How do I interpret the online catalog records?
Location - The library agency (Main Library or branches) that owns the item.

Collection - Materials in the Inglewood Public Library are divided into two levels (adult and juvenile) and two types (fiction and subject [what other libraries call nonfiction]). This designation tells a borrower where to look for materials.

Call Number - The item's address in the library. Inglewood Public Library uses the Library of Congress classification system for subject materials. Fiction is arranged by author's last name. Books designated as mysteries, westerns, science fiction, romance, or short stories are on the shelves labeled for those fiction genres, alphabetically by authors' last names.

Checked Out - Another person has borrowed the book

Missing - The item has been reported lost

Unavailable - The item was checked out and never returned.

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1. A book I want is checked out. How can I be notified when it is returned?
2. Are reverse directories available at the library? Can I ask the library to search for an address over the phone?
3. Besides borrowing books, what else can I use my library card for?
4. Can I find out from home if a certain item is on the shelf?
5. Do you carry videos? How about music, spoken word, or recorded literature?
6. Do you have books in Spanish? Other languages?
7. Does the library have meeting rooms available for the public?
8. Does the library have out-of-town telephone books?
9. Does the library offer computer classes? Are there any classes directed at seniors?
10. Does the library offer storytimes for children?
11. How can I get an Inglewood library card?
12. How can I volunteer my time at the library?
13. How do I interpret the online catalog records?
14. How long may I keep materials?
15. How many items may I check out?
16. I need a book or magazine article that the Inglewood Public Library doesn't own. How can I get a copy?
17. I'm a teacher, and I'd like to bring my class to the library. How can I arrange this?
18. May I renew library materials?
19. The book I found in the catalog has a call number c1998. Where are those books?
20. The catalog said that the book is available, but when I went to the shelf, it wasn't there.
21. The catalog says the item I want is in the Depository. What does this mean? Will I be able to check out the book?
22. What fees might the library collect?
23. What happens if I don't bring my materials back on time?
24. What is a valid library card?
25. Where are Inglewood Public Libraries? What are their hours?
26. Where are your biographies?