Transcript Searching for Books - Carson

Searching for Books
Books – General Information
Books are written on just about any subject.
Circulating Books
Reference Books
•Can be checked out
•Types:
•Can not be checked out
•Types:
Non-fiction - comprehensive information
on a topic, that provide the history,
analysis, or interpretation of the topic.
Fiction – Literary works or novels for
leisure reading
•Format:
Print – Can be checked out. Call
numbers 001-700, 800-900.
E-books (or electronic books) provided
by the library
Factual books that provide definitions,
statistics, and overviews of topics.
Examples of these are: dictionaries,
directories, encyclopedias, statistical
abstracts, and handbooks.
•Format:
Print - Reference section on the main
floor of the library. In library use only.
E-books such as the Oxford Reference
Online or Gale Virtual Reference Library
under E-books collections on the Library
Homepage
Use
Books
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You need comprehensive coverage of a topic.
You need historical background on a topic.
You want to compare information on your topic.
You need factual or background information that you
might find in a reference book.
How do you find books on a topic?
The library catalog is a database of library’s
holdings of books, ebooks, audiovisual
materials, periodicals and other resources.
Read these tutorials and FAQs on searching and
using the library catalog.
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Searching the Library Catalog
Accessing your library patron record
Common questions about borrowing materials
How do you locate the books in the library?
For a Print Book:
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Get the call number from the record in the online catalog.
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Check the Library Virtual Tour.
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Use this quick chart listed by Call numbers:
- 000-700 – 1st Floor or Basement
- 800-900 – Main Floor
- R before call number (Reference) – Main Floor
- F (Fiction), SC (Story Collection), J (Juvenile) –1st Floor (Basement) in Alcove
- T, Bapt – Special Collections, 3rd Floor
- Hudson – Lofton Hudson Collection, 1st floor (Basement)
- TESL – Center for Global Education House
- New books and Leisure reading books – Main Floor at entrance
For an electronic book:
• When you are in the record of the book in the library
catalog, click on the link to go to the book:
You try it now - Click here!
You found a book on your topic.
How do you find the information that you need in
the book?
Use:
• Table of contents:
to find what material is
covered in chapters
• Index (usually at the
end of the book): to find
topical access to pages
where specific topics
are covered.
After you find a book for your research assignment,
collect this information for citing the resource:
Book:
• Author(s) or editor(s)
• Title of book
• Vol., if multivolume set
• Edition, if given
• Place of publication, publisher, & date of publication
• Pages numbers
An essay or article in a book:
• Book information above
• Author (if given), title, and page numbers of essay or article
E-Book:
• Book information above
• Date that you accessed the site
• Complete URL or web address of the site
How do you find this information?
Several ways…
1. Look at the record in the library catalog:
Title
Editors
Place of publication, publisher,
date
2. For an ebook, look for the bibliographic
details of the book:
Do not cut and paste this citation.
Instead, make sure that you use the citation style that is
required for your assignment.
How do you find the information on citation
styles that you need to cite a book?
1.Check your assignment or ask your professor what
citation style you need to use.
2. Helpful resources for citing:
• Writing at C-N, 4th ed., pp. 66-68, gives a list of
preferences of documentation styles by C-N
Academic Departments.
• Library Homepage Under Library Resources,
How do I? Cite Materials…
- Writing at C-N , 4th ed. ( Under Citation Styles and
Samples, Documentation Overview)
- “Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism:
Documentation Guidelines” (Duke University)