LRCINF1100 – Week 6

RESEARCH STEP #2 – FINDING THE INFORMATION

LIBRARY CALL NUMBERS:

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMSDewey Decimal

andLibrary of Congress

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS

Both systems organize materials by SUBJECT.

DEWEY DECIMAL

Dewey uses numbers at the beginning of the call

number.154.634 FRE

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Library of Congress uses letters at the beginning

of the call number.

HD 4918.E375

DEWEY VS. LOC

What subject area would HD 4918.E375 fall under?

What subject area would 154.634 FRE fall under?

The Stacks

THE LIBRARY STACKS

Finding materials:Go to the online library catalogFind your desired resourceWrite down the call number

associated with the itemFind your book in the stacks

CALL NUMBER ORDER: DEWEY DECIMAL

154.634 FRE 305.569 HER 650.142 FRY 2007 610.73076 NCL 610.73069 PRO 154.63 PAR

Put the following numbers in order:

CALL NUMBER ORDER: LIBRARY OF

CONGRESS HD 4918 .E375 2008 RT 55 .N44 2011 BF 1078 .F72 2010 HF 5383 .H49 2005 BD 430 .A3 2008 RT 55 .s4875 2009

Put the following numbers in order:

LRC ONLINE CATALOG:

O.P.A.C. Online

Public

Access Catalog

LRC ONLINE CATALOG:

O.P.A.C. Title Author Subject Keyword

Series ISBN #

When searching the

online catalog, consider using

BOOLEAN OPERATORS.

CLASS ACTIVITY

Boolean Simon Says

BOOLEAN OPERATORSFor the topic “television makes children more aggressive,” what 3

keywords do you see that could be used to search an

online catalog?

BOOLEAN OPERATORSFor the topic “television makes children more aggressive,” what 3

keywords do you see that could be used to search an

online catalog?Television Children Aggressive

CLASS ACTIVITY

LRC Online Catalog

SEARCHING YOUR TOPIC

LRC Online Catalog (OPAC) Worldcat Google Books Allen County Public Library Catalog

Interlibrary Loan

&Harrison Express

WHAT IS THIS?

GATHERING YOUR FINDINGS

What exactly is an Annotated Bibliography? It’s more than ONE sentence! It fully summarizes the work. It gives the reader of the bibliography a better understanding of the book or article.

SUMMARIZING

3-5 Sentences Per Summary Full/Complete SentencesThe final sentence should explain why the book/e-book is relevant to your topic.

SAMPLE APA BOOK CITATION

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

RESEARCH LOG:ASSIGNMENT 6

Finding Books

FOR NEXT CLASS:

Read Chapter 4No quiz next week!Assignment 6 (Log) – Books