LRCINF1100 – Week 8

FINDING BOOKS

Books: We have a system!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzbDdgWiaS0&NR=1

LIBRARY CALL NUMBERS:

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMSDewey Decimal and

Library of Congress

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS

Both Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal

systems organize materials by SUBJECT.

DEWEY DECIMAL

Dewey uses numbers at the beginning of the call

number.154.634 FRE

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Library of Congress uses letters at the beginning

of the call number.

HD 4918.E375

DEWEY VS. LOC

What subject area would HD 4918.E375 fall under?

What subject area would 154.634 FRE fall under?

Time out: Call Number vs ISBN

Call number:Found on the spine of the bookUnique to libraryBook’s “address” on the shelfIncludes letters, numbers, periods

ISBN (book standard number)Found on the back of the bookUnique to that bookBook’s individual barcode Includes only numbers (and maybe an x)

The Stacks

THE LIBRARY STACKS

Finding materials:Go to the online library catalogFind your desired resourceWrite down the call number

associated with the itemFind your book in the stacks

CALL NUMBER ORDER: DEWEY DECIMAL

154.634 FRE 305.569 HER 650.142 FRY 2007 610.73076 NCL 610.73069 PRO 154.63 PAR

Put the following numbers in order:

CALL NUMBER ORDER: LIBRARY OF

CONGRESS HD 4918 .E375 2008 RT 55 .N44 2011 BF 1078 .F72 2010 HF 5383 .H49 2005 BD 430 .A3 2008 RT 55 .T4875 2009

Put the following numbers in order:

LRC ONLINE CATALOG:

O.P.A.C. Online

Public

Access Catalog

LRC ONLINE CATALOG:

O.P.A.C. Title Author Subject Keyword

Series ISBN #

When searching H-Cat, consider

using BOOLEAN OPERATORS.

YOUR TURN!

LRC Online Catalog

SEARCHING YOUR TOPIC

LRC Online Catalog (OPAC) Google Books Your local public library

Eighth Brain Trust MissionFind two books on your source using H-Cat

Record all the relevant pieces of information

Jot down three of the main points of the book so that you can summarize it later.

DUE THURSDAY.