Know Your Library

How can you find out when the library is open?

• shake the Magic Eight Ball

• check in the front office

• check the calendar outside the library

• ask your ELA teacher

What can you do in the library besides check out a book? Choose all that apply.

• read a magazine

• relax with your friends

• work on an assignment

• catch up on your iReady

Your book was due on Monday, but your forgot all about it. You return the book on Wednesday instead. What happens now?

• The ghosts of books never published haunt your dreams for the next two weeks.

• You breathe a sigh of relief because you remember that there is a 3-day grace period and you won't have to pay a late fine.

• You panic and ask your parents how soon the family can move to a new city.

You can search the catalog for a book based on its ___________________. Choose all that apply.

• title

• cover

• author

• length

• genre

To locate a book on the shelf, you will need its ___________.

• title

• call number

• subject

• reading level

Are these books fiction or nonfiction?

• fiction

• nonfiction

Looking at the catalog, what can you tell about all the books listed by Jason Reynolds?

• They have pretty covers, so he probably illustrated them, too.

• They all have the same call number, so they'll all be in the same place on the shelf.

• The have short titles. It must be hard for an author to choose the name for a book.

• None of the books have photographs on the cover, so there probably aren't any in the book, either.

Help your friend who is looking for a book with the call number 948.1 HAN. Where should they go to find it?

• the tall bookcases along the walls in the library

• the shorter bookcases in the center of the library

You are looking for the book Allies by Alan Gratz. Its call number is FIC GRA. Which of these aisles will you find it in?

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What can you do in Destiny Discover that you can't do from the regular catalog?

• easily find books by category

• see what books you currently have out

• read and check out ebooks

• All of the above.