5 Search Features
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Junior Library vs. Library
Availability
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If you want to find a book by Andrew Clements, what type of search should you use? Keyword, Title, Author, Subject, Series
Author
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If you are searching for a book that has a call number with ONLY letters, is it Fiction or Nonfiction?
Fiction
100
How do you know if a book is located in the Junior Library? What will the call number have in front of it?
It will have a J listed before the call number. The J stands for Junior.
100
If you are looking for the R.L. Stine Goosebumps book called Beware, the Snowman, it shows: 1 of 1 available. Is the book available to be checked out?
Yes
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If you want to find the book called Superfudge, what type of search should you use? Keyword, Title, Author, Subject, Series
Title
200
If you want to check out the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever, it shows the Call # is: KIN. Is this book Fiction or Nonfiction and how do you know?
This book is Fiction. Fiction books have only letters.
200
If a book has a call number with a J on it, will it be located in the center stacks or along the walls?
It will be along the walls. The books with pink J's are located along the perimeter of the library.
200
If you are looking for the Magic Tree House book: Blizzard of the Blue Moon, it shows: 4 of 5 available. How many copies of the book are currently in?
4
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If you want to find a book about sharks, what 2 types of searches could you use? Keyword, Title, Author, Subject, Series
Keyword and Subject
300
If you want to check out the book More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, it shows the Call #: 398.2 SCH. Is this book Fiction or Nonfiction and how do you know? Would you look in the letter section or the number section first?
It is Nonfiction because it has numbers listed. You'd want to look in the 300 section for this book. There may be a few books with the same call # 398.2. Once you find that number section, then you'd look for the letters SCH to find the correct book.
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If you want to check out the book More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, it shows the Call #: 398.2 SCH. Would this book be in the regular nonfiction section or the junior nonfiction section? How do you know?
It would be in the regular nonfiction section because it does not have a J.
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If you are looking for the Guinness Book of World Records 2013 and it shows: 0 of 3 available, can you check the book out? Why or why not?
No. There are currently no copies in the library. There are 3 copies of the book but all 3 are checked out at this time.
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If you wanted to find a Dork Diaries book, what type of search should you use? Keyword, Title, Author, Subject, Series
Series
400
If you want to check out the book called Pittsburgh Penguins by Ellen Labrecque, it shows the Call #: J 796.962 LAB. Is this book Fiction or Nonfiction? How do you know? What does the LAB stand for?
It is Nonfiction. It has numbers listed in the call number. The LAB stands for the first 3 letters of the author's last name.
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If you want to check out the book Pittsburgh Penguins by Ellen Labrecque, it shows the Call #: J 796.962 LAB. Which section of the library is this book located: Junior Nonfiction Junior Fiction Regular Nonfiction Regular Fiction How do you know?
Junior Nonfiction. It has a J which tells you it's in the junior section. It has numbers listed so that tells you it is nonfiction.
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If you are looking for a book Where's Waldo in Hollywood? Call #: 793.7 HAN and it shows 1 of 1 available but it is not in it's correct place on the shelf, what could one of the problems be?
The book may be available but put back incorrectly. It might be in the Junior section of the library instead. It could also be in the fiction section vs. nonfiction. Also, a book may show it is available but it may be on hold for someone under the counter in the front.
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