Search Options

In Destiny Discover's Search bar, you can look for library materials using a variety of filters, including Location, Format, Interest Level and Reading Program.

IMPORTANT Review your student and guest access level settings to ensure students are focused only on the resources they need.

Location:

  • Your Entire District
  • Elementary Schools
  • Middle Schools
  • High Schools

To enable the Location search categories:

The Location search categories appear based on the access level permission being enabled.

  1. If you are not on the Access Levels page, then follow the steps in the blue title bar.
  2. Next to the appropriate Access Level name, click .
  3. On the Library Materials sub-tab, under Library Catalog Search Access, select the Search all library sites through Destiny Discover checkbox.


When searching by format, the most used material types appear at the top of the list. Other material types appear beneath these in alphabetical order.


Format:

  • Any
  • Book
  • eBook
  • Audiobook/Recorded Sound
  • Video
  • Recording

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  • Archive
  • Artifact
  • Computer
  • Equipment
  • Graphic
  • Kit
  • Language
  • Map
  • Mixed
  • Music
  • Serial
 


Interest Level:

 
  • Any
  • PreK
  • K
  • 1st
  • 2nd
  • 3rd
  • 4th
  • 5th
  • 6th
  • 7th
  • 8th
  • 9th
  • 10th
  • 11th
  • 12th
  • Young Adult
  • Adult
  • Professional


Reading Program:

 
  • My Lexile Measure

 

 

  • Starting Lexile Measure
  • Ending Lexile Measure

     


To do an expanded search from the Search bar:

  1. In the Search bar, type a search term, and then click .
  2. Do any or all of the following:
  • From the Type drop-down, select a type of search.
  • From the Location drop-down, select a site to search.
  • From the Format drop-down, select the item format you want to search.
  • From the Interest Level drop-downs, select the interest levels to search.
  • From the Reading Program drop-down, select the Lexile measures to search.

NOTE If you do not select any filters, Destiny Discover performs a keyword search.

3. Click Search.

NOTE Click Clear All to remove all filters.

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