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© 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
College Writing SkillsCollege Writing Skills, 6E , 6E and and College Writing College Writing Skills with ReadingsSkills with Readings, 6E, 6E
John LanganJohn Langan
Chapter Twenty-One
Using the Library and the Using the Library and the InternetInternet
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Chapter 21
Using the Library and the InternetUsing the Library and the Internet
For most research topics, you need to master two basic tasks:
1) finding booksbooks on your topic, and2) finding articlesarticles on your topic.
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Chapter 21
Using the Library and the InternetUsing the Library and the Internet
Two main avenues for finding booksbooks and articlesarticles are
1) the librarylibrary and2) the InternetInternet.
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Chapter 21
The LibraryThe Library
The heart of any librarylibrary consists of the following:
• the main deskmain desk• the book stacksbook stacks, and • the catalogcatalog of holdings.
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The LibraryThe LibraryThe main deskmain desk is usually located in a central spot.
In addition to checking out checking out booksbooks there, you can usually also find information on the information on the layout and serviceslayout and services of the library.
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Chapter 21
The LibraryThe Library
Books, bound periodicals, and some other materials are kept in the library’s stacks.stacks.
Some stacks are closed to students; in these cases, you need to fill out a form to request material.
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The LibraryThe LibraryThe catalogcatalog of holdings is a list of all the materials available in the library.
Formerly made up of cardscards in a set of drawers, catalogs today are usually computerized.computerized.
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The LibraryThe Library
You can use the catalog to look up a book book in one of three ways:
1) by authorauthor,2) by titletitle, or3) by subjectsubject.
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The LibraryThe LibraryHere is a sample catalog catalog entryentry:Author: Hersch, Patricia. Title: A tribe
apart : a journey into the heart of American adolescence Edition: 1st ed. Description: 391 p. ; 25 cm. Published: New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1998. LC Subjects: Teenagers --United States.Location: GIBBSBORO Call Number: HQ796 .H43 1998 Circulation Data: Overdue as of 05/31/2000
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The LibraryThe Library
If you are researching a topic, you should do a subject subject search, which can provide
• a list of booksbooks on a given topic,• related topicsrelated topics, and• more limited topicsmore limited topics, if you need help narrowing yours.
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The LibraryThe LibraryTo locate periodical periodical articlesarticles on your topic, you need to search periodicals periodicals indexes indexes such as the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature.
Most of these are now available on CD-CD-ROMROM or computerized computerized databasedatabase.
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The LibraryThe LibraryHere is a sample entry in a periodicals index:periodicals index:
DietCancer and Diet G. Cowley. il Newsweek60-66 N 30 ‘98
subjecttitle
authorperiodical
page numbers “illustrated”date
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The LibraryThe Library
As with a bookbook search, if you are researching a topic, you should use the indexes to do a subject subject search first.
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The LibraryThe Library
You can also use the periodicals indexesperiodicals indexes to look up a specific article article by authorauthor or by titletitle.
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The LibraryThe Library
Once you have located the book(s) and periodical(s) you need, you can proceed to the stacks (or request the materials).
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The InternetThe InternetThe InternetInternet is a giant networknetwork that connects computers at tens of thousands of institutions around the world.
If you have a modemmodem and a subscription to an Internet service providerInternet service provider, you have vast amounts of information literally at your fingertips.
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The InternetThe Internet
Your librarieslibraries -- school and/or public -- might well be online, in which case their catalogscatalogs and possibly computerized databasesdatabases (including periodicals indexesperiodicals indexes) might be available online.
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The InternetThe Internet
If not, many large research research librarieslibraries, public and private, offer limited access to their catalogs and databases. Try these:•www.columbia.edu (Columbia www.columbia.edu (Columbia University)University)•www.loc.gov (Library of www.loc.gov (Library of Congress)Congress)•www.nypl.org (New York Public www.nypl.org (New York Public Library)Library)
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The InternetThe Internet
Major online booksellers such as www.amazon.comwww.amazon.com are easy to search and offer information on a vast number of books, both in- and out-of-print.
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The InternetThe Internet
Just as in the case of library catalogs and indexes, the Internet also allows you to research a topic by research a topic by subjectsubject.
Search directories, which organize websites by categories, can be invaluable in such searches. One of the best known is
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The InternetThe Internet
Search enginesSearch engines (Yahoo! [www.yahoo.com], AltaVista
[www.altavista.com], and many others) will find websites that relate to your topic.
The key to useful searches is the search terms you use. Use “quotation “quotation
marks”marks” and ++plus- and plus- and --minus-minus-signssigns to limit the number of “hits”“hits” your search yields.
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The InternetThe InternetFor example, if you want to know something about someone named “Robert Lee”“Robert Lee” (not the U.S. President), you might type in
+Robert Lee -“Robert E. +Robert Lee -“Robert E. Lee” Lee”
This would eliminate many of the sites that discuss the President.
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The InternetThe Internet
Unlike traditional publishing, the Unlike traditional publishing, the Internet has virtually no safeguards in Internet has virtually no safeguards in
place to keep dishonest and/or place to keep dishonest and/or incompetent people from publishing incompetent people from publishing
their work.their work.
WARNINGWARNING:: You must take extra care to EVALUATEEVALUATE web-sites you intend to use for research.
