Welcome to the Library Media Center

Answers are @your library

RESPECT…

• Yourself

• Others

• Property

Follow the golden rule: Treat others as you want to be treated.

Readers Are Leaders!!!

• Check out books•Student ID number

• Student Internet Acceptable Use Policy

•Computers are great! Use them responsibly.

• 3 R’s of the library: Read, research, and relax

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“If you don’t know where you are going,

how will you get there?” Virginia Rankin, 1999.• Use the 5-finger rule

• Ask for help – that’s what we’re here for!

• Check the online catalog

FICTION

• Not true; made up by the author.

• Books in the library shelved by the last name of the author.

NONFICTION

• True; facts and information.

• Shelved in number order using the Dewey Decimal System.

CALL NUMBER

• Number or letters on the spine of the book.

• Shows the location of a book in the library.

STMS Destiny

• Online Catalog• Use to locate books in

the library• Search by author,

title, keyword, subject, series, and call number.

• Web Path Express• Home Page

PERIODICAL DATABASE

• Online database for magazine and newspaper articles on many subjects.

• http://search.epnet.com

• EBSCOhost

• Id: stms

• Password: ebsco

• Find it under “Favorites”

STMS Destiny Home Page

• World Book Online• Encyclopedia online and so much more

• Facts on File • Up-to-date curriculum resources