The Collection
 The Kendall School Library consists of 25,000 books, periodicals,
and other materials such as computer software, filmstrips, study
prints, and videotapes. The library uses Follett
Library Software, the most popular school library management
system in the country. The system offers users multiple options
for finding library data. The collection can be search through
the automated catalog (Catalog Plus) for the users. There are on
both stand-alone and Internet-accessible
computers (OPAC). The
library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification System .
See Library Skills for more info about
Dewey Decimal Classification.
Call Number Prefixes
or Area Codes
Call number prefixes or area codes are added to indicate special
areas for the special collections such as biography and deaf-related
books.
AR |
Accelerated Reader |
B |
Biography |
BB |
Big Books (in big book trunks) |
D |
Deaf-related and sign language
books (Children's Books) |
DEAF |
Deaf-related and sign language
books (Professional Books) |
E |
Easy (Picture Books) |
F |
Fiction |
FS |
Filmstrips |
GN |
Graphic Novels |
GR |
Guided Reading (for Teachers/Staff
only) |
KT |
Kits |
PB |
Paperback Books |
PER |
Periodicals |
R |
Reference |
SC |
Special Collections |
SP |
Study Prints |
SRP |
Shared Reading Project (for
SRP Tutors only) |
T |
Professional Books |
VF |
Vertical File |
VT |
Videotapes |
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Non-Circulation Materials
- CD-Roms
- Current periodicals/journals
- Encyclopedias
- Newspapers (The Washington Post)
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Periodicals
Kendall School Library subscribes to the following periodicals.
To check out contents of current issues, click on the titles:
Children's Magazines
American Girl
Appleseeds
Boys' Life
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Cobblestone - Discover
American History
Disney Adventures
Faces - People,
Places, and Culture
Footsteps - African
American History
Girl's Life
Kids Discover
National Geographic Kids (formerly National Geographic
World)
Ranger Rick
Sports Illustrated for Kids
World Around You
Zoobooks Magazine
General Periodicals and Professional Journals
American Annals of the Deaf
Book Links
Car and Driver
Deaf Life
Gallaudet
Today - The Magazine
Good Housekeeping
The Horn Book Guide
Instructor
MultiCultural Review
National Geographic Magazine
Newsweek
Odyssey - New
Directions in Deaf Education
On the Green - A
publication for Gallaudet faculty, teachers, and staff
School Library Journal
Science and Children
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