Follow the curve of the handle directly to the south and you will see a very bright star. You've found the second brightest star in the skies of the northern hemisphere and the brightest star in the sky during the spring and summer months. It will be almost directly overhead. Arcturus is the centerpiece of the constellation Bootes, the kite-shaped group of five stars to the north of Arcturus. Arcturus is the tail of the kite.
Bootes is the most difficult constellation name to pronounce because it has two long o's in a row.
To the ancient Greeks, Bootes was a herdsman, or ox-driver. Perhaps he watches the bear to prevent damage to his herd of oxen, which must have strayed because they are found nowhere in the sky. His origins are obscure. Perhaps he is Boiotos, son of the sea god Poseidon and the mortal woman Melanippe. Later, he may have turned his early affection for bovines into a profession and became an ox herder.