Picking a Book

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Picking a Book
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Tools that can help you pick a book

• Tools in the LMTC (book displays, signage)
• Tools built into our library catalog (keyword
  searching, Lexile searching, visual searching,
  using cross-references, using Titlepeek, and
  using your account to create book lists and place
  holds)

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Book Selection Tools in the LMTC

• Book Displays
• Usually 2-3 thematic book displays scattered
  around the room
• Newer books are often up on top of the shelves
  being displayed
• You are always welcome and encouraged to take
  books from the displays this is a library, not
  a museum! ?

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Book Selection Tools in the LMTC

• Posted Book lists
• Fiction area (these lists are also on the LMTC
  website)
• Newbery Award Winners list
• The Classics list
• Multicultural list
• Non-Fiction area
• Book lists grouped by Dewey number

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Book Selection Tools in the LMTC

• Posted fiction genre guides
• Author suggestions
• Hint In the Fiction area, if you know the
  author, you know where to find the books!
• Keyword suggestions
• Hint combine just about any word with the word
  Fiction to get fiction books about that subject

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Book Selection Tools in theDestiny Library
Catalog

• About Destiny
• Online library catalog destiny.waunakee.k12.wi.u
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• Access at school or from home over the Internet
• Log in with your username and password for
  additional features

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Book Selection Tools in theDestiny Library
Catalog

• Keyword Searching
• Combine just about any word with the word Fiction
  to get fiction books on that topic. Examples
• Baseball fiction
• Survival fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Wisconsin fiction
• Dogs fiction

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Book Selection Tools in theDestiny Library
Catalog

• Visual Searching
• On the Catalog screen, click the Visual tab
• Of particular interest Fiction Genres, New
  Books, Audiobooks, Newbery Books, the Classics,
  Books by Lexile, and Quick Reads
• Use different sorting methods for different
  purposes (gather fiction together, gather authors
  together, arrange by year to get newer books at
  the top, etc.)

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Book Selection Tools in theDestiny Library
Catalog

• Lexile Searching
• On the Visual Tab select Books by Lexile, then
  pick a Lexile range.
• You can sort the resulting list by Lexile as
  well.
• Remember Lexile is just one measure of
  difficulty it only measures vocabulary, not
  writing style, length, or other things that can
  affect difficulty
• Remember Many of our books dont have Lexile
  codes

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Book Selection Tools in theDestiny Library
Catalog

• Using Titlepeek
• Titlepeek is the service that feeds Destiny the
  cover pictures
• You can click the cover pictures to go to the
  Titlepeek site for that book
• You can sometimes find summaries, reviews, and
  even sample chapters

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Book Selection Tools in theDestiny Library
Catalog

• Using subject and author cross-references
• Start with a book you know you liked
• Look in the Explore! Area to find subject
  headings and author headings
• These may be clickable links they link you to
  other items that have the same headings
• Again, you can use Sorting to help group
  fiction/non-fiction, authors, or dates

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Book Selection Tools in theDestiny Library
Catalog

• Using your account
• You can log on with your normal username and
  password. Why?
• Check your account what items do you have out,
  when are they due, and what is overdue?
• Create a list of books you have read, or want to
  read
• Items that are currently checked out can be put
  on hold so you get to read them when returned
• Rate books 1-5 stars and write reviews