"How to" Videos & Information

Print Books

• Log in to the Catalog (see "How to: log in to Catalog" video)

• Search for a book by genre or list (see "How to: using Book Lists or Copy Categories (Genres)" video)

• Request or place a Hold on a Book (see "How to: place a Hold on a print book" video)

Database & eBook Access from home

• Databases & eBooks are password protected. Access the Password Doc HERE

Call Number Meanings:

• F =  Fiction (example: Call #: F  KIN for Diary of a Wimpy Kid  by Jeff Kinney)

• SC = Story Collections (example: Call #: SC  HOR for Secret Weapon: Seven Untold Adventures from the Life of a Teenaged Spy  by Anthony Horowitz)

• GN  F = Graphic Novel (example: Call #: GN  F  SMI for Bone: Out from Boneville  by Jeff Smith)

• GN  ### = Graphic Non-Fiction (example: Call #: GN  323.1  LEW for March  by John Lewis)

• B = Biography (example: Call #: B  HAM for Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary  by Martha Brockenbrough)

• SPAN  F = Spanish language Fiction (example: Call #: SPAN  F  ALE for El Crossover  by Kwame Alexander )

• SPAN  ### = Spanish language Non-Fiction (example: Call #:  SPAN  520  CLI for El Espacio  by Tim Clifford )

EBooks for Pleasure Reading

• Borrow an eBook from Sora/OverDrive (see "How to: sign in to Sora & link to libraries" & "How to: borrow a book with Sora")

Research

• Create a NoodleTools Account (see "How to: create NoodleTools account" video) 

• Detailed NoodleTools Demos and Information (Web site) 

• Gale eBooks:

  1. 1. • • Searching for Information (see "How to Search for Information" video)

          • Cite an Article ("How to Cite" video)

          • Save to article to Google Drive, which will appear in a Gale folder (see “How to Send Articles to Your Drive” video) 

          • Make highlights and notes (see “How to Make Highlights and Notes” video) 

          • Bookmarking: use "Get Link" NOT browser bookmark or URL (see "How to Bookmark" video)