Destiny+--+getting+started

Destiny - Getting Started **OPEN: http://destiny.hsd1.org CLICK: on your school's name LOG IN: your email name and the password //staff.//**
 * **// Click on MY INFO to see what books you have checked out or reserved. //**

**TO SEARCH...** CHOOSE: **  CHOOSE where to search: your school, IMC, or Helena School District. CLICK on search type (** //**keyword** //**, etc.)
 * CLICK: on //Catalog// tab.
 * ** Basic - traditional searches. Keyword will get most hits. **
 * ** Power - Boolan searching. Narrows the search for specific needs **
 * ** Visual - search by graphics; kid-friendly. **
 * ** Number - search by call number, ISBN or other. Try typing in a Dewey number to see books you might find helpful, for example, 398. This search will bring up all the 398s, or fairy tales. It will not search a range, however. If you want astronomy books, type in 520. If you want books about the universe, you will have to do a separate search for 523. ** ** A BASIC keyword search will be better in some instances. **
 * You can also search by Accelerated Reader reading level in the Search Reading Programs box. **
 * TYPE in your search word(s)

Note: use REFINE SEARCH to start over without typing in everything again.

FIND a book on the hit list you want to know more about. (or click the** //**printable** // **box if you want to print the hit list.)

CLICK on the title.**
 * TITLE DETAILS offers a way to find similar books under EXPLORE. Also listed in PUBLICATION INFO, reading and interest levels under ADDITIONAL INFO, and a list of AWARDS.
 * REVIEWS is a section of student reviews. Any patron may add a review.
 * COPIES shows how many copies of this title are in the district.
 * RECOMMEND. Clicking on this button will enable the patron to send a recommendation to another patron.

**Click on HOLD, and on the next page SAVE if you want to reserve a book.**
 * CLICK ON THE BOOK COVER ** - on the title detail page--to open Title Peek, which has a large picture of the book cover (if available) plus a summary, list of characters (sometimes), and full-text reviews. Very useful!


 * To go back to LIBRARY SEARCH use the bread crumbs rather than the back button.

And now...ta da!!

DESTINY QUEST! A different way to search! Students love Destiny Quest! On the CATALOG page, click on DESTINY QUEST on the left-hand task pane. On the next page, click on BEGIN YOUR DESTINY QUEST. Browse the TOP TEN books currently circulated at your school. RESOURCE LISTS - more on the next page. Browse the NEW ARRIVALS.

At the top, type in a search and click on FIND. Ten books appear, with IN, OUT, or ASK in the upper corner of each book cover. ASK means that book is in another library. clicking on ASK will place a hold.

CLICK on any book cover on that page. The Title Details orange box comes up with more information about that book, as well as similar books the reader may like in the lower-right corner. (Compare with EXPLORE on the Destiny title details page.)

Now click on SHELF BROWSE, the small blue box beneath the book cover. Up comes the Visual Shelf Browse page. Move the orange slide along the bottom to see what books are on the shelf before and after the book you selected.

NARROW your search. Type in a more general search, such as //dogs//. You will get literally hundreds of hits, as all books relating to dogs in the entire district will come up. In the NARROW box at left choose your parameters: age, or location, or reading level, etc., or any combination. Your search will instantly narrow to the fewer, more relevant books.

DRAG and DROP a few books into your book bag at the right. This list can be turned into a printable bibliography or emailed to a colleague. If you email the list to your librarian, he or she will pull those books and have them ready for you.

Note that in Destiny Quest you can see MY INFO, and you can review or recommend a book.

LOG OUT! Very important if you are on a school computer.

//Andree Anderberg, Librarian at Hawthorne and Jefferson Schools; and Laura Trapp, Librarian at Rossiter School contributed to this article.// **