Library & Technology
Welcome to the library homepage, Nelson families!
I am Ms. Robbins, your teacher-librarian, and Mrs. Bailey is our amazing library
clerk. We are so glad you came to our library website and hope you find some
useful information about our library and how it works.
How Do I Find a Book in the Library?
Our library is arranged by genre, which means that books are sorted by their
type. Kids who like funny books will find a slew of them in the Wit & Humor
section. Like to be scared? Look in our Mystery & Scary area. All told, we have
nine genres and some pretty amazing Everybody (picture) books to choose
from!
If you like to learn about real life topics, we’ve got lots of nonfiction, too.
Nonfiction/informational books are located near fiction genres that are
similar (joke books are located near Wit & Humor, for example). Be sure to
look at the stickers on the book’s spine. If there’s a picture, it’s a
nonfiction/informational text. If there’s a band of color, it’s a fiction book.
Can I Search for Books in a Catalog?
Yes! Our online catalog is always located in the column on the right-hand side
of this website (tap on the words “Click Here to Find a Great Book!”). Type in
either the topic or the title of a book; the catalog will tell you whether we have
it at Nelson.
If you log into the catalog, you can also put a book on hold. Just find the book
you want and tap the Hold button next to the title.
Please limit your holds to 1-2 books at a time.
How Do I Request a Book?
Do you wish the library had a particular book? Fill out the Digital Book Wish!
form (in the menu at the top of this page) or fill out a paper Book Wish in the
library. We’ll do what we can to honor your wish, if it’s a good fit for our school.
Don’t forget to make sure we don’t already have a copy first!
How Do I Checkout a Book?
During checkout, we ask students to look at the cover of the book, read the
summary of the book to learn what it’s all about, and read one page of the
book. As they are doing these things, they are thinking three questions: am I
interested in the book? Is it a book I am comfortable reading? Is it a “just
right” fit? (To find our “just right” fit, we read one page of the book and keep
track of the words we don’t know, if there are five or more words that we
don’t know, it might be too challenge of a book for us, at this time.)
When you have found a “just right” fit book that you are interested in and
comfortable with, please bring it up to Mrs. Bailey’s desk and type in your
student number.
Thank you for stopping by the Nelson library webpage; we hope to see you in here soon!
