5. Call Numbers: Mills 8/11 5 Call numbers are the way we find the books on the shelves. Call numbers with only letters are in the FICTION section Call numbers with both numbers and letters are in the NON-FICTION section.

6. Finding Books: Fiction Mills 8/11 6 Books in the fiction section are shelved according to the first three letters of author’s last name. That means that a fiction book by Gary Soto would be in the fiction section (FIC) and by the first three letters of the author’s last name (SOT).

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8. How do you find the book on the shelves? Mills 8/11 8 You will look at the ends of the shelves to tell you which books are on that shelf. Treat it just like a dictionary. Go to the shelf with your call number.

9. Reading the Book Shelves: Similar to reading pages in a book Mills 8/11 9 Begin Here Read across this way Stop Here Continue from above shelf here Read across this way When you end here, you will begin up at the top of the other shelf. Notice the books with the red labels? Those are reference books and always remain in the library.

10. How do you find the book on the shelves? Mills 8/11 10 After you have located the correct shelf, you can find your book by looking at the other books. If your book is fiction, it will be shelved alphabetically by author’s last name. Do you see the book from the example?

11. How do you find the book on the shelves? Mills 8/11 11 That’s it!