Download - Lesson 7: Using Books for Research, Part II
Using Books for Research II
Week 7
Types of SearchesIn
DuCAT
Keyword Search
How to Find Subject Terms
Click on the Catalog Record tab
When you find abook you like, click on Details to pull up the full record.
Subject SearchSubject terms (controlled vocabulary)assigned by the Library of Congress.
Author/Title Search
• Good to use when you know the book you want
• Combine AUTHOR last name AND book TITLE
Click onGuided Search
BRIEF DuCat Record
FULL DuCat RecordHAS 3 TABS
#1 - Item Information
TITLEAUTHOR/EDITOR
PUBLISHERPUBLICATION DATE
CALL NUMBER
FORMAT
LOCATION
#2 – Catalog Record
PUBLICATION LOCATION
LINKS TO POSSIBLE OTHER BOOKS ON THESE SUBJECTS
#3 – A Look Inside
• Not all books in DuCat have “A Look Inside,” but many do• Can include:
• Summary• Table of Contents• Review• Author Bio
Cite your Book (Print)• MLA 7th Edition
• APA 6th Edition
Book with...
Author (s) Editor(s)
Compiles essays written by othersinto ONE book
VS.
Catalog Record for Brown-Glaude book
Compilation of essaysby different authors
Book with Editor, MLA 7th
Brown-Glaude, Winnifred R., ed. Doing Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2009. Print.
Compilation of essays written by others.
Chapter/Essay in Edited Book
In MLA Style
McLaughlin, Amy, et. al. “Instituting a Legacy of Change: Transforming the Campus Climate through Intellectual Leadership.” Doing Diversity in
Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies. Ed.
Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2009. 3-25. Print.
Citing an eBook (MLA)
Print version
Thomas, Richard T. How to Write a College Research Paper. New York: Putnam, 2009. Print.
Electronic version
Thomas, Richard T. How to Write a College Research Paper. New York: Putnam, 2009. ebrary. Web. 12 Aug. 2012.
See MLA/APA Style Guide for more examples.
Citing an eBook (APA)
Print Version
Thomas, R. T. (2009). How to write a college
research paper. New York, NY: Putnam.
Electronic Version
Thomas, R. T. (2009). How to write a college
research paper. Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.
com
• Don’t need publication info.• Include source’s homepage URL• If the book has DOI, use that for retrieval info for ALL eBooks in APA.