How to use the Daytona State College Library online catalog

1. U S I N G T H E D AY T O N A S TAT E L I B R A RY
LIBRARY RESEARCH 101

2. WELCOME!
• The library staff is pleased to welcome you to your
Daytona State College Library! This guide will show you
how to use the library.
• Fortunately, most of our library resources are available
24/7 from any computer with an Internet connection. This
means that you can use the library even when it’s
closed.

3. LET’S GET STARTED!
• Here are the basics:
• You will often have assignments for which you’ll have to use
library sources.
• The library website is the starting point for finding all of those
sources.
• http://www.daytonastate.edu/library/
• The next slide is a picture of the library home page.
• Our location:
• Daytona Campus: Building 210 (the door by the manatee fountain)
• Deland Campus: Building 1 (behind the administration building)
• Always check the website for our hours of operation, as they
change for holidays and summer sessions.

5. HOW TO FIND SOURCES
• There are three kinds of sources available through the
library website: books, e-books, and articles.
• All three types of sources can be found using the library
search tool – the library catalog.
• The next few slides will take you step-by-step through
using the library catalog to find sources.

6. FINDING BOOKS
• Go to the library home page:
• http://www.daytonastate.edu/library/
• Click on “Find a Book, E-Book or Article”
• Click on “Log In” in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Log in using your Student ID number as your borrower
ID and the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number
as PIN.
• Now your name will appear in the upper right corner.

11. NOW YOU’RE READY TO SEARCH
• Type your key words in the Search box. Do not click
Search yet.
• In the Limit To: box, use the drop-down menu to choose
Books. Click Search.
• Choose a book from the result list. If you didn’t have any
results, try different key words.

13. FIND YOUR BOOK ON THE SHELF
• Use the Call Number (for example: KF 4800 .Z9 I43
1997) to locate your book on the shelf.
• The call number is the exact location of the book on the
shelf. Each book has a unique number.
• If the shelf was a street and the book was a house, you
can think of the call number as the address of the book.
• Books are shelved alphabetically by the first few letters
of the call number, and are arranged by subject. Once
you find one book, the other books on that subject will be
nearby.

15. CHECKING OUT A BOOK
• Books with Circulation or Circulation/UCF may be
checked out at the Circulation Desk.
• You will need your Student ID Card to check out books.

17. RENEWING BOOKS ONLINE
• You can renew your books from your account through the
library website.
• Go to the library home page:
• http://www.daytonastate.edu/library/
• Click on “Find a Book, E-Book or Article”
• Click on “Log In” in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Log in using your Student ID number as your borrower ID
and the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number as PIN.
• Click on My Account in the upper right hand corner of the
screen.

19. RENEW YOUR BOOKS
• Click on Loans and select the items you would like to
renew. Remember, you must renew an item the day
before it is due. Overdue items cannot be renewed.
• Don't forget to write the new due date in the back of the
book!

21. FINDING E-BOOKS
• E-books have several advantages over print books.
• They are available 24/7
• The library has twice as many e-books as print books
• E-books can be downloaded to your smart phone or e-reader
• E-books can be searched
• To find e-books, go to the library website and log in.
• Type in your search term, then use the drop-down menu
to choose “E-books.”

23. READING AN E-BOOK
• To view the eBook, click on View Online at the bottom of
the record. eBooks are available 24-7.
• You can save eBooks to your e-Shelf for easy retrieval
by checking the box next to the title of the book.

27. FINDING AN ARTICLE
• Log in to the library site as before.
• Type your key words in the Search box. Do not click
Search yet.
• In the Limit To: box, use the drop-down menu to choose
Articles. Click Search.
• If you didn’t have any results, try different key words.

29. USING YOUR RESULTS
• You can limit your results to scholarly journal articles
by clicking Peer-reviewed Journals under Show Only in
the left hand column.
• To view the article, click on Read Article at the bottom of
the record. Articles are available 24-7.
• You can save articles to your e-Shelf for easy retrieval
by checking the box next to the title of the article.
• Articles can be printed, saved, or e-mailed.

31. NEED HELP?
• If you have any problems, we’re here to help!
• Phone: 386.506.3518 (Daytona) or 386.785.2017 (Deland)
• In person: Come to the Research Assistance Desk on the
second floor of the library, any time the library is open.
• E-mail: use the Ask-A-Librarian link on the library home page to
send us an email question.