Searching the Online Catalog for IMC Materials

*** ALL searching for IMC materials should be done in the "Power Search" screen (click on the right side of the screen)

Locating Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction & Non-Fiction Materials

• Type in the subject or persons name in the words or phrase search box.

• Scroll down to the drop-down menu for item type and select IMCJUV.

• Select search catalog.

These items will be located in the IMC collection with the prefix IMC JUV before the call number.

Locating K-12 Textbooks in the Online Catalog

• Type in the subject in either the words or phrase or subject search box.

• Scroll down to the drop-down menu for item type and select IMCTEXT.

• Select search catalog.

These items will be located in the IMC collection with the prefix IMC before the call number.

Locating ESL Materials in the Online Catalog

• TEXTBOOK COLLECTION IMC

English as a second language textbooks are in the IMC textbook collection under the call number IMC PE1128, subarranged by publisher.

English language Textbooks for foreign speakers

• JUVENILE LITERATURE COLLECTION IMC

Bilingual titles are under the language that is not English. The call number for Spanish fiction, fairy tales, folklore, etc. is IMC JUV PZ71 PZ 78. Spanish nonfiction is under the call number for its topic.

Translations(books in one language only either into or from English) are shelved next to the same title in its original language, so call numbers will vary.

Spanish language Readers Juvenile literature

Polyglot childrens fiction(3 or more languages) has the call number

IMC JUV PZ10.5. Nonfiction is under the call number for its topic.

Polyglot Juvenile literature

Childrens dictionaries with titles such as Lets Learn. Have call numbers beginning with IMC JUV PC

Picture dictionaries [name of language] Juvenile literature

*** Look them up in the OPAC under subject

Locating K-12 Audio-Visual Materials in the Online Catalog

• Type in the subject in the words or phrase search box.

• Select search catalog. Be sure to select an item that is appropriate for the grade level.

Give this call number and item type to the staff at the Circulation Desk; they will retrieve the item(s) for you.

Locating K-12 Software

• Type in the subject in the words or phrase search box.
• Scroll down to the drop-down menu for Itemtype and select Software.
• Select search catalog. Be sure to select an item that is appropriate for the grade level.

Give this call number and item type to the staff at the Circulation Desk; they will retrieve the item(s) for you.