Welcome to Highlands High School Library

Library Orientation Program

LibrarianMrs. Sandra Reidmiller

Before you open a book, let’s find out

how the library works!!!

The library offers many resources to help you

succeed. You just need to learn where to find

them.This program will give

you an overview of what is available in the Highlands High School Library and where to

locate those resources.

Here is a photograph of our library. The library computer lab is located upstairs on the balcony

level of the library.

There are computers located on the first floor of the library under the

stairs. These are primarily used to look up library materials on OPAC.

The objectives of this lesson are to:•Log into Destiny from school or home•Find a book in Destiny•Complete an OPAC search for an author, title, or subject•Identify three online Power Library databases that will help with research

How to Find a Book in Destiny

This is the web address:

http://destiny.goldenrams.com

Notice that you do not use www in the

address. You can also log into Destiny from

home.

Your screen will look like this. You will need to click on the

link for Highlands High.

Now you are in the Highlands High School catalog. You need to click on the login

button in the upper right hand corner of the page.

You will need to log in with your student id number. You will use your id number as

both the user name and the password.

Your name should now appear in the upper right hand corner

by the logout button.

Practice:Click on the Destiny link below and enter

your login information. When you are finished

exit the browser to return to this tutorial.

http://destiny.goldenrams.com

If you know the title of a book and want to look it up you can enter the title in the Find box. We are using Fever, 1793 as

an example.

It does not matter if you use lower or uppercase

letters. Searches are not case sensitive. For

example, searches for give yourself goosebumps, Give YourSelf GooseBumpS, and

GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS will all

return the same results.

Destiny ignores certain words, called stop words, in search terms. If you need to include

stop words in your search term, switch to the Power tab, enter the term with the stop

words, and select "Starts with". If the title begins with an "A"

that isn't a leading article, such as "A, my name is Ami" or "A is

for America," put quotation marks around the title.

Destiny ignores the punctuation in a search term. If your search term

includes words separated by a punctuation mark such as a

dash, double-dash, hyphen, or slash, leave it out. When you leave it out, don't replace the

punctuation mark with a space.

For example, if you're trying to find Camp Ghost-Away, enter camp ghostaway. If you're trying to find

Katie.com, enter katiecom.

After typing in the name of the title, you will click on the Title

button above.

You will now see a screen that has the title highlighted in bold print. You can click on the book

title to get more information.

On this screen you can find out many things about the book. You can see a picture of the

cover of the book. You can read a summary of the book to see if

it is what you are looking for.

You can find out how many copies of the book the library

owns and if any of these copies is available for check out. You can find the call number of the book so that you can locate it

easily in the library.

The call number for this book is FIC AND. The letters FIC in the call number tell you that the

book is a fiction book and it is located in the fiction section of

the library.

The AND in the call number tells you that the book was written by an author whose last name begins with these letters. The

last name of this author is Anderson.

You are now

ready to find the book on

the library

shelves.

Fic And

Practice #1:Log onto your account in Destiny using the link below. Find the answer and close the browser when you are finished to return here.http://destiny.goldenrams.comClick on the correct answer.

1. Find the author of the book Impossible. Is it…

A. Nancy WerlinB. Ann DevlinC. Amy Wertz

Good Job!

You are correct

Continue

That is incorrect. Please try again.

Let’s say that after reading Fever, 1793

you would like to read other books written by Laurie Halse Anderson.

You can complete an author search to find out if our library has additional titles by a

particular author.

You can type in the author’s name starting with the last

name first. Then you will click on the Author button.

You will see the author’s name in bold print and the number of books Highlands High School

library has by that author. You will now click on the author

name.

Now we see a screen with a list of all the books written by that author that are located in the

Highlands High School Library. If we click on the details button of the one we are interested in we can find information about

that book.

We can see a picture of the cover of the book and if any

copies are available at this time. We can identify the call number

to find the book on the library shelves.

Practice #2:Log onto your account in Destiny using the link below. Find the answer and close the browser when you are finished to return here.http://destiny.goldenrams.comClick on the correct answer.

2. What is the title of the book written by Faith Adams?A. Paraguay

B. Nicaragua : struggling with change C. Nigeria: a new beginning

Good Job!

You are correct

Continue

That is incorrect. Please try again.

What do you do if you do not know the exact

title of the book you are looking for? Let’s say you are assigned

the topic of pollution to research. You can

complete a subject search to see what is

available on this particular topic.

You will type in the word pollution in the Find box. Next

you will click on the subject box above.

If you misspell a search word, or Destiny cannot find your word, Destiny asks you, Did you mean...?. If Destiny's

word is correct—if it's the word you want—click the word to

see the search results. If not, click Refine your search and try

again. Example:

If you type dinasors, Destiny asks you, Did you mean

"dinosaurs"?Click dinosaurs if that's the word you meant to enter.

If not, click Refine your search and try again.

We see our subject pollution in dark bold print. It tells us that the library

has 14 copies of books that are about pollution. We can click on the

word to get more details.

Now we see a listing of the 14 books about pollution. We think that

Climate and the Environment might work for our needs, so we click on

the details button for that title.

We see that the library has one copy of the book and that it is

available. The call number for this book is 551.6 CLI. We know that

this a Dewey Decimal number and that we will find this book in the nonfiction section of the library.

We locate the 500 section of nonfiction

and locate the specific call number of 551.6

CLI. This is the Dewey category for Pure

Science. We can find the particular book we

need.

501Joh

Click on the call number for each of the nonfiction library books below to put them on

the shelves in the correct order. Can you guess how

they will go?

505Gig

502.1Fla

503.3Cla

What if my Search Results list is too

long? How do I find fewer titles?

If your Search Results list is too large, refine your search, using a more exact term. By default, Destiny only returns things that

include all your words.

Tips: •If you use more words, you'll get fewer results. Use North American birds rather than just birds. •Be as specific as you can be. Use marine biology rather than science. •Put NOT (in capital letters) in front of each word that you don't want. For example, pets NOT cats NOT birds will give you titles about pets—all kinds of pets except for cats and birds. •If the Search Results list is still too long, or doesn't contain what you want, try the Power search.

What if my Search Results list is too short? How do I

find more titles? If you get too few results, refine your search using some of these

methods:•Use a more general term. For example, use history or war rather than Spanish-American war. •Try adding similar words with OR (in capital letters) in front of each. For example, cars OR autos OR automobiles. •Try using a similar or related word. For example, if biosphere produces no results, try entering atmosphere, or biology, or even life.

Practice #3:Log onto your account in Destiny using the link below. Find the answer and close the browser when you are finished to return here.http://destiny.goldenrams.comClick on the correct answer.

3. When you enter the subject alligators you find one book titled…A. AlligatorsB. Alligators and Crocodiles

C. Alligators and Other Reptiles

Good Job!

You are correct

Continue

That is incorrect. Please try again.

Highlands High School Library also has a

subscription to several online databases that

will assist you with your research. You can find the Power Library icon on the desktop to search for a database.

You will get a screen that looks like this. Let’s examine three different databases that will help you. Let’s

look at the Student Research Center (6-12).

Click on the Student Research Center button to listen to a tutorial on what features can be

found in this database.

When finished close the browser and return to this

tutorial.

Now let’s take a look at a database called SIRS Discoverer which is also

found in Power Library.

Click on the SIRS button to listen to a

tutorial on what features can be found

in this database.

When finished close the browser and return to this

tutorial.

Now let’s take a look at a database called Facts for Learning which can

also found in Power Library.

Click on the words Facts for Learning to

listen to a tutorial on what features

can be found in this database.

When finished close the browser and return to this

tutorial.

Assessment:Your librarian has given you a research project to complete. Your topic is ancient Egypt. Using Destiny locate three books that might help you

with your research. Complete the workbook page linked

here. Type your answers and print your completed

worksheet and return to the librarian. Then you may

continue this tutorial.

When you are finished with your library search make sure

to click the logout button (located in the upper right

hand corner) to exit the Destiny program.

Now you are ready to use the Highlands High School Library to begin

your research.

The End