MFS Library Tutorial

Moorestown Friends School LibraryHow 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

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

The MFS Library is organized by theDEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

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 GeographyEach Category is broken down into 10 subcategories000 Generalities100 Philosophy200 Religion300 Social Sciences400 Language500 Natural Sciences & Math600 Technology & Applied Science700 The Arts800 Literature900 Geography500 Natural Science & Math510 Math520 Astronomy530 Physics540 Chemistry550 Earth Sciences560 Paleontology570 Life Sciences580 Plants590 Animals

Each subcategory is broken down into 10 more categories, and so on.500 Natural Sciences & Math530 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 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 Ephemeredes 529 Chronology

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #1:

The topic of HEAT ______ (Dewey Number) is a sub-topic of _________subcategory (Subject Name) , which is a subcategory of ________ (Subject Name) category, which is part of the _______ (Dewey Number) classification

(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 Physics

Each book is assigned a call number based on its subject. Find the books call number hereThe 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.

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 -located in Reference stacks across from circulation desk910 = 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 shelves

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #2:

A call number is made up of a number and three letters. What do the three letters represent?

(earn possible $1)

To find where the books are located use this map.

Nonfiction 000-999FictionReferenceMiddle School FictionEasy Readers & Picture booksQuaker BooksPeriodicalsPeriodical RoomJ Fiction & NonfictionCirculationNew BooksOR

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

Nonfiction shelved in Dewey Decimal order on freestanding stacks.

Guides at the end of the stacks show you which Dewey numbers can be found on themGraphic novels are shelved on the display shelf near the student computers. (Graphic novels are comic books.)The Call number begins with G.

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

Middle School Fiction (MF)* is located behind the Quaker collection. There are often books in MF that will be of interest to US students.(*MF = call number)

Reference BooksUsed to be shelved directly across from circulation desk

We are currently interfiling them in the regular US nonfiction collection.Can be checked out overnight at the end of the school day and are due at 8:25 AM the next day

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #3:

The call number beginning with G indicates the book will be found in

the ________________________ section.

(earn possible $1)

Audio Books & DVDsAsk at desk. These are stored in library workroom.

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

Playaways are new. They are shelved across from the circulation desk. Playaways are MP3 players loaded with an audioRecording of a book.

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #4:

What is a playaway? _________________

Where are playaways shelved? __________

(earn possible $2)Atlases are behind the reference shelves

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

Webster's Third New International DictionaryPeriodicalsCurrent 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.

Older issues are shelved in Periodical room located, next to Computer Lab 1.

Lower School Stacks

Located across from the bathrooms, near the green wall.

Picture Books & Easy Readers are in the blue room behind reference shelving

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

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

Circulation / Reference Desk

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)How to check out a book when no one is at the desk to help youFind the manual checkout clipboard on the circulation desk. Its usually near the computer.

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 weaponWrite the date, your name, and the barcode number on the manual check-out form.

51242Library Books: Are checked out for three weeks.You can keep them as long as you need them, but we may start asking for them after they are due.We do not charge fines for overdue library books.ButIf, at the end of the year, you still have books checked out, you will have to pay the cost to the replace the items.Remember to Ask for Help!

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

FOX HUNT INFORMATION CHALLENGEQUESTION #6:

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

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: $10

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