1	How Do I Find a Book? Using Wooster’s Athena On-line Catalog Wooster School John D. Verdery Library Mrs. Woodward, Head Librarian
2	What is the On-line Catalog? A list of everything in the library. Searchable by: Author Title Subject Series Keyword
3	How Do I Find the Catalog? Start at the Wooster Library Web page!
4	Then… Click on the Athena icon!
5	Quick Search
6	Quick Search
7	"You then get a list..." You then get a list of hits about space… both NON-FICTION and FICTION books.
8	"And…" And… from the Main Library and the Lower School Library
9	Picking a Book Here is the first page of 171 books listed on space. Let’s pick this one! Click on the book title for more information.
10	Look at All That Information! The book is available to be checked out. Call number Author Title Summary of what the book is about!
11	What Else Can I Do? Click here to look at the next book in the list of 171 space books.
12	See the Books on the Shelf! Or click here to look at the book next to this one on the shelf!
13	Getting Back to My List Click here to go back to the list of books about space.
14	Next Page in My List • Click this arrow to get the next page of space books. You’ll get books 8 – 14 out of 171.
15	Organize Your Search Results If you click the SORT icon, you can put this list in a different order! I like to put them in order by the CALL NUMBER.
16	Start a New Search
17	Let’s Try An Author Search Look for an author by typing the LAST NAME. Let’s try Rowling Click AUTHOR Spelling counts!
18	Author Search for ROWLING Searching for ROWLING gives you all authors with the last name of Rowling. We are looking at the first 7 books out of a total of 9.
19	How Do I Decide Which I Want? Call number (the book’s address; where it lives in the library) Is this book in? Click the title for more information.
20	Review Call number Author Title Summary of the book
21	The Call Number! If it is a “YA” book, then go to the Young Adult Fiction section. And look for ROW (for Rowling). What other sections do we have?
22	WARNING !!! The On-line Catalog has all the books in the library – even the books in the Main Library. If there is a J in the Call Number, then you’ll find it in the LOWER SCHOOL LIBRARY!
23	Let’s Do a Title Search! To look for a title, type in at least the first word Click TITLE
24	What Did We Get? Here are the Hits! What is the Call Number? Can you check it out?
25	Sources Engvall, Barb; Teacher – Librarian; John Campbell Elementary School, Selah, WA. Accessed online 7.28.05; webpages.charter.net/bengvall/VisualOPAC.ppt Wooster School Library. Accessed online 7.28.05; www.woostersch.org/library/index.htm
26	The End Thanks!