Rufus King’s Online Library Catalog
With the online catalog
You can look for
• Books • Websites • EBooks
All at the same time, 24/7
First, log in to the school network
Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete
User name
s7777777
School ID#
Password
01/01/95
Birth date
Log on to
SCHOOLS
Setting
Click “ok”
Access the Internet
PC’s use Internet Explorer
Mac’s use Safari
Log in again…….the MPS Webpage comes up
Place your cursor over “Students," slide across & down to “Library Catalog Search” then click.
A list of MPS schools appears by grade level category.
Select “King High School” from the “9-12” area.
The “Basic” search screen opens.
Log in if you want to search for websites as well as books
Type your search terms here
Click on the appropriate search box
Notice that you can search 5 ways: keyword, title, author, subject, series
The search for “Russia” yields 92 records.
Book title
Book cover
Call number or book address. Be sure to copy down all numbers and letters.
To find out more about each book, click on the title or the “details” button (green circle.)
Details screen
Use the “back” arrow in your browser or click “search results” to return to the previous screen. Click the green arrow to move forward to the next screen.
There is one copy available on the shelf
Our library owns 1 copy of this book
Short book description
Call number
Notice that the word “Russia” from the search screen shows up in the record highlighted in yellow.
In some search results, you will find links to websites called, “WebPath Express”
If you click on any of the titles, or if you click “Go, ”you will be taken to a list of websites.
Go to the next slide to see what happens if you click on “Russia—Kings and rulers”
There are 16 links to websites about kings and rulers of Russia
Lists reading levels
Short description of the website
You can sort websites by URL extensions. Open and select from the domain list.
You can save your selected websites into a temporary folder
The selected websites can be edited or put into a citation list
Click here for individual citations
Click to remove individual sites
Click here for a list of all selected citations Click to remove all sites from your list
Citation list created by our catalog in MLA format
This page shows an EBook about Russian history. Just click on Rufus King’s link to connect.
The eBook search screen appears. You can search 3 ways.
Put your search term in the box and check-mark to search only within this publication.
Click the search button
You can search the table of contents and the index in the same way you would a print resource.
Here is a list of results from the “revolutionaries” search. You can place the article in a temporary folder. You can print or download as well. Be sure to click the “How to cite” link to generate a citation.
Your teacher may have a list of recommended reading on our catalog. You can find them in the “Resource Lists” area.
Click “Public Lists”
Lists created by teachers will appear here. You can search for books and if you are logged in, you can put books on hold for pickup when you visit the library.
Click “view”
Only books which the library owns will appear on this list. You can reserve books from this screen. Click on any book title link.
Now click “Hold It!”
Open the drop-down menu and select the appropriate option, then click “Save.”
You will see a confirmation with information about when you can pick the book up from the library.
Don’t forget that you can search from any computer with Internet access at any time, day or night. Now that you know the steps to searching for information using our online catalog, practice a few searches to get familiar with how things work. Good luck with your studies.