This document provides instructions for using the library catalog at Clam Shell Elementary School. It explains that the catalog is a computer program that contains information about all books and materials in the library. It describes how to search the catalog by author, title, or subject, and gives examples of each type of search. The document also lists the types of information that can be found about each book in the catalog, such as title, author, and availability.
2. What is our library catalog?
The catalog is a computer program that contains
information about all the books and materials
available in The Clam Shell School Library.
3. Entering text in catalog
1. Capital letters?
not necessary!
Example: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
OR diary of a wimpy kid
4. Entering text in the catalog
2. The words “The”, “A” or “And”
not necessary !
Example: Secret Garden for
The Secret Garden
5. Entering text in the catalog
3. Punctuation ?
- necessary!
Example: Charlotte’s Web
not Charlottes Web
6. Entering text in catalog
4. Always use correct spelling
Example: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
NOT
Tails of a Forth Graid Nothing
10. Author Search
Favorite author
example: “I really liked Fourth Grade Rats, I wonder if
Jerry Spinelli has written other books?”
Know author, but not title
example: “My friend had a book by Rick Riordan, but I don’t
remember what it was called.”
11. What does the catalog tell us?
Title
Author
Illustrator
Call number
Copyright date
Publisher
City of publication
Number of pages
Availability (Is book here or did someone check it
out?)