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Mullen: Fall 2010
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Identify a variety of types and sources of information
CSU CATALOG
CSU Catalog is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
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Items are organized by the Library of Congress Classification System
Browsing Materials
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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
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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
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Subject Headings = specific terms from a controlled vocabulary list
Describing Materials
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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
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Each item has a unique identifier = call number
Finding Specific Materials
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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
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Going to the Shelf
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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
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Proper prior planning prevents poor performance
Planning Ahead
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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
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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
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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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CSU Catalog – title level access for physical and virtual materials the library owns or subscribes to
Searching Materials
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CSU Catalog
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Detailed Record
GIL Universal Catalog = GIL Express CatalogGIL Classic Catalog = CSU Classic Catalog
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Reading full-text content or viewing streaming video requires you to leave the CSU Catalog
Electronic Collections
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Access Content
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
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Films on Demand
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Resources
Library of Congress Classification Outline
Library of Congress Classification
CSU Catalog
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Films on Demand
Gale Virtual Reference Library