Post on 06-Jan-2018
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Trying to find a source?Trying to find a source?Here’s what you do:Here’s what you do:
Imagine for yourself a TOP DOWN ViewTOP DOWN
Our bookcases from a top down view
Our fiction’s Our fiction’s ORANGEORANGE
Nonfiction’s Nonfiction’s BLUEBLUE
Our fiction’s Our fiction’s ORANGEORANGE
Nonfiction’s Nonfiction’s BLUEBLUE
=FICTION
=NONFICTION
1
12
13
2
13
24
13
24
5
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Here’s how the shelvesHere’s how the shelveslook in real life:look in real life:
1 2 3
4 5 6
Nonfiction is arrangedNonfiction is arrangedfromfrom
000 to 999000 to 999
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45
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Log on.Log on.Welcome to the MC Page!Welcome to the MC Page!
Click the Catalog Tab--Click the Catalog Tab--Enter your terms…Enter your terms…
Check the results—Check the results—What can you use?What can you use?
Find the call number—Find the call number—Write the thing down!Write the thing down!
The numbers are arrangedThe numbers are arrangednumerically?!numerically?!
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551.46 is 551.46 is @ here@ here
It’s like a big It’s like a big Media Center Media Center number line…number line…
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Remember this?Remember this?
HUH?!
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Remember this?Remember this?
YES!
Good. In our library,Good. In our library,551.46 is…551.46 is…
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Right around here…
Once you’ve foundOnce you’ve found551.46, use the letters551.46, use the letters
to locate the book.to locate the book.
The letters are arrangedThe letters are arrangedalphabeticallyalphabetically
like in the, um,like in the, um,alphabet…alphabet…
Use the online catalog.
Use the online catalog.
Locate the source.
Locate the source.
Write down the number.Write down the number.
YesYes. . Write the number down!Write the number down!
Write down
the number!
Locate the book Locate the book on the shelves.on the shelves.
Remember—
Remember—
It’s lik
e a number line.
It’s lik
e a number line.
If the source seemsIf the source seemsgood, check it outgood, check it out
at the circulation desk.at the circulation desk.
If you need help,If you need help,check with your check with your
Librarian. Librarian.