Welcome to the Seaford Middle School Media Center

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Welcome to the Seaford Middle School Media Center

• Biography

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What is a Biography

• It is an account of a person's life written,
  composed, or produced by another.
• Ex. a film biography of Martin Luther King
• Ex. an oral biography of your grandfather
• Ex. a written biography on Michael Jordan

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Where can I find them?

• All biographies are non-fiction and are placed in
  a library in their own section.
• Books with a call number of 921 are on
  individuals.
• Books with a call number of 920 are on groups of
  people.

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O.K., so I found where call number 921 is, now
what?

• You can look for the book using the first three
  letters of the persons last name.
• For example if you want an individual biography
• Martin Luther King would have a
• call number of 921 KIN
• Michael Jordan would have a
• call number of 921 JOR

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Why would I want to look at a book that covers a
group of people?

• This may be helpful if the person is part of a
  group.
• For instance you may want to look at a book on
  Civil Rights Leaders to read about Martin
  Luther King.

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Where would I find these books?

• You would need to use the OPAC (Online Patron
  Access Catalog) located on each computer.
• When you do your search and retrieve your list,
  look for books with a call number of 920 or 921.
• Remember that 921 contains Individual Bios
• Remember that 920 contains Group Bios

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OPAC for SMS

• Go to Internet Explorer
• The home page should be the Seaford Middle
  School PowerPortal.
• http//www.seaford.k12.de.us/sms/DEFAULT.HTM
• You should see this home page on any computer in
  the media center. For this to work at your home
  you would need to put this address in you
  favorites

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Now that you are on the SMS home page

• Go to the right hand side of the page
• click on card catalog
• click on search catalog
• type in your search term hit enter
• Click on locations to see if the item is
  In, Out or Lost.
• At the bottom center of the page youll see that
  you may have more than one page of
• books from which to
  choose.
• Itll look something like this 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
  

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Congratulations!!

• Now, use the OPAC to look up the books you need.
  
• Write down the call numbers.
• ex. 921 Kin, 920 Lid
• The list will tell you if the book is
• In, Out or Lost.
• Wait for directions to go and find your books.
• Remember only those books marked as In will be
  on the shelf.