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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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