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Step 1: Open the Library Catalogue

Go to https://eit.hdsb.ca/ or go to your school Library website, under Library Links.

Select: School Library Catalogues Select: Your School Name

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Step 2: Login

Select the Login button on the top right corner of the Library Catalogue.
Sign in with your HDSB Email and Password

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Step 3: Search For A Book

Type in the Search Bar what you are looking for and Select the Blue Magnifying Glass.

You may also browse the New and Popular books shown on the screen.

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Step 4: Find A Book

Select the book that you are interested in.

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Understanding Location

Each Library has different collections. Listed below are what you may find in your Library:

Non-Fiction	French Non-Fiction
Primary Non-Fiction	French Primary Non-Fiction
Junior Fiction	French Junior Fiction
Fiction	French Fiction
Intermediate Fiction	*Can be found in French Fiction
Graphic Novels	French Graphic Novels
Everyone (Picture Books)	French Everyone (Picture Books)
Readers	French Readers
Single or Dual Language

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Understanding Call Numbers (No.)

Books are organized either alphabetically (by author name) or numerically (by subject and author name).
For example, Non-Fiction & Primary Non-Fiction books will be organized numerically.

This is organized by the Dewey Decimal System.

Books in these categories have numbers that represent a certain subject.
Check out the image below, to see what subjects you can find under which numbers:

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Understanding Call Numbers (No.) (cont.)

Some books are organized by alphabetical order.
Looking for picture books, graphic novels, or chapter books.
These are books that are organized by the author’s last name.
For example, readers, picture books, graphic novels, and fiction books will be organized alphabetically.

These books might look something like this:

LAN

GNOV

GAL

MAY

READ

JOH

KIN

©Jory John

©Suzanne Lang

©Gale Galligan

©Kyla May

©Jeff Kinney

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Understanding Call Numbers (No.) (cont.)

Listed below are examples of call numbers you might find on a book’s spine:

Non-Fiction	500 ING
Primary Non-Fiction	PR 796 AND
Junior Fiction	JF F LEE
Fiction	F KIR
Intermediate Fiction	INT F LOU
Graphic Novels	GNOV F ABD
Everyone (Picture Books)	E ROY
Readers	READ E COL
Single or Dual Language	SING 460 GOR or DUAL 497 LUB

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Step 5: Location

Look at the Location on the right hand side of the page circled in yellow.
Write down the Call Number (Call No).
Including numbers and letters (if there are any).

Ex. Call No. is 636.7 FOR
Location: Non-Fiction

Status: means if the book is currently In or Out of the Library.

Sometimes there is more than 1 copy of a book, so check to see if there is an extra currently in the Library.

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Step 6: Find the Book On the Shelf

Please grab a Shelf Marker, if your Library has one.
Find the Location in your Library of where the book is.

For example (your book is in the Graphic Novel Location).
Call No. is GNOV F KRO
Title: Jedi Academy

Insert your Shelf Marker into the spot of the book.

Pull your book out from the shelf.

If you like your book, please sign it out at the Circulation Desk.
If you do not want it, put the book back in the spot you have your Shelf Marker.
Return your Shelf Marker at the desk, and enjoy your book!