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iBistro
Finding Books In Our Media Center from any computer in District 11
The iBistro Website
iBistro is a way to find books in our Media Center
You can find books for
reports and books for fun!
What iBistro Can Do
Locate materials in our Media Center or from any other computer with Internet access
Find materials by title, author, or subject
Find books and borrow them from other District 11 schools
Ways To Access iBistro
 From School
Open QP Intranet
On the left side of our home page,
Click on MEDIA CENTER
Ways To Access iBistro
 From School and Home
From home, open Internet Explorer
Type our address in the address bar: http://www.d11.org/qpalmer
Ways To Access iBistro
On the left side of our home page,
Click on MEDIA CENTER
Ways To Access iBistro
Types of Searches
A Subject Search
Title of the Book
Author of the Book
Location of the Book
Stacks Question 1
Stacks Answer
Subject Questions 2 & 3
Subject Answer
See More, Question 4
See More, Answer
More Information
Held By, Question 5
Held By, Answer
Author Search
Author Search, Question 6
Author Search, Answer
Call Numbers, Questions 7 & 8
Call Numbers, Answers
Now Let’s Do a Title Search
Title Search, Questions 9 & 10
Title Search, Answers
Let’s do a subject search on dinosaurs.
Other Materials
Sometimes when you do a search you will find materials other than books.
Let’s do a subject search on dinosaurs.
Search Dinosaurs
Books and Kits
The first item
is a book.
The next two
are teacher
kits.
They have “KT”
in the call number
Video Tapes
You might even find video tapes.
Videos have
“VC” in the
call number
Kits and
videos
are for
teacher
checkout.
We Have Many Different Materials
Read the title carefully to see if the material is a book, kit, or videotape.
When you
see KT or
VC in the
call number,
it is not
a book.
Different Materials, Question 11
Different Materials, Answer
All Answers
Check your Answers
Hmmm
For More Information…