Library How to Guide

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1 Library How to Guide Access Alexandria Place a Hold on a Book Renew Your Book Find a Good Book to Read Locate a Book Using the Call Number Locate a Book within a Section Access World Book Access Salem Press Titles Access JSTOR Access Magnolia Project Databases Access Gale Databases Access and Use Questia Find Information About Religious Saints Cite a Book or Website Cite a Newspaper/Magazine Article or Database Copy Scan Print Library Layout

2 How to Access Alexandria -Go to -Select Library from Academics options -Click Catalog

3 How to Place a Hold on a Book -Access Alexandria -Click Log In -Username = your student ID (found on lunch card) -Password = your last name -Once you are logged in, type in your search term -Click Place Hold for the book you want -You will be notified when the book is available

4 How to Renew Your Book -Access Alexandria -Click Log In -Username = your student ID (found on lunch card) -Password = your last name -Click your name at the top -Click Activity -Select the book you want to renew, then click Renew

5 How to Find a Good Book to Read -Access Alexandria -Select Most Popular to see books that are checked out the most -Select What s New to see books recently added to the library -Browse new books on display throughout the room -Ask your librarian!

6 How to Locate a Book using the Call Number -Write down the call number of the book(s) you need -the call number is the series of letters/numbers above the title -Use the chart below to locate which section your book is in Call Number Begins With Section Location 92 Biography Bookshelf under Projector F Fiction Along the Walls R Reference First three floor shelves Numbers Second three Nonfiction ( ) floor shelves GN Graphic Novels Standalone shelf after fiction MSC Mississippi Collection Shelves by magazines (first column, top) PC Professional Collection Shelves by magazines (first column, bottom) CC Colleges & Careers Shelves by magazines (second column) DVD Faculty DVDs Ms. Brannin s office

7 How to Locate a Book within a Section -Write down the call number so you don t forget it -Fiction, biographies, & graphic novels are organized alphabetically GN PRE 92 LIN F COL -All other sections are organized numerically R 796 ATI 301 PRE MSC 511 BRI PC 408 SAT CC 600 WIT

8 How to Access World Book -Go to the library webpage ( Academics < Library) -Click Internet Resources -Click World Book -Click World Book -Log-in ID = ssc -Password = rocks -Select Advanced

9 How to Access Salem Press Titles -Go to -Go to the library webpage ( Academics < Library) -Select Internet Resources -Click Salem Press Titles -Password = rockachaws -Select the resource you d like to browse

10 How to Access JSTOR -Go to -Go to the library webpage ( Academics < Library) -Select Internet Resources -Click JSTOR -If Off Campus: -Click Login -Username = ssc -Password = rocks

11 How to Access Magnolia Project Databases -Go to -Go to the library webpage ( Academics < Library) -Select Internet Resources -Click Magnolia Project -Select Public Library -Scroll down and click Hancock County Library System, Bay St. Louis -Username = magn1090 -Select the subject area you need -Locate a database you think will be useful based on descriptions (Academic Search Premier is a good non-subject-specific database)

12 How to Access Gale Databases -Go to -Go to the library webpage ( Academics < Library) -Select Internet Resources -Under Gale Databases, click the link you need -Password = rocks

13 How to Access and Use Questia -Go to -Go to the library webpage ( Academics < Library) -Select Internet Resources -Under Gale Databases, click Questia -You must request a Questia account from Ms. Brannin -Username = your address Password = rocks

14 How to Find Information about Religious Saints -Go to the library webpage -Select Internet Resources -Scroll down to the Religion section -Click Spring Hill College Religion/Theology Library -Click Saints -Scroll down to the bottom and click Individual Saints

15 How to Cite a Book Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, Print. Example with Two Authors Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, Print. Example with More than Two Authors Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, Print. More information found at the Purdue Online Writing Lab at: How to Cite a Website Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Examples Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov Web. 10 May The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, Web. 23 Apr Example of Citing Just One Page from a Website "Athelete's Foot - Topic Overview." WebMD. WebMD, 25 September Web. 6 July More information found at the Purdue Online Writing Lab at:

16 How to Cite a Newspaper or Magazine Article Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. Newspaper Example Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01. Print. Magazine Example Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: Print. More information found at the Purdue Online Writing Lab at: How to Cite a Source Found via a Database Author. Name of Article Name of Publication Date: pages. Name of Database. Medium of publication. Date of access. Examples Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. Nature's Rotary Electromotors. Science 29 Apr. 2005: Science Online. Web. 5 Mar Langhamer, Claire. Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-Century England. Historical Journal 50.1 (2007): ProQuest. Web. 27 May More information found at the Purdue Online Writing Lab at:

17 How to Copy -Turn on Copier by pressing ON/OFF button -Lift the cover and place book or paper on glass -Center top or bottom of page between these two sets of lines: -Turn copier OFF when finished

18 How to Scan -Use the device on the counter Press POWER SAVER button to turn on 2. Place paper or paper on glass screen under cover 3. Press SCAN button 4. Use keypad to select USB Memory 5. Insert USB 6. Press START button when ready 7. When complete, remove paper/book and USB 8. Press POWER SAVER button to turn off *If it is just one-sided sheets of paper, you can place them in the tray on top, face-up. Remove all staples and paper clips before doing so.

19 How to Print -Hit File then Print or Press the CTRL and P key at same time -Print preview to ensure you don t accidentally print 20 pages! -Make sure printer is set to print to OKI printer -Click Print -Your page(s) will print to the printer on the counter -They come out under the keypad

20 SAINT STANISLAUS LIBRARY NONFICTION BOOKS REFERENCE BOOKS FICTION - F MAGAZINES MISSISSIPPI & PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY - 92 COLLEGE & CAREERS DOOR FICTION - F FICTION - F GRAPHIC NOVELS COMPUTERS CIRCULATION DESK DOORS