1 / 12

One-Stop Library Catalog for Students

Access and explore a variety of materials in the Library's OPAC. Utilize advanced search options and learn about Lexile measures to enhance student reading experiences. Create and share resource lists, write book reviews, and become a Destiny expert. One-stop shopping for all your library needs!

tomlanders
Download Presentation

One-Stop Library Catalog for Students

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Library 101The catalog Cool stuff that you can use with students!

  2. OPAC(Online Public Access Catalog) Getting Started: Go to http://nsd-libapp.nashua.edu Here is the homepage Note that you can get to the Catalog from here (See the file tab at the top) You can also visit the Library Sharepoint site Or check out the databases here (ask for passwords.) How is that for one-stop shopping?

  3. Now you are ready to search for materials! Look at all these great limiters in the advanced search!!! You can start here: Search by title, author, subject (this contains controlled language) , series, or note

  4. You can limit by this and this and this! You can select: What words to search Where the item is held What type of item you want Films? Books? Audios? WOW

  5. And you can limit by this and this and this! You can select: When the book was published Interest and reading levels Lexiles Double WOW

  6. What the heck is a Lexile? 1700L Lexiles measure the developmental ability of a reader and the difficulty of a text on the same scale so that it is easy to match readers with materials that won’t frustrate them. The Screwtape Letters Treasure Island Alice in Wonderland Redwall My Teacher is an Alien Strega Nona Meets Her Match Franklin is Messy Danny and the Dinosaur 200L

  7. What does that mean to us? While we do not appear to have any source of getting Lexile Reader Measures, Lexiles can still be helpful to us. If you know the approximate reading level of a student, you can use this chart to determine what Text Measure you should target for that student. Remember, don’t limit a reader to a book within a Lexile range. Students can vary in their ability to comprehend material depending on their foundation knowledge and interest levels. Not all books in our system have Lexiles For more information on Lexiles go to: lexile.com Chart is from EBSCO: http://support.epnet.com/training/novelist/NLC/InfoPages/Lexiles.htm

  8. You can see what you have out, renew books, and look to see what you have on hold. You will need to sign in, please ask a librarian how to do this. Just click on My Info at the top of the page to see your information.

  9. Lists, Lists, Lists You can check out other people’s resource lists (those that people have made public) or create your own. Start here… Then choose the list that you want to see here… If you pick My Lists you will see what you have created, Public lists are those that you or others have created and made public.

  10. Ready to make your own list? First you have to sign in to Destiny. Ask me how, you will also want us to change your password. Then you can make your own lists. You can keep track of books that you want to read, or make lists for specific classes or populations. Just: <Resource Lists on the left side of the page <My Lists <Add List then give it a name and description, you can decide to make it public if you wish <Save Then go to the catalog and pick the books that you want on your list and click Add to this List TaDahhhh – you have a list

  11. Writing a Book Review in Destiny (Online Card Catalog) After you log in…Go to: Catalog, type in the name of the book that you chose, and click on the book title.Click on the Reviews Tab at the top of the page. Click: You can select a rating by moving your mouse over the stars -- then add a review. Then click. The review goes to the librarian’s desktop and must be approved before it is visible.

  12. You may now follow your Destiny Hahaha – The OPAC is called Destiny – Where do they come up with these names? You are now an official Destiny expert. Go forth and share your destiny!

More Related