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Moorestown Friends School Library

Moorestown Friends School Library. How to find your way around the library…. “Outside of a dog, a man’s best friend is a book; Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” - Groucho Marx. By the end of this tutorial, you should understand:.

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Moorestown Friends School Library

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  1. Moorestown Friends School Library

  2. How to find your way around the library…. “Outside of a dog, a man’s best friend is a book; Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” - Groucho Marx

  3. By the end of this tutorial, you should understand: • the concept of the Dewey Decimal system and subject headings • what a call number is and how it functions • the concept of a bibliographic record • where to find materials in the MFS library • how to check out a book if no one is available to do it for you • where to go to ask for help • how to access the MFS library from home

  4. The MFS Library is organized by theDEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

  5. The Dewey Decimal system organizes information by subject. There are 10 main categories of subject areas. • 000 Generalities • 100 Philosophy • 200 Religion • 300 Social Sciences • 400 Language • 500 Natural Science • 600 Technology & Applied Science • 700 The Arts • 800 Literature • 900 Geography

  6. Each Category is broken down into 10 subcategories 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Language 500 Natural Sciences & Math600 Technology & Applied Science 700 The Arts 800 Literature 900 Geography 500 Natural Science & Math510 Math520 Astronomy530 Physics540 Chemistry550 Earth Sciences560 Paleontology570 Life Sciences580 Plants590 Animals

  7. 500 Natural Sciences & Math 530 Physics 531 Classical mechanics Solid mechanics 532 Fluid mechanics Liquid mechanics 533 Gas mechanics 534 Sound & related vibrations 535 Light & paraphotic phenomena 536 Heat 537 Electricity & electronics 538 Magnetism 539 Modern Physics Each subcategory is broken down into 10 more categories, and so on. • 500 Natural Sciences & Math • 510 Math520 Astronomy530 Physics540 Chemistry550 Earth sciences560 Paleontology570 Life sciences580 Plants590 Animals 520 Astronomy & allied sciences 521 Celestial mechanics 522 Techniques, equipment, materials 523 Specific celestial bodies & phenomena 524 Not assigned or no longer used 525 Earth (Astronomical geography) 526 Mathematical geography 527 Celestial navigation 528 Ephemeredes 529 Chronology

  8. FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGE 530 Physics 531 Classical mechanics Solid mechanics 532 Fluid mechanics Liquid mechanics 533 Gas mechanics 534 Sound & related vibrations 535 Light & paraphotic phenomena 536 Heat 537 Electricity & electronics 538 Magnetism 539 Modern Physics QUESTION #1: The topic of HEAT ______ (Dewey Number) is a sub-topic of _________subcategory (Subject Name) , which is a subcategory of ________ (Subject Name) category, which is part of the _______ (Dewey Number) classification (earn possible $4)

  9. Each book is assigned a call number based on its subject. Find the book’s call number here

  10. The call number can be thought of as the book’s address in the library. Use it to locate the book in the library. • It works just like a street address: • Each part of the call number means something….

  11. Call Number = Book’s Address Anatomy of a Call Number

  12. FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGE QUESTION #2: A call number is made up of a number and three letters. What do the three letters represent? (earn possible $1)

  13. To find where the books are located use this map. J Fiction & Nonfiction Reference Easy Readers & Picture books Middle School Fiction Quaker Books Periodical Room New Books Circulation Periodicals Nonfiction 000-999 Fiction

  14. OR Use the following pictures to help you find the different areas of the library.

  15. Upper School Stacks* Short Story Collection & Fiction on wooden shelving and along the blue wall

  16. Nonfiction shelved in Dewey Decimal order on freestanding stacks. Guides at the end of the stacks show you which Dewey numbers can be found on them

  17. Graphic novels are shelved on the display shelf near the student computers. (Graphic novels are “comic books.”)The Call number begins with “G.”

  18. Quaker Collection MFS Library has a special collection of Quaker books, located by the couches.

  19. Middle School Fiction (MF)* is located behind the Quaker collection. There are often books in MF that will be of interest to US students.(*MF = call number)

  20. Reference Books • Used to be shelved directly across from circulation desk

  21. We are currently interfiling them in the regular US nonfiction collection. • Can be checked out overnight at the end of the school day and are due at 8:25 AM the next day

  22. FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGE QUESTION #3: The call number beginning with G indicates the book will be found in the ________________________ section. (earn possible $1)

  23. Audio Books & DVDs • Ask at desk. These are stored in library workroom. • The library has an audio book for almost every book assigned in English classes.

  24. Playaways are new. They are shelved across from the circulation desk. Playaways are MP3 players loaded with an audio Recording of a book.

  25. FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGE QUESTION #4: What is a playaway? _________________ Where are playaways shelved? __________ (earn possible $2)

  26. Atlases are behind the reference shelves

  27. There are several dictionaries in the library. The newest unabridged dictionary is on a stand in a carrel next to the windows. Webster's Third New International Dictionary

  28. Periodicals Current periodicals and several back issues are shelved along classroom wall. The back issues are behind the slanted shelf. Newspapers are on the shelf across from them.

  29. Older issues are shelved in Periodical room located, next to Computer Lab 1.

  30. Lower School Stacks Located across from the bathrooms, near the green wall.

  31. Picture Books & Easy Readersare in the “blue room” behind reference shelving

  32. The Copy Machine Is free for students to use for school related copying only. It is located next to the OPAC stations by the reference shelves.

  33. Here you can ask for help, check out books, pick up interlibrary loan books, return books. Circulation / Reference Desk

  34. FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGE QUESTION #5: The name of the desk where you can check out a book or ask for help is called the _____________. (earn possible $1)

  35. How to check out a book when no one is at the desk to help you

  36. Find the manual checkout clipboard on the circulation desk. It’s usually near the computer.

  37. Find the barcode number on the book. The barcode label is located on the back cover, top right corner. 51242 The barcode number is below the barcode. 4368 Ralph’s secret weapon

  38. Write the date, your name, and the barcode number on the manual check-out form. 51242

  39. Library Books: • Are checked out for three weeks. • You can keep them as long as you need them, but we may start asking for them after they are due. • We do not charge fines for overdue library books. • But… • If, at the end of the year, you still have books checked out, you will have to pay the cost to the replace the items.

  40. Remember to Ask for Help!

  41. Mrs. Reilly, Mrs. Griffis, Mrs. Alterman are the librarians. Please be sure to ask - you can knock on the office doors - for help. That’s what we are here for! Mrs. Griffis Mrs. Alterman Mrs.Reilly

  42. FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGE QUESTION #6: What should you do if you can’t find what you are looking for? ______________________ (earn possible $1)

  43. You have completed the MFS Library Tutorial of the FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGE Bring your MFS Library Tutorial answer sheet to the Judge. Possible Diller Dollars earned: $10

  44. The End

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