San José Public Library (SJPL) Card
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Get a Full Access Library CardApply for your SJPL card to check out and access resources for this assignment.
1. Fill out the above application
2. Go to the desk on the main floor of King with your Tower Card and let the staff know
that you already applied online and that you are an SJSU student.
3. Pick your library card and create a PIN#.
Searching SJPL Resources
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BoundlessNew and popular eBooks for all ages.
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HooplaRead eBooks and eComics, listen to eAudiobooks and music, watch movies and TV.
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Link+Request books from other libraries using Link+
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National Geographic KidsDiscover fascinating and weird wacky facts about animals, wildlife, and nature all around the world.
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NoveList K-8 Plus(Grades K-12). Use to check grade levels for books or to find books on your chosen topic..
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OverDriveRecent bestsellers, popular fiction and nonfiction eBooks and eAudiobooks in English, Español, 中文, 한국어, русский.
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San José Public Library CatalogSearch the main catalog
San José Public Library Classification System for Juvenile Books
San José Public Library Classification System for Juvenile Books
For this assignment, you’ll only be using picture books.
Listed in Catalog as
| J Picture Book | Juvenile Picture Book: Search picture books with the first 3 letters of the author’s last name |
| J PB Picture Book | Juvenile Paperback Picture Books: (in King, near the Graphic Novels) |
| J Easy Reader | Juvenile Easy Reader: For beginning readers, “mostly” arranged by the 1stthree letters of the author’s last name (some exceptions are arranged by the title or the character, like Thomas the Train) |
| J Series | Juvenile Series: (arranged by the title of the series) e.g., Magic Tree House |
| J PB Fiction | Juvenile Paperback Fiction |
| J Fiction | Juvenile Hardback Fiction |