TCM/HS

Library Online Catalog

To access the Library Online Catalog, visit http://www.telfair.k12.ga.usand Click on Media Centers

Then, click Telfair County Middle/High School

Welcome to the Telfair County Middle/High School Media Center Homepage!

4-TCMS Homepage

The Home tab provides a list of valuable online resources:

1-Galileo-Georgia’s Virtual Library

2-netTrekker-Educational search tool that organizes content by

grade and reading level

3-TCHS Homepage

First, we need to log in to our Destiny accounts. Click login at the top right of your screen. Your

username and password will be the same as your computer login information.

This is the Basic view of the Library Search. Here you may search for books by keyword, title, author, subject, or

series. You can also narrow your search by location, format, award winners, and reading programs.

You can further narrow your search by clicking on the Power or Visual tabs.

Include or exclude words for better results

Looking for an ebook, video, music, etc.? Change the material type to narrow your results.

You can also change location, publication year, award winner, and reading programs to narrow your search.

To narrow your search using the Power tab:

You can also search by category, by clicking on the Visual tab.

Now that we have seen various ways to search, let’s practice. We will use Shakespeare as an

example. Type “Shakespeare” in the search box and hit Enter.

Your results will look something like this. If you’ll notice, our search resulted in 54 titles. These titles may be works by

Shakespeare, about Shakespeare, or works that contain a reference to Shakespeare. We need to narrow our search.

Now, let’s go back and again type “Shakespeare” into the search box. However, instead of searching by Keyword,

let’s search by Author.

This narrrows our results from 54 to 32.

Go back and refine your search

Sort by author, title, date, etc.

Click here for details of book

Check availability

Save to List

Your narrowed results page will look like this:

Now you can:

Go to next search result

Find similar results

Add to list

The details page will look like this:

Availability

Summary

If you want to save the title for future use, click Add to this List. To see your list, click In this List.

Your list will look similar to this:

One very useful function of the Libray Catalog is its ability to create a citation page. When you are looking at My List, you will notice that there is an option at the

bottom of the page to create a Citation or Bibliography list.

The first list is a Citation List. You will notice that this list only cites hardcopy resources. Also, before choosing to

use anything from this list, you should make sure that it is in the form that your teacher requires.

The next list is a Bibliography. This list cites all of the resources on your list. Again, before choosing to use this list, you should check to see that it meets your teacher’s

requirements.

If you ever need to return to the results of a previous search, click My Searches on the Basic View page.

This will pull a record of all previous searches. You can select any of the searches to return to

its results.

If you will notice, on the top of every search screen, there is a Top 10 link. Click this link to display the Top 10 titles

to check out.

Your results will look something like this:

The final tab on the left side of your screen is the Resource List tab. Click this tab. Here you can view any lists you have saved in My Lists or view Public

Lists.

If you ever get lost and need help, look for the How do I… link on each page. This will give you tips for

the page you are currently using.

When logged in to Destiny, you may also see your status (books you may have checked out)

by clicking on the My Info tab.

If someone has recommended that you read a particular book, it will be listed

here.

To recommend a book(s) currently listed under your

status, click here.

First, search for a friend by first or last name

Next, when the friend’s name appears, select

that name

Finally, enter any comments you have about

the book and click save

To recommend a book:

Comments

When your friend logs in, he or she will see the recommendations you made with along with any

comments you added. Your friend will also be able to see who made the recommendation.

For a 21st century approach to using the library catalog, click on the Destiny Quest tab on the left of the screen. Then click Begin your Destiny Quest.

Welcome to Destiny Quest!

To Log In to Destiny Quest:

First, click Log In

Next, complete the information in the pop-

up box

Username & password are the same as your computer

login information

Congratulations! You are now logged in to Destiny Quest! You can search for your favorite books, create

lists, or find required reading lists.

View the Top 10 Books and their

availability

Search by AR, Grade Level and other

reading lists

Check out the latest arrivals!

Search hereDon’t like the looks of the

page? Change them!

Drag & Drop

titles here to view

them later

My Info shows My Status (anything you currently have checked out) and My Lists (titles you have

saved to your lists).

Searches in Destiny Quest follow the same rules as searches in the Library Catalog. A search for Shakespeare

in Destiny Quest pulls the same results as the Library Catalog search. Only the display is different. You can

narrow your search with the options on the left.

At any time, you may exit Destiny Quest and return to the Library Catalog by clicking Exit Destiny Quest in the

top right corner of the screen.

This concludes the Libray Catalog/Destiny Quest tutorial.

Go, Read, Learn!