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Orangeview JHSOrangeview JHSLibrary OrientationLibrary Orientation
We’re Here to Help!
Library Staff:
• Mrs. G, Library Teacher• Ms. Buck, Library Technician
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Library Rules:Library Rules:• Respect Others• Use Library Voices• No Food, Drink, or Gum• Clean Up After Yourself• All Classroom Rules Apply
Top Ten Reasons to Read RegularlyTop Ten Reasons to Read Regularly
10 Reading is the #1 predictor of academic success –Those who read more do better in school
9 To learn to read--one must practice: your brain, like a muscle needs exercise, or it becomes weak!
8 Those who read often are better at spelling
7 By reading 20 minutes per day for one year, you will automatically learn 1000 new vocabulary words without studying
Top Ten Reasons to Read RegularlyTop Ten Reasons to Read Regularly
6 Increase your background knowledge
5 Become a mini-expert in your favorite subject
4 Students who read regularly do better on standardized tests
3 You will finish your homework faster if you are a better reader
2 Outstanding high school writers reported extensive summer reading
AND the #1 Reason is………
Life 101Life 101• There is no instruction
manual for life!• There is more information
than you can ever know!• Find answers to important
life questions• Just for fun!• Choose your destiny!
Be a life-long LearnerBe a life-long Learner
Like life, children do not come with instruction manuals!
Also…Also…• It’s on the test!
Specific Content Standard Specific Content Standard being Addressed:being Addressed:
California Language Arts Content Standards
Grade 7
1.4 Identify topics, ask and evaluate questions, and develop ideas leading to inquiry, investigation and research
1.5 Give credit for both quoted and paraphrased information in a bibliography using a consistent and sanctioned format and methodology for citations
How we can help: Library How we can help: Library ServicesServices• Open at 7:15 a.m.• A place to study or meet in
small groups• Free Bookmarks• 4 Computers• Check out Magazines and
books• Accelerated Reader Testing• Closed at lunch (Except for
Library Club)• Closed at 3:30 p.m.
Library SearchesLibrary Searches
• The library catalog is called the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)
• You can search for a book by:– Author’s Last Name– Title– Subject– Key Word– Call Number
Searching the OPACSearching the OPAC
Checking Out booksChecking Out books
• You must have your ID card• Books are checked out for 2
weeks• Reference books are
checked out Overnight• To keep a book longer than
2 weeks, you must renew it.• Overdue fines are $.20 per
school Day
Fiction vs. NonfictionFiction vs. NonfictionFiction (made up):• Grouped by
author’s last name
• May be about real events, but contain made up people
• May be completely made up
Nonfiction (factual):• Classified using
the Dewey Decimal System
• Religion• Philosophy• Medicine• Historical Events• Biographies• Social Issues• Reference
Materials
Dewey Decimal SystemDewey Decimal System
000-099 Generalities
100-199 Philosophy
200-299 Religion300-399 Social
Science400-499
Languages
500-599 Sciences600-699 Technology700-799 Arts800-899 Literature900-999 History
000-999 Reference
000’s Generalities000’s Generalities
• Guinness Book of World Records
• Computers• Internet• Encyclopedias• Almanacs• UFO’s
100’s Philosophy & 100’s Philosophy & PsychologyPsychology
• Chicken Soup for the Soul books
• 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens
• Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
• Coping With:– Shyness– Anger– Family Stress
200’s Religion200’s Religion
• Egyptian, Greek and Roman Mythology
• World Mythology
• Judaism• Christianity• Buddhism• Mormon• Muslim
300’s Social Sciences300’s Social Sciences
Social Issues:• Gangs• Terrorism• Coping With
– Street Gangs– Teen Suicide– Difficult
Teachers
• Environment• Fairytales
and folktales• Holidays
400’s Language400’s LanguageGrammar BooksDictionaries:• German• Spanish• French• Russian• Japanese• Korean• Cambodian• Rhyming
500’s Sciences500’s Sciences
• Math• Astronomy• Chemistry• Physics• Life Science• Wild Animal
Books• Science
Experiments
600’s Technology600’s Technology
• Anatomy• Medicine• Diseases• Airplanes• Cars• Cookbooks• Domestic
Animals (dogs, cats, horses)
700’s Arts and Recreation700’s Arts and Recreation• Art books• How to Draw• Television
and Movies• Graphic
Novels• MangaSports• History• People• Rules
800’s Literature800’s Literature
• Poetry• Plays• How to write
Classics• Shakespeare• Homer• Virgil
900’s History900’s History
Historical events:
• The Holocaust
• Medieval Times
920 Collected Biography
921 BiographyState BooksCountry Books
ReferenceReference
Dewey order • Encyclopedias• Almanacs• Dictionaries
Volume Sets:• The Middle
Ages
Library ActivityLibrary ActivityGroups of 31. Fiction – Use OPAC2. Non-Fiction – Browse
Shelves3. Reference – Use the Index
• Bring book to group and complete worksheet together
MLA Citations MLA Citations • Book:Author’s Last Name, First Name.
Title of the book underlined. Place of Publication: Publisher. Copyright year.
• Encyclopedia:Author’s Last Name, First Name
(if available – if no author is available, start with article title). “Article Title in Quotation Marks.” Title of the Encyclopedia underlined. Edition number. Copyright year.
