3. How do I find a book?
• What kind of book are you looking for?
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Non-fiction (real)
Fiction (make believe)
Biography
Reference
• or do you want a magazine?
4. Where are the different sections
of the library?
Fiction
Easy Fiction
Non-Fiction
Biography
Reference
5. Remember!
Left to Right, Top to Bottom
• Now, if you're having trouble finding your book on the shelf,
remember this rule for
how the books are shelved:
left-to-right, top-to-bottom
• That means you start at the left on the top shelf
and move to the right
until the shelf ends.
Then, you go to the next shelf
• beneath that and do the same,
left to right, top to bottom
6. What is a call number?
• A call number is the numbers and/or letters
on the side binding of the book.
• When searching on Destiny, the call numbers
are located to the right of the
• They are used to locate a book.
• Books from different sections in the library
can have very different looking call numbers.
7. What does a call number look
like?
E
F
F
OSB
523.3
92
FOW
REV
8. Non-fiction
• Non-fiction books are shelved by their subject.
Why? If you were looking for a book on dogs, you
wouldn’t care who the author is, you would just want
to read facts about dogs.
• Non-fiction books are classified using the Dewey
Decimal System.
• Each book has a set of numbers followed by the first
three letters of the author’s last name.
• For example:
523.3
FOW
9. The Dewey Decimal System
call numbers
• The system was created by Melvin Dewey, a
former librarian.
• A Dewey call number always has three
numbers to the left of the decimal (0001.3)
• To the right of the decimal, there is no limit
to the number (001.325)
• The more numbers you add to the right of the
decimal, the more specific the subject is.
• For example, the Dewey number for the
commercial processing of kidney beans is
664.805652 !!
10. Dewey Sections
• 000 General
Reference/Information
• 100 Philosophy
• 200 Religion
• 300 Social Science
(government, law,
education)
• 400 Language
• 500 Natural Science
• 600 Technology
• 700 Arts & Recreation
• 800 Literature
(poetry, plays)
• 900 History/Geography
12. Fiction
• Fiction books are shelved by the author’s last name.
Why? If you wrote a children’s story and people
really liked it, they would be able to find your books
easier if they were shelved together by your last
name.
• Fiction call numbers have an F for fiction and the
first 3 letters of the author’s last name.
• For example:
F
OSB
13. Easy Fiction
• Easy Fiction book call numbers have an E for
Easy, and the first letter of the author’s last
name.
• For example: E
F
14. Biography
• Biographies are true stories written about
someone’s life.
• They have their own section in the library.
• The call number of a biography has a 92 and
the first 3 letters of the author’s last name.
• For example: 92
REV
15. Reference
• Reference books are books such as a
dictionary or encyclopedia, that a person can
refer to for factual information.
• Reference call numbers have an R for
reference, followed by numbers and/or
letters.
R
• For example: 423
WOR
16. How to search for book using
Destiny
• Click on
Destiny.url
• Click on the Catalog tab
•Type in the subject, author, or title you would
like to search for
17. How to search for A.R. books on
Destiny
• Click on
Destiny.url
• Click on the Catalog tab
• Choose Accelerated Reader from the
Search Reading Programs drop-down menu
• Place your reading range in the boxes
labeled Reading Level
• Press Enter
18. How to make a Booklist
After you have done a search for the
type of book you would like, now it is
time to make a booklist.
• Click on
• Click on
• Print
Remember to only print a booklist for 4 or
more titles!
19. What information do I need to
search for a book?
• Name of Book
• Call Number
• Author’s Last Name
