ROMEO and JULIET RESEARCH PROJECT

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ROMEO and JULIET RESEARCH PROJECT

• Welcome to the Royal High School Library Media
  Center!

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Our Library Books Are Shelved In Three Places

• Fiction Section Novels and short
  stories

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• Nonfiction Section Factual information

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• Reference Section non-circulating books

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Another Example of a Type of Reference Book

• Encyclopedia

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The Label on the Spine of a Library Book

• Call Number

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The OPAC is Located

• On all the computers

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Four Ways to Search for Books
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Lets Find a Book by Mark Twain

• Type his name in the author search bar like this
• twain, mark
• FIC
• TWA

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Fiction Books Are Arranged

• Alphabetically by the authors last name
• Remember! The call number looks like this
• FIC
• TWA

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Lets Find a Book about Mark Twain!

• This time, do a subject search.
• Type his name like this
• twain, mark
• If you want a biography or autobiography, look
  for the call number
• 921
• TWAIN

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Find the Autobiography!
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A Biography about Mark Twain Looks Like This

• 921
• TWAIN

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Nonfiction searches use keywords or subjects
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Nonfiction Books Are Shelved

• In numerical order using the
• Dewey Decimal System

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To Find Books about the Elizabethan Age or
Renaissance

• Subject Search
• Keyword Search
• Example Life in Tudor England
• keyword Tudor

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Lets Put It All Together!

• We will use the OPAC to find a book called
  Shakespeares Globe.