"Destiny"--Card Catalog Searching Game

Directions for “Playing” DESTINY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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DESTINY! “ BASIC”-ly Speaking “ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself Good “ QUEST”-ion $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],When you first open the Destiny catalog, where do you click if you want to do a search?

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],If you want to do a basic search to see if there are any copies of The Lorax in, what 2 steps would you take?

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1 2

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],How would you find out how many different titles we have written by Andrew Clements?

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1 2 $10 BONUS How many titles are there by Clements?

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],26

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],Results of a “Series” search for Magic Tree House By looking at the given results, how many copies of the 36 th book in the series are currently available?

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],1

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],After completing a “Title” search for Exploring the Titanic , you discover that it is available & decide to look for it on the shelf. Who is the author and what is its call number ?

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],Author: Robert D. Ballard Call Number: 363.123 BAL

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],Which of these tabs would produce a type of search that is easier for a non-reader?

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],“ Visual” searches support non-readers by providing picture clues for general subjects.

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],After completing a basic “Author” search for books by Gary Paulsen , you want to quickly see how many of his books in our library are non-fiction . How would you do this?

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],Click on the down arrow beside the “ Sort By ” box & choose “ Call Number .” You can count that 5 of the 29 results are non-fiction. 1 5 4 3 2 Begins “Everybody” listings

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],You want to find out how many books in our library written by Margaret Haddix have won a Missouri award. How would you search for this information?

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],3 2 items were found in the search results.

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],The Media Specialist suggests that you do a search for books with 636.1 as the call number. How would you do this?

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],Click on the “ Number ” tab in the upper-right corner then type “ 636.1 ” in the “Call Number” box. Click “ Go .” $10 BONUS What is the subject of all of these books?

“ BASIC”-ly Speaking ,[object Object],[object Object],Horses

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],You are doing a “ Power ” search to see if the library has a copy of the book Small Steps that is not written by Peg Kehret . How would you do this?

“ ADVANCE”-ing Yourself ,[object Object],[object Object],1 2 On line 1-- click on the down arrow and select “ Title ,” type “ Small Steps ” in the text box, & then click the circle before “ NOT .” On line 2-- click on the down arrow and select “ Author ,” type “ Peg Kehret ” in the text box, & then click the “ Search ” button. Results

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],How do you begin a “ Destiny Quest ” search?

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],Click on the “Destiny Quest” tab along the left-hand side.

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],Now that you are in a “Quest” search, where would you find the newest book in the library? What is its title?

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],Look at #1 in “New Arrivals” section. The book is Lonesome George Finds His Friends .

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],After completing a “Quest” search for Michael Jordan: Legendary Guard , you discover that it is out. How can you find other similar books? How can you find out if any of those are available?

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],You can look at titles in the “ You may also like:” box. You can click on any of the titles listed to see if it is available. (Or, when you hover over each title, a “Quick Details” box will pop up.)

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],Using “Quest,” how would you quickly find out how many of our library’s Jan Brett books have been published since 2000? Results of a “Quest” search for books by Jan Brett.

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],In the “ Narrow Your Search ” box at the left, you will click on the “ Publication Year ” link. When the pop-up window opens, click on and slide the left arrow until it reads “ 2000 .” You can see that there are * 12 titles in this range. *

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],You have completed a “Quest” search for Draw 50 Animals & it is checked-out. How can you find out what else is near its location in the library without leaving the computer?

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],Along the left side, click on the “ Shelf Browse ” link. This will open a pop-up window that shows which titles are on either side of the chosen book. Shelf Browse Pop-up $10 BONUS What are the names of the books on either side of Draw 50 Animals ? Is either one available?

Good “QUEST”-ion ,[object Object],[object Object],Shelf Browse Pop-up The titles are: Perske Pencil Portraits, 1971-1990 (This one is available.) & The Draw 50 Way. (This one is not available.)

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