The document provides an orientation tour of the Arcadia High School library. It outlines the library hours, locations for checking out textbooks and library books, how books are organized on shelves by subject and author, and resources available like reference books, computers, printers, and a copy machine. Students are instructed to watch an additional video on finding books in the library. The tour highlights the key sections and services available to help students navigate and use the school library.

1. Arcadia High School Library
Orientation Tour
What’s in the Library and
how do I find it?
Fall 2013

2. Welcome to the
AHS Library Tour
Enter the Library
through the
turnstiles

3. Library Hours
when school is in session
• 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday – Thursday
• 7:00 am – 4:30 pm Fridays
Peer Tutoring
3:00 - 4:00 pm Mon. – Thurs.
Library hours are subject to change at the end of
semesters, before holidays and finals. Changes in
the hours will be posted on the doors and in the
student bulletin.

4. Mrs. Swensson will check
textbooks in and out here at
her desk, and help you find
library books. She can repair
your textbooks and tell you
about fines and lost books.
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Non-fiction books
Biographies
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Find books here
in the online
Library Catalog

8. Non-fiction books
are arranged by
subject using
Dewey Decimal
Classification
numbers

9. After you find the call number for a non-fiction
book, find the number on a shelf

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Fiction books on the
shelf by author’s last
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11. Close up look at
Fiction books
shelved by author’s
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Reference books are used to look up
information, are shelved in a special
place and stay in the library

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Foreign language dictionaries in
the Reference section

14. English dictionaries in
the Reference section
by the computers

15. Encyclopedias
in the
Reference
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Computers with
Internet
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doing school
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Library printers are
networked to all library
computers - you must
bring your own printer
paper (you may only
print 5 pages)

17. Hole punch, staplers, paper
cutter and tissue
Copy machine - $.15
per copy
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18. Now go back to the
Library Tour page and watch
“How do I find a book in the Library?”