McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Part Two, Study Skills Using the Library and the Internet Objectives: This chapter will show you how to use the library and its: Main desk Catalog Book stacks Periodicals indexes Periodicals area Online databases In addition, this chapter will teach you to use the Internet to: Find books on your subject Find articles on your subject

McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. For most research topics there are 2 basic steps you should take: 1.Find books on your topic 2.Find articles on your topic You can find these resources by using the library or the Internet.

McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Libraries provide study space, word-processing facilities, and copy machines. The library’s reading area contains recent magazines and newspapers. The heart of the library: the main desk the library catalog of holdings book stacks periodicals storage area

McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Main Desk The main desk is usually located in a central spot. Here, you can often obtain a brochure that describes the layout and services of the library. Library Catalog The library catalog is your starting point for any research project. A catalog is a list of all the holdings in the library. Book stacks Book stacks are library shelves where books are arranged according to their call numbers.

McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Periodicals Magazines, journals, and newspapers. Periodicals often contain more recent or more specialized information about a topic than you will find in a book. Online Databases Online search services and CD-ROM databases are quick ways to find hundreds of periodicals and full-text articles on your subject. You can often print them for a fee, or them to your own computer at home. Other reference materials The reference area includes reference materials such as dictionaries, atlases, yearbooks, almanacs, a subject guide to books in print, anthologies of quotiations, and the like.

McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Three ways to find a book: Author Title Subject Call number = a number that shows you where to find the book in the library. This number identifies one specific book. It appears in the catalog entry and on the spine of the book.

McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Using the Internet The Internet is a giant network that connects computers at tens of thousands of educational, scientific, government, and commercial agencies around the world. The World Wide Web is a global information system which got its name because countless individual websites contain links to other sites, forming a kind of web. A search engine is a tool that combs the Web looking for sites or articles your research needs. You type in one or more keywords, and the search engine provides you with a list of “hits,” or links, to websites and articles containing your keywords.

McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. To use the Internet, you need: A personal computer A modem (a device that sends and receives electronic data over a telephone line for the cost of a telephone call) A subscription to an online service provider You may be able to search your school’s library resources from home if they are online. You can do searches for books on your topic at large online bookstores. You can make a bookmark to allow you to return to favorite Websites without having to remember the URL or Internet address.

McGraw-Hill © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Abbreviations in URL’s or Internet addresses:.com = commercial.edu = educational institution.org = organization.gov = government.net = Internet service providers and some businesses