Welcome to Central Middle School

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Welcome to Central Middle Schools Library

• Mrs. Hamilton, Librarian
• Mrs. Pillow, Librarians assistant

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Important information

• Library Hours 800-330
• Class visits Every other week
• Check in/out materials Any time with teachers
  permission
• You can check out as many as 3 items at a time
• AR books are labeled with a red sticker

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Important information

• Return books in the book drop
• Return magazines in the wire basket at the
  circulation desk
• Computers are available for AR test, searching
  Athena, or typing in Word at any time.
• You must get permission before getting on the
  Internet or printing.

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Athena

• Searching
• Author (Last name, first name)
• Title
• Subject

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Sections

• Fiction
• Arranged alphabetically by authors last name
• Stories made up by an author
• Historical, realistic, fantasy, science fiction
• Example call number
• FIC PAU

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Sections

• Nonfiction
• Books about real people, places, and events
• Call number Dewey number and first three letters
  of authors last name

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Dewey Decimal Number

• 000-099 General works
• 100-199 Philosophy psychology
• 200-299 Religion
• 300-399 Social studies and folklore
• 400-499 Language

• 500-599 Natural sciences and math
• 600-699 Applied science and technology
• 700-799 Fine arts and recreation
• 800-899 Literature
• 900-999 Geography, biography and history

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Sections

• Reference
• Nonfiction books that are not checked out
• Encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, thesaurus

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Sections

• Periodicals
• Newspapers and magazines

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Newspapers

• The Charlotte Gazette
• The Farmville Herald
• The Richmond Times Dispatch
• USA Today
• USA Today Sports

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Magazines

• Breakaway
• Calliope
• Cobblestone
• Connected Newsletter
• Cricket
• Discovery Girls
• Field Stream
• Girls Life
• Guideposts Sweet 16
• Jr. Baseball
• Justine

• MotoKid
• Muse
• National Geographic Kids
• Newsweek
• Nickelodeon
• Odyssey
• Owl
• Science News
• Time
• U. S. News World Report

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Checkout procedures

• Books and magazines are checked out for two weeks
• To renew a book, you must have it with you
• Magazines are checked out in plastic envelopes
  and must be returned in the envelope

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Checkout procedures

• You can reserve a book that is checked out to
  another student
• Tell Mrs. Hamilton or Mrs. Pillow the title of
  the item you want, and you will be added to the
  waiting list
• When your book is in, we will put your name in
  the bulletin to notify you that you can pick it
  up.

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While youre in the library

• Be respectful of students and teachers who are
  working or reading (students often make up tests
  in the library).
• If you are with your class, stay on task and pay
  attention to the lesson.
• If you are on a pass, look quietly for a book and
  do not talk to other students.

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VISIT THE LIBRARY!!!

• READ! READ! READ!
• If you are having trouble finding the right book,
  ask Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Pillow, or your teacher
  for help.

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Recommendations

• Maniac Magee
• Holes
• Small Steps
• Hatchet
• So B. It
• Olives Ocean
• Jacob, Have I Loved
• Number the Stars

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• The Giver
• The Book of Story Beginnings
• The Forest in the Hallway
• Tuck Everlasting

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Remember

• READING is to the mind what EXERCISE is to the
  body.