What is OPAC?

Moorestown Friends School LibraryNEXT How to find your way around the library. Outside of a dog, a mans best friend is a book; Inside of a dog its too dark to read. - Groucho Marx

NEXT 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

the concept of a bibliographic record

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

how to access the MFS library from home

NEXT The MFS Library is organized by theDEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

NEXT The Dewey Decimal system organizes information by subject. There are 10 main categories of subject areas.000 Generalities100 Philosophy200 Religion300 Social Sciences400 Language500 Natural Science600 Technology & Applied Science700 The Arts800 Literature900 GeographyNEXT Each Category is broken down into 10 subcategories000 Generalities100 Philosophy200 Religion300 Social Sciences400 Language500 Natural Sciences & Math600 Technology & Applied Science700 The Arts800 Literature900 Geography500 Natural Sciences & Math 510 Math 520 Astronomy 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Earth Sciences 560 Paleontology 570 Life Sciences 580 Plants 590 Animals

NEXT Each subcategory is broken down into 10 more categories, and so on.500 Natural Sciences & Math530 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 & Math510 Math520 Astronomy530 Physics540 Chemistry550 Earth sciences560 Paleontology570 Life sciences580 Plants590 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 NEXT

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #1:Heat is assigned the Dewey Number ______ . It is a sub-topic of subcategory_________ (Subject Name),which is a sub-category of ________ (Subject Name) category, which is designated by the general Dewey classification number _____.(earn possible $4)530 Physics 531 Classical mechanics Solid mechanics532 Fluid mechanics Liquid mechanics533 Gas mechanics 534 Sound & related vibrations 535 Light & paraphotic phenomena 536 Heat 537 Electricity & electronics 538 Magnetism 539 Modern PhysicsTEN General Dewey Classifications000 Generalities100 Philosophy200 Religion300 Social Sciences400 Language500 Natural Science600 Technology & Applied Science700 The Arts800 Literature900 Geography

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Each book is assigned a call number based on its subject. Find the books call number hereNEXT The call number can be thought of as the books address in the library. Use it to locate the book in the library. It works just like a street address: Each part of the call number means something.

NEXT Call Number = Books AddressF GOR F = Fiction (located in Upper School fiction)GOR = First three letters of authors last name510EIN510 = Dewey Decimal Number (located in US stacks)EIN = First three letters of authors last name or first three letters of title if work has an editor rather than an authorREF910 FREREF = Reference intershelved with US nonfiction on 3 freestanding stacks across from the computer lab910 = Dewey Decimal Number FRE = First three letters of authors last name or first three letters of title if work has an editor rather than an authorAnatomy of a Call NumberJ952STE J =Juvenile - located in Lower School area of library952 = Dewey Decimal NumberSTE = First three letter of authors last name811BESVideo811 = Dewey Decimal Number (located in US stacks)BES = First three letter of authors last nameVideo = Located on US video shelvesNEXT

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #2:

The call number is made up of a number and three letters. A. The number is the Dewey Decimal number. On what basis is this number assigned to a book?

B. What do the three letters represent?

C. The call number is useful because_______.

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NEXT To find where the books are located use this map.

Reference & Nonfiction 000-999FictionMiddle School FictionEasy Readers & Picture booksQuaker BooksPeriodicalsJ Fiction & NonfictionCirculationNew BooksNEXT OR

Use the following pictures to help you find the different areas of the library.NEXT Upper School Stacks*Short Story Collection & Fiction on wooden shelving and along the blue wall*(shelving)

NEXT 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 themNEXT

Reference books, designated by REF are interfiled with nonfiction books.NEXT 17Graphic novels are shelved on the display shelf by the next to the library computers. (Graphic novels are a form of comic books.)NEXT

Quaker CollectionMFS Library has a special collection of Quaker books, located by the couches.

NEXT 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.

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FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #3:

The call number beginning with REF indicates the book will be found on the____The shelves across from the circulation desk.____The Shelves next to the soft seating area.____ The Shelves along the wall by the MS hallway.____ The 3 freestanding stacks across from the computer labs.(earn possible $1)

NEXT DVDsAsk at desk. These are stored in library workroom.

NEXT Audio Books & Playawaysare shelved across from the circulation desk. Playaways are MP3 players loaded with an audio recording of a book.

NEXT The library has an audio book for almost every book assigned in English classes.

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #4:

What is a playaway? _________________

Where are playaways shelved? __________

(earn possible $2)NEXT Atlases are behind the Middle School fiction shelves

NEXT There are several dictionaries in the library. The newest unabridged dictionary is on a stand in a carrel next to the windows near the library computers.

Webster's Third New International DictionaryNEXT PeriodicalsCurrent 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 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.

NEXT Picture Books & Easy Readers are in the blue room behind Middle School fiction section.

NEXT Here you can ask for help, check out books, pick up interlibrary loan books, return books.

Circulation / Reference Desk

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The Copy MachineIs free for students to use for school related copying only.It is located next to the OPAC stations by the Middle School Fiction shelves.

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FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #5:

The name of the desk where you can check out a book or ask for help is called the _____________.

(earn possible $1)NEXT How to check out a book when no one is at the desk to help youNEXT Find the manual checkout clipboard on the circulation desk. Its usually near the computer.

NEXT Find the barcode number on the book.The barcode label is located on the back cover, top right corner.

The barcode number is below the barcode. 51242

4368Ralphs secret weaponNEXT Write the date, your name, and the barcode number on the manual check-out form.

51242NEXT

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #6:

What are the 3 pieces of information you need to provide when you check out a book manually? _____________.

(earn possible $3)NEXT Remember to Ask for Help!NEXT

Mrs. Reilly, Mrs. Griffis, Mrs. Alterman are the librarians. Please be sure to ask - you can knock on the office doors - for help. Thats what we are here for!Mrs. GriffisMrs. AltermanMrs. Reilly

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FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #7:

What should you do if you cant find what you are looking for? ______________________(earn possible $1)NEXT

You have completed the MFS Library Tutorial of the FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEBring your MFS Library Tutorial answer sheet to the Judge.

Possible Diller Dollars earned: $15

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