Destiny Tips

Destiny Tips

Destiny is the online catalog that Homewood City Schools uses to keep track of our school library books. Students and teachers may use Destiny at school or at home.


For quick use: From the Destiny homepage, click on the CATALOG tab and search for books using Destiny Quest. The Resource Lists on the left of the Destiny Quest screen feature books in particular genres.


For a more detailed look at Destiny: Students and teachers may click the LOGIN button in the upper right of the screen and enter their Homewood City Schools username and password. Once logged-in, users can see what they currently have checked out by clicking on the MY INFO tab.


To SEARCH in Destiny or Destiny Quest: Enter an author’s name, book title, or subject. If you are unsure of the spelling, use the first two or three letters followed by the * (asterisk). This tells Destiny to match words that begin with these letters but end with any letters. If you search DOG, you will get only dog. If you search DOG*, you will get dog, dogs, doggie, etc.


To locate the address of the book: Look under the picture of the book cover or below the book’s title. If the book says IN, it is available in the library. If the book says OUT, it is checked out. If you see “2 of 3 available,” it means we own 3 copies and 2 are available while 1 is checked out.

Destiny and AR: By clicking on the book’s cover or title to see the full record, you can also find the book’s AR level. We try to keep this as accurate as possible, but at times this function may not be perfect. If you have any questions, please ask in the library.