Media Center Orientation

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Media Center Orientation

• 2008

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Who Can Help Me?

• Ms. Dwyer
• Media Specialist
• Academic/Unified Arts Teacher

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What is a Library Media Center?

• Books
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Videos
• DVDs
• CDs
• TV/VCR
• Computers with Internet access school related
• Database access
• More

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What Do I Need?

• No Library Card!
• Student ID Number Only!
• Sign out books for 3 weeks
• Sign out a magazine overnight
• Know your student number
• Return books by due date or else renew them
• Leave book or magazine in book return

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Your Responsibilty

• When your borrow a book or magazine be sure to
  return it on time for the next person.
• Be courteous and respectful to others.
• Take care of the materials that you take out.

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Fiction Section

• A fictional book is not true. It is made up from
  someones imagination. A novel is fiction.
• Fiction books are arranged in alphabetical order
  according to the authors last name. (Fic Row)

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Reference Section

• Books such as dictionaries, general and special
  encyclopedias, atlases, world almanacs and more.
• Ref.
• 031
• Wor

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Biograhpy92

• A biography is a book written about the life of a
  person. It is supposed to be true.
• All books with the call number 92 are
  biographies.
• Biographies are arranged alphabetically by who
  they are about shelved near the windows.

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How Can I Come to the Library Media Center

• You can get a pass from your language arts,
  reading teacher or other teacher.
• You need to have a pass.

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Destiny Catalog

• Search by Author, Title, Keyword, Subject
• Destiny