1. Moorestown Friends School Library Foxhunt 2015

2. By the end of this tutorial, you should understand: the concept of the Dewey Decimal system and subject headings what a call number is and how it functions where to find materials in the MFS library how to check out a book if no one is available to do it for you where to go to ask for help

3. The MFS Library is organized by the DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

4. The Dewey Decimal system organizes information by subject. There are 10 main categories of subject areas. 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Language 500 Natural Science 600 Technology & Applied Science 700 The Arts 800 Literature 900 Geography

5. Each Category is broken down into 10 subcategories 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Language 500 Natural Sciences & Math 600 Technology & Applied Science 700 The Arts 800 Literature 900 Geography 500 Natural Sciences & Math 510 Math 520 Astronomy 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Earth Sciences 560 Paleontology 570 Life Sciences 580 Plants 590 Animals

6. Each subcategory is broken down into 10 more categories, and so on. 500 Natural Sciences & Math 530 Physics 531 Classical mechanics Solid mechanics 532 Fluid mechanics Liquid mechanics 533 Gas mechanics 534 Sound & related vibrations 535 Light & para photic phenomena 536 Heat 537 Electricity & electronics 538 Magnetism 539 Modern Physics 500 Natural Sciences & Math 510 Math 520 Astronomy 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Earth sciences 560 Paleontology 570 Life sciences 580 Plants 590 Animals 520 Astronomy & allied sciences 521 Celestial mechanics 522 Techniques, equipment, materials 523 Specific celestial bodies & phenomena 524 Not assigned or no longer used 525 Earth (Astronomical geography) 526 Mathematical geography 527 Celestial navigation 528 Ephemerides 529 Chronology

7. This is a screen from our catalog. Find the book’s call number here Each book is assigned a call number based on its subject.

8. The “call number” can be thought of as the book’s address in the library and allows you to locate the book in the library. It works just like a street address: Each part of the call number means something….

9. Call Number = Book’s Address F GOR F = Fiction (located in Upper School fiction) GOR = First three letters of author’s last name 510 EIN 510 = Dewey Decimal Number (located in US stacks) EIN = First three letters of author’s last name or first three letters of title if work has an editor rather than an author REF 910 FRE REF = Reference Book (stays in library) in US stacks 910 = Dewey Decimal Number FRE = First three letters of author’s last name or first three letters of title if work has an editor rather than an author Anatomy of a Call Number J952 STE J =Juvenile - located in Lower School area of library 952 = Dewey Decimal Number STE = First three letter of author’s last name

10. Use the following pictures to help you find the different areas of the library.

11. Here you can ask for help, check out books & tech items, pick up interlibrary loan books, return books. Circulation / Reference Desk

12. You can also check out the following tech items by asking at the circulation desk: Digital cameras DVDs Card readers Headphones Tripods Ipads Laptops Kindle Barnes & Noble Nook Tape recorders All tech items are due by the end of the day. They are not to leave campus. You are responsible for returning all bits and pieces!

13. Upper School Stacks Short Story Collection & Fiction on wooden shelving and along the back blue wall Story Collection HERE

14. Nonfiction & Reference Books are shelved in Dewey Decimal order on freestanding stacks. Guides at the end of the stacks show you which Dewey numbers can be found on them Reference books, designated by REF are interfiled with nonfiction books.

15. Graphic fiction & nonfiction (comic books) are shelved on the display shelf by the computers.

16. Middle School Fiction (call number is MF) is located across from circulation desk. There are often books in MF that will be of interest to US students.

17. Quaker Collection MFS Library has a special collection of Quaker books, located by the couches.

18. Periodicals Current periodicals and several back issues are shelved along classroom wall. The back issues are behind the slanted shelf. Newspapers are on the shelf across from them, next to the Quaker collection.

19. The Copy Machine Is free for students to use for school related copying only. It is located next to the OPAC stations by the Middle School Fiction Shelves.

20. Audio Books & Playaways are shelved across from the circulation desk. The library has an audio book for almost every book assigned in English classes. Playaways are MP3 players loaded with an audio recording of a book.

21. Lower School Stacks Located across from the bathrooms, near the green wall. LS books are designated with a J or E in the call number.

22. Picture Books & Easy Readers are in the “blue room” behind reference shelving

23. How to check out a book when no one is at the desk to help you

24. Find the manual checkout clipboard on the circulation desk. It’s usually near the computer.

25. Find the barcode Label on the book. The barcode label is located on the back cover, top right corner. The barcode number is below the barcode. 4368 Ralph’s secret weapon

26. Write the date, your name, and the barcode number on the manual check-out form.

27. Remember to Ask for Help!

28. The librarians are here to HELP you. Mrs. GriffisMrs. AltermanMrs. Reilly Please be sure to ask - you can knock on the office doors - for help. That’s what we are here for!

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