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Week Two

Reference Books and Library Catalog

Friday Classes

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Assignments Readings & Resources for the upcoming week
Required tutorials
Library of Congress Classification System 
http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/tutorial/s309.htm
 
Required Class Pack
Readings

 

  1. Types of Reference Books (p. 18)
     
  2. Using a Title Page and Copyright Page (p. 17)
     
  3. Tips for Acquiring a Working Knowledge of a Topic (p. 19)
     
  4. Library Catalog Searching Tips (p. 20)
     
  5. Searching for Books in the BC Library Catalog (p. 21)
     
  6. Deciphering the Catalog Record (p. 22)
     
  7. Translating a Catalog Record into an MLA Works Cited Entry
    (p. 23)
     
  8. Locating Subject Encyclopedias (p. 24)
     
Required workbook
exercises
  1. Learning about the Library of Congress System (p. 55)
     
Helpful websites
Bakersfield Library Web Catalog
http://wpwin2k.kccd.cc.ca.us/

Types of Reference Sources (Aquinas College)
http://www.aquinas.edu/library/ge103/pdf/TypesofReferenceSources.pdf

How to Use Reference Sources (University at Albany Libraries)
http://library.albany.edu/usered/research/reference.html

Glossary terms

almanac
 appendix
atlas
bibliography
biographical sources
 call number
catalog
chronological order 
chronology    
collection
controlled vocabulary
cross-reference
dictionary
directory
edition
editor
encyclopedia
fiction
gazetteer
geographical order

handbook
holdings
index
keyword searching
Library of Congress Subject
    Headings
limits
non-fiction
periodicals
reference book
scope
see-also reference
sub-headings
statistical sources
thesaurus
thematic order
timeline
title page
truncation
yearbook

Due next week
  1. Subject Encyclopedias Assignment

  2. Library Catalog Assignment
     

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