Mullen: Fall 2010

Identify a variety of types and sources of information

CSU CATALOG

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Items are organized by the Library of Congress Classification System

Browsing Materials

Broad Subject Categories

A: General Works

B: Philosophy, Psychology

C: Genealogy

D: World History

E, F: US History

G: Geography, Sports

H: Social Sciences

J: Political Science

K: Law

L: Education

M: Music

N: Art

P: Literature

Q: Science, Math

R: Medicine

S: Agriculture

T: Technology

U: Military Science

V: Naval Science

More detailed subclass

HD: Industries

HF: Commerce

HG: Finance

HM: Sociology

HQ: Women

HV: Criminology

RB: Pathology

RD: Surgery

RJ: Pediatrics

RK: Dentistry

RT: Nursing

RX: Homeopathy

H: Social Sciences R: Medicine

Subject Headings = specific terms from a controlled vocabulary list

Describing Materials

Subject Headings

Alcoholism Social aspects

Finance, Personal

Stress (Physiology)

Motion Pictures

United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Each item has a unique identifier = call number

Finding Specific Materials

1st two lines = the subject of the book

3rd line = the author’s last name

last line = the date of publication

E842H2751992

Spine Label

E842.H275 1992

CSU Catalog Record

Call Number

Going to the Shelf

Other Call Numbers

Electronic Book (title)

Newspaper (title) – format

Periodical (title) – format

Streaming Video (title)

Dewey Decimal System

Popular Reading Collection

A/V Materials

Center for Instructional Development

Proper prior planning prevents poor performance

Planning Ahead

What to do before you search…

Brainstorm ideas for a topic Talk with friends Browse table of contents indexes textbook

Mind maps

Identify main topic Identify related concepts/ideas List synonyms for each

Search terms

Concept 1

AND

Concept 2

AND

Concept 3

Main idea Related idea Subtopic

OR OR OR

Synonym Synonym Synonym

OR OR OR

Synonym Synonym Synonym

• Use “ “ or ( ) to keep words together & in order• Connect different concepts with AND• Connect similar concepts with OR

Boolean Operators

AND = narrow

OR = expand

NOT = exclude

AND is automatically used by Google and other search engines to combine terms

Sometimes a program will use a + or – to substitute for AND or NOT

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Searching Materials

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Detailed Record

GIL Universal Catalog = GIL Express CatalogGIL Classic Catalog = CSU Classic Catalog

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Electronic Collections

Access Content

eBooks on EBSCOhost

Films on Demand

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Resources

Library of Congress Classification Outline

Library of Congress Classification

CSU Catalog

eBooks on EBSCOhost

Films on Demand

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