Welcome to Payson Jr. High Library Media Center
General Information Open at 7:35 until 3:00 Including lunch time Courteous to others maintain low voices Take care of materials borrowed Library is not a hallway… PLEASE don’t use it between class as a hall
Book Check Out Activity card required Bring book to circulation desk Books checked out for two weeks Return books in book drops at each door or circulation desk
Location of books on shelves Patron Access Terminals (Automated card catalog) Search by : Title Author Subject Location of books on shelves in the library
Computer Stations For Educational Purpose ONLY Use with teacher supervision
Indexes (Readers’ Guide) Reference Area Encyclopedias Dictionaries Atlases Almanacs Indexes (Readers’ Guide) Research Materials Specialty Collections
Fiction Area Historical fiction Mystery (Horror, Adventure, Suspense) Science Fiction Coming of Age Love & Romance Westerns Fantasy
Non – Fiction Area (DEWEY 000 – 099 Generalities 100 – 199 Philosophy & Psychology 200 – 299 Religion & Mythology 300 – 399 Social Issues & Folklore 400 – 499 Language 500 – 599 Pure Sciences 600 - 699 Applied Sciences 700 – 799 Arts & Recreation 800 – 899 Literature 900 – 999 History and Geography 920 Collective Biography 921 Individual biography
Periodicals Magazines Newspapers Journals