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DESTINY
JOHNSTON HEIGHTS ONLINE CATALOGUE
Students, Staff and Parents can now access the Johnston Heights Library online catalogue from home. Simply click below and select Johnston
Heights!
http://library.sd36.bc.ca
Check out all the great resources that are in our library!
LIBRARY
RESOURCES
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Johnston
Heights Library, Media and Technology Centre
has a collection of over 30,000 titles for
you to choose from. We also have the latest
popular magazines, videos, DVD's, interactive
digital video, laserdisks and lots of computers
to keep you happy!
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THE
FICTION COLLECTION
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Hardcover
fiction and paperback fiction are all interfiled
in the fiction section.
They
are arranged in alphabetical order by the first
three letters of the author's surname
FIC
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To
make it easy for you to find different types of fiction books,
we have put genre stickers on the spine.
i.e.
Horror, Mystery, Love, Science Fiction, Classics, Adventure, Graphic Novels
etc.
 For
those students who are just learning English, check out
our excellent selection of high interest-low vocabulary
books. To locate these books, look for the red dots on
the spines. Check out our
great collection of graphic novels - look for the lime green genre
label.
Fiction
books are two week loan
THE
NON-FICTION COLLECTION
Non-fiction
books are arranged by Dewey number.
Check
the on-line catalogue to find the call number of the
subjects you require.
368.5
LEA
Non-fiction
books are two week loan, except when books are on reserve
or on special loan for class assignments.
Dewey
Decimal Classification
The
Dewey Decimal Classification is the system used to
organize resources in a library. Usually, this system
is used by School Libraries and Public Libraries.
Subjects are divided into 10 major categories. In
turn, these are divided into more specific subgroups. A
more specific breakdown of subject areas is located below
the general chart.
000-099
Generalities, Computer Science,
Library science, References
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100-199
Paranormal Phenomenon,
Psychology, Ethics
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200-299
Religion
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300-399
Economics, Education, Law,
Government, Social Issues
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400-499
Languages, Dictionaries
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500-599
Science, Mathematics
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600-699
Medicine, Family Living, Gardening,
Pets, Careers, Cooking
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700-799
Art, Music, Movies,
Television, Sports
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800-899
Literature
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900-999
Geography, Travel,
Genealogy, History
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DEWEY
DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
000-099
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Knowledge, the book, systems, computing
010 Bibliographies
020 Library and Information Sciences
030 General encyclopedic works
040 Special topics - not used
050 General serial publications, periodicals
(magazines and journals) and their indexes
060 Organizations and museology
070 News media, journalism, and publishing
080 General collections
090 Manuscripts and books, manuscripts, prohibited
works, other rare printed materials
100-199
100
Philosophy and psychology
110 Metaphysics
120 Epistemology and causation
130 Paranormal phenomena (parapsychology, occultism)
140 Philosophical schools of thought
150 Psychology
160 Logic
170 Ethics (moral philosophy)
180 Ancient, medieval and oriental philosophies
190 Modern western philosophy
200-299
200
Religion
210 Natural theology
220 Bible
230 Christian doctrinal theology
240 Christian moral and devotional theology
250 Christian church and religious orders
260 Christian Social and Ecclesiastical Theology
270 Christian church history and geography
280 Christian denominations and sects
290 Other and comparative religions
300-399
300
Sociology sciences
310 General statistics
320 Politics and government (Political Science)
330 Economics
340 Law
350 Public administration and military science
360 Social problems, welfare, and services
370 Education
380 Commerce, communications, transportation
390 Customs, etiquette, folklore
400-499
400 Language
410 Linguistics
420 English and Old English, English dictionaries,
usage, grammar, and etymology
430 Germanic languages, German
440 Romance languages, French
450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic
460 Spanish and Portuguese languages
470 Classical Latin & Italic Languages
480 Hellenic Languages, Classical Greek
490 Other languages
500-599
500
Philosophy and theory of natural sciences and mathematics,
organizations, management, research, education,
natural history
510 Mathematics
520 Astronomy and allied sciences
530 Physics
540 Chemistry and mineralogy
550 Earth Sciences (geology, hydrology, meteorology
560 Paleontology and paleozoology
570 Life sciences (biology, evolution, genetics,
microbiology, collection, preservation)
580 Botanical sciences
590 Zoological sciences (invertebrates, vertebrates:
fishes, aves, mammalia)
600-699
600 Applied
sciences & technology: history, education,
research/inventions, related topics
610; Medicine and medical sciences
620 Engineering and allied operations
630 Agriculture (crops, orchards, horticulture,
animal husbandry, dairy products, insect cultures,
hunting, fishing)
640 Home economics and family Living
650 Management ( office services, written communications,
accounting, general management)
660 Chemical technology/engineering
670 Manufacturing (metals, metallurgy, fur & leather,
lumber, pulp & paper, textiles)
680 Manufacture of products for specific uses
(instruments, devices, household appliances, furnishing,
products)
690 Buildings (materials, wood construction,
roofing, utilities, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning)
700-799
700
The arts: philosophy, theory and history of fine and
decorative arts
710 Civic and landscape planning
720 Architecture
730 Sculpture and plastic arts
740 Drawing and decorative arts
750 Painting and paintings
760 Graphic arts (print making and prints)
770 Photography and photographs
780 Music
790 Recreational and performing arts, film
800-899
800
Philosophy and theory of literature and rhetoric: collections,
history, description, critical appraisal
810 American and Canadian literature
820 English and Old English literature
830 Germanic literature
840 French and romance languages literature
850 Italian, Romanian and Rhaeto-Romanic literature
860 Spanish and Portuguese literature
870 Latin and Italic literature
880 Classical Greek and Hellenic literature
890 Literature of other languages
900-999
900
Philosophy and theory of history and geography: education,
research, world history, civilization
910 Geography and travel
920 Biography, genealogy, and insignia
930 History of the ancient world
940 General history of Europe
950 General history of Asia and the Far East
960 General history of Africa
970 General history of North America
980 General history of South America
990 General history of other areas and the Internet
AUDIO-VISUAL
COLLECTION
Students
having appropriate equipment at home are welcome to borrow
audio-visual resources such as DVD's. videocassettes
or laserdisks.
Those
not having the necessary equipment at home may use
school equipment in the Library, Media and Technology
Centre by reserving it through the teacher-librarian.
A
variety of audio-visual resources are available,
including videos, DVD's, laser disks. Students
are welcome to use any of the six DVD/video stations
or the laserdisk station. Headsets are available
at most of these stations. For
group viewing of videos, students may reserve
the library seminar room.
Check
out the 2 interactive digital video computer stations
in the library. Each computer station has approximately
250 videos available for students to view in the
library.
Sorry,
we don't have a print catalogue for A/V resources
as everything is catalogued on the on-line catalogue.
Audio-visual
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VERTICAL
FILE COLLECTION
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To
provide students with current, topical information,
the teacher-librarian clips relevant articles on
a daily basis from the Vancouver Sun and the Province.
Along with thousands of brochures, pamphlets and
Jackdaw Kits, these newsclippings form the basis
of an extensive vertical file collection of 12
filing cabinets.
Material
in the vertical file is arranged in alphabetical
order by subject.
To
find out what subjects are available, check the
Vertical File Catalogue (on top of the filing cabinets).
The catalogue is completely cross referenced.
If
you have used articles from the vertical file,
do not refile them. Simply put them in the wire
basket on top of the filing cabinets.
You
may borrow a maximum of 10 articles from the Vertical
File. The loan period is two weeks. |
JACKDAW
FILE COLLECTION
The
library has a collection of historical files
called Jackdaw Kits.
These
contain historical maps, documents, diary pages
etc. and are excellent for research. Jackdaw
kits are located in the last drawer of the
Vertical File cabinets.
Jackdaws
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CAREER
FILE COLLECTION
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Besides
the Career Centre, students may obtain career
information in the library. We have a growing
career file containing information on hundreds
of different careers. A catalogue of the Career
File is available and is sitting on top of
the career file.
Don't
forget ...
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UNIVERSITY
AND COLLEGE CALENDAR COLLECTION
For
students wishing to access information from different
colleges and universities in Canada and the United States,
many calendars are available for students to sign out.
There is a listing of available calendars located on
top of the filing cabinet. Most Universities and Colleges
no longer provide print catalogues as the necessary information
is available on their websites.
Students
may also access university and college information through
the internet which is available in the counselling offices,
Career Centre and Library. If you have the internet at
home, be sure to take one of the University/College Website
brochures available in the library.
CLICK
FOR LINKS TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY WEBSITES
NEWSPAPER
COLLECTION
The
Library, Media and Technology Centre subscribes to
several newspapers:
We
do not keep back issues of newspapers, however, thousands
of articles from the Vancouver Sun and the Province
are clipped and filed by subject in the vertical file.
PERIODICAL
COLLECTION
The
Library, Media and Technology Centre subscribes to over
35 periodicals.
The "Johnston Heights - Periodical List" indicates current
and back issues of periodicals.
Current
periodicals are on the periodical rack in plastic
covers and do not circulate.
Back
issues of periodicals are located in the stacks
and are in alphabetical order by title and
in date order. You may retrieve the back issues
of periodicals however, leave the refiling
to us!Simply,
place the magazines in the box in the magazine
area.
Please,
do not cut up our magazines, they are used for
research. We do have some back issues stored
in the back room that are available for cutting
up - just ask for them!
We
have a great selection of National Geographic
and other miscellaneous magazines that are available
for you to cut up for projects. If you want pictures
on a particular subject, use the National Geographic
Index and tell us the dates you need. Our "Cut-up" National
Geographic collection goes back to 1968.
Back
issues of periodicals circulate for 2 weeks.
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INFOTRAC
We
are now pleased to offer students and staff of
Johnston Heights access to a periodical index and
many research databases through Infotrac.
Passwords
are available in the library
CLICK
BELOW TO FOLLOW LINK:
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