Welcome to your library

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Welcome to your library

• Mrs. Kujawinski, Librarian
• Mrs. Letina, Assistant

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Virtual tourEnter by the main door - you will
see the circulation desk...

• information/help
• check out books, videos
• return books, videos

SIGN IN under the statue of Mary.
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The RULES...
Be respectful
Be productive
Be responsible
NO WHINING
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What do I need to know?

• Can you count?
• ...know the alphabet?
  

You are ready to go..)
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Dewey Decimal System

• Fiction - by first 3 letters of the authors last
  name
• Non-fiction - by numbers from .0001 to 999.999
• Think

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241.01 comes before 241.10 001.25 comes
before 100.25(imagine dollar signs in front of
the number)
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How to find stuff....

• Think about what you need/want...subject,
  favorite author, title, keywords for topic

Look in the online catalog...
Ask the librarian
Browse the shelves
Check the MMA Library databases
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Where in the world???

• Non-Fiction is along the wall starting at the
  main door in Dewey Decimal order.
• Oversize non-fiction Biographies are along the
  back wall.
• Reference materials are near the library desk.
• Fiction starts on the window side of the library.
  

700s art
500s science
900s history
B biography
FIC KIN - Fiction
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Basics

• Loan periods - books - 2 weeks
• videos - overnight
• Fines - .10 per day
• Overdue notices - on wall mail
• first notice - reminder
• second notice - demerit

Reference books magazines are for library use
only
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Help for you..
Bibliographies
Reference services
Internet searching techniques
Database searching
Term paper formats
Magazines to browse
Great Books