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media type="custom" key="9025348" Press play if you want the first two paragraphs read to you. Finding a book in the media center is easy -- you just have to search for it using the Destiny Online Catalog. To access the catalog, click on the icon on the media center desktop that says "Online Catalog." If you are at home or in a computer lab or using any computer with Internet access, go to the high school website, link to the media center, then select "click here to access the online catalog ."

The search box at the top of the Destiny Catalog page is for you to input what you are looking for. Here are some suggestions to help you find the books you want.

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Tips for Searching the Online Catalog
 * If you don’t know the title or author of a book but know what it is about || Search by keyword || A keyword search returns all books that have that keyword anywhere in the record -- title, author, series, or book description. ||
 * If you know the title of the book || Search by title || This will return only books with the title you requested. This is the best search when you know the title. ||
 * If you know the author || Search by author || This will return all books in the media center by that author. This is a good way to find all books by your favorite author. This will also help you find the name of a series written by a particular author. ||
 * If you know the name of the book series || Search by series || This will return ﻿all books in the media center within that series . ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">If you want to know what books are about a particular subject || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Search by subject || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This will return all books in the media center about the subject you entered. ||

media type="custom" key="9026026" Press Play if you want this paragraph read to you <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Try It Yourself <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Now use this link to go to the Destiny Online Catalog. Try searching for a book by author, title and subject. Need a few ideas?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Search for all the books in the media center by Jodi Picoult.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">See how many books have "Awakening" in the title. Now search for the Awakening book by Kelly Armstrong. Are there more books by her in that series?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">See if you can find a novel about a boy growing up in Kabul who rescues his friend from the Taliban (hint: keywords might help here).

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