Moorestown Friends School
Library
How to find your way around the
library….
“Outside of a dog, a man’s best friend is a
book; Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
- Groucho Marx
By the end of this tutorial, you should understand:
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the concept of the Dewey Decimal system
and subject headings
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what a call number is and how it functions
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the concept of a bibliographic record
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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 the
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM
The Dewey Decimal system organizes
information by subject. There are 10 main
categories of subject areas.
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000
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Generalities
Philosophy
Religion
Social Sciences
Language
Natural Science
Technology & Applied Science
The Arts
Literature
Geography
Each Category is broken down
into 10 subcategories
000
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Generalities
Philosophy
Religion
Social Sciences
Language
Natural Sciences & Math
Technology & Applied Science
The Arts
Literature
Geography
500 Natural Science & Math
510 Math
520 Astronomy
530 Physics
540 Chemistry
550 Earth Sciences
560 Paleontology
570 Life Sciences
580 Plants
590 Animals
Each subcategory is broken down into 10 more categories, and so on.
500 Natural Sciences & Math
500 Natural Sciences & Math
510 Math
520 Astronomy
530 Physics
540 Chemistry
550 Earth sciences
560 Paleontology
570 Life sciences
580 Plants
590 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
530 Physics
531 Classical mechanics Solid mechanics
532 Fluid mechanics Liquid mechanics
533 Gas mechanics
534 Sound & related vibrations
535 Light & paraphotic phenomena
536 Heat
537 Electricity & electronics
538 Magnetism
539 Modern Physics
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CHALLENGE
530 Physics
531 Classical mechanics Solid mechanics
532 Fluid mechanics Liquid mechanics
533 Gas mechanics
534 Sound & related vibrations
535 Light & paraphotic phenomena
536 Heat
537 Electricity & electronics
538 Magnetism
539 Modern Physics
QUESTION #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)
Each book is assigned a call number based on its subject.
Find
the
book’s
call
number
here
•The call number can be thought of as
the book’s 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 = Book’s Address
Anatomy of a Call Number
F
GOR
F = Fiction (located in Upper School fiction)
GOR = First three letters of author’s last name
510
EIN
510 = Dewey Decimal Number (located in US stacks)
EIN = First three letters of author’s last name or first three letters of title if
work has an editor rather than an author
REF
910
FRE
REF = Reference -located in Reference stacks across from circulation desk
910 = Dewey Decimal Number
FRE = First three letters of author’s last name or first three letters of title if
work has an editor rather than an author
J952
STE
J =Juvenile - located in Lower School area of library
952 = Dewey Decimal Number
STE = First three letter of author’s last name
811
BES
Video
811 = Dewey Decimal Number (located in US stacks)
BES = First three letter of author’s last name
Video = Located on US video shelves
FOX HUNT INFORMATION
CHALLENGE
QUESTION #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.
J Fiction & Nonfiction
Reference
Easy Readers & Picture books
Middle School Fiction
Quaker Books
Periodical Room
New Books
Periodicals
Circulation
Nonfiction 000-999
Fiction
OR
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 them
Graphic novels are shelved on the display shelf near the
student computers. (Graphic novels are “comic books.”)
The Call number begins with “G.”
Quaker Collection
MFS 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 Books
• Used to be shelved directly across from circulation desk
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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
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CHALLENGE
QUESTION #3:
The call number beginning with G indicates
the book will be found in
the ________________________ section.
(earn possible $1)
Audio Books & DVDs
• Ask at desk. These are
stored in library workroom.
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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 audio
Recording of a book.
FOX HUNT INFORMATION
CHALLENGE
QUESTION #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 Dictionary
Periodicals
Current 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 Machine
Is free for students to use
for school related copying
only.
It is located next to the
OPAC stations by the
reference shelves.
Circulation / Reference Desk
Here you can ask for help, check out books,
pick up interlibrary loan books, return books.
FOX HUNT INFORMATION
CHALLENGE
QUESTION #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 you
Find the manual checkout clipboard on the
circulation desk. It’s usually near the computer.
Find the barcode number on the book.
51242
The barcode number is below the barcode.
The
barcode
label is
located
on the
back
cover,
top right
corner.
Write the date, your name, and the barcode
number on the manual check-out form.
51242
Library 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.
But…
•If, 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.
That’s what we are here for!
Mrs. Griffis
Mrs. Alterman
Mrs. Reilly
FOX HUNT INFORMATION
CHALLENGE
QUESTION #6:
What should you do if you can’t find
what you are looking for?
______________________
(earn possible $1)
You have completed the
MFS Library Tutorial
of the
FOX HUNT INFORMATION
CHALLENGE
Bring your MFS Library Tutorial
answer sheet to the Judge.
Possible Diller Dollars earned: $10
The End