Library
Librarian, Mrs. Martin
ext. 21162
Library Aide, Mrs. Armenta
ext 21162
Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Armenta, and their friends would like to help you learn about our library.
To learn more about our library, read more.
Fiction books are labeled with the letter “F” followed by the first three letters of the author’s last name, as seen below:
Fiction books are ordered alphabetically (ABC order) by the author’s last name.
The basic outline of the Dewey Decimal system is as follows:
000’s: Computers, bibliographies, general reference, and the occult
200’s: Religion (including mythology)
300’s: Social Sciences (including folklore – 398.2)
600’s: Technology (including pets, medicine, and cooking)
800’s: Literature (especially poetry & plays)
900’s: History & geography (including biography – 921)
For more specific information on the Dewey Decimal system, click here.
Estas son fotos de nuestra sección de los libros españoles.
Nuestra biblioteca tiene unos libros en español, tambien. Tenemos libros ficciones, non-ficciones, y bilingües. Nuestros libros españoles son arreglado de la misma manera que nuestros libros ingléses.
Nuestros libros españoles son indicados por un "SP" junto con el número de llamada.
These are snapshots of our reference room.
Our reference room has five kinds of books in it.
1. Reference books
2. English Paperback fiction
3. Easy books
4. Read-aloud books
5. Story collections
Reference books
A reference book is a book with lots of different information in it. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, and atlases are all reference books.
Reference books are marked by an “R”, the Dewey Decimal number, and the first three letters of the author’s last name, as seen below.
Reference books may NOT be checked out from the library.
Paperback English Fiction (Non-AR)
Paperback books are books that can be bent. In other words, they do not have hard covers. While the hardcover non-AR fiction books are in the main library, the paperback books are in the Reference Room.
Paperback books are marked by a “PB”, followed by an “F” and the first three letters of the author’s last name, as seen below.
Easy books are short fiction stories for students who are just learning to read or are just beginning to learn a new language. Many easy books are in our AR section, but several are here, in the reference room.
Easy books are marked by an “E”, followed by the first three letters of the author’s last name, as seen below.
Read-aloud books are also found in the Reference room. When a teacher wants to read a story to his or her class, he or she comes into the reference room and checks out a read-aloud book. These read-aloud books are AR books, and students can test on them. It is important to note that these books can technically be any reading level.
Read-aloud books are marked with a dark purple dot along the spine, as shown.
Only teachers may check out read-aloud books.
The final type of book found in the reference room is a story collection. Story collections are books with several compositions in them.
Story collections are marked with an “SC”, followed by an “F”, and the first three letters of the author’s last name, as shown.
When you are ready to check out a book, come to the checkout desk, and either Mrs. Armenta or Mrs. Martin will help you check a book out. You may only have two books out at a time, and at least one of the books must be an AR book. Books are due in three weeks for students, but teachers are allowed to have books for one whole month.
When you are done with a book, drop it into the slot located on the side of the checkout desk. Make sure you bring your books back in time, so that other students may use them!
Only schoolwork may be done on the computers. No free surfing, checking of e-mail, playing games, etc.
To search for a book in the John Adams library, you need to use the Accent book search. Either follow the link above, or type in the address 209.189.173.18 in your address bar. You may also follow the desktop link if you are on a library computer (or if you have set it up on your own computer).
If you have typed in the address from above,
you should see a screen that says “Welcome to Our Media Centers”. Go down and
click on “
By following this link (or by following the link from above or from the desktop), you should see a search bar. You may use this bar to search by book title, book subject, or book author. Select what category you want to search under. Then type what you want to search for, and click on the button marked “search”. A list of books matching your search criteria will appear. Write down the book names and call numbers, and look for the books on the shelf.
If you are not exactly sure what you want to search for, you can also use a broad-category visual search. Just click on where it says “visual search”. Images with categories will then appear. Click on the category and image that best contains the information you are looking for. When you do this, images with more specific sub-categories will appear. Continue until you have a list of books containing information you want to know about.
Remember, if you have any problems finding a book on the shelves, ask Mrs. Armenta or Mrs. Martin to help you.