FEB. 3, 2009 LIBRARY BASICS AND CLASSIFICATION AND ORGANIZATION LIBS101 – Spring 2010

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UMW Libraries Basics  Simpson Library  Main Collection  Special Collections  Reference, Circulation and Technical Services  CGPS Stafford Library  Branch Library on Graduate Campus  Subject Collections  Reference and Circulation Services

UMW Libraries Website  Information about Library Services  Account Access  ILL  Access to:  Catalog  Databases  Research Assistance

How would you organize these items? Organization Exercise Jami L. Bryan, Spring Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

Please answer the following: Jami L. Bryan, Spring 2010Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike  What information about each item would someone searching for the item want to know?  How would you organize the items you have into a collection?  What information about each item would be necessary to find the item within your collection?

How are Items/ Materials/ Resources Arranged in a Library?  Easy, Logical Access is the Goal  Resources usually physically arranged in the Library by:  Subject  Format  Combination of Subject and Format  Resources usually virtually arranged by:  Subject  Format  Combination of Subject and Format

What does a classification system offer?  Location Organization  Bring comparable items together in a logical arrangement  Controlled Vocabulary to describe Subjects  Consistency

Common Classification Systems  Dewey Decimal System  Public and Small Libraries  Library of Congress  Academic Libraries  Library of Congress Classification:  Controlled Vocabulary:  SuDocs  US Government Documents  United Nations Symbol Numbers  UN Publications

Library of Congress  Call Numbers  SB451.D SB451.D  SB451 = Classification Number S = Class/Subject Area (Agriculture) SB = Subclass (Plant Culture) 451 = Class Number within that Subject Area (Gardens) Read as a whole number (451 comes before 4400) .D85 = Book Number Read the letter alphabetically (D comes before E) and the number as a decimal (.85 comes after.840)  1989 = Date of edition  Subjects:  Gardens -- History -- Congresses. Gardens -- History -- Congresses.  Gardens -- Historiography -- Congresses. Gardens -- Historiography -- Congresses.  Landscape architecture -- History -- Congresses. Landscape architecture -- History -- Congresses.  Landscape architecture -- Historiography -- Congresses. Landscape architecture -- Historiography -- Congresses.

The Research Process* 1. Clearly define your topic or "information need" 2. Collect/find information 3. Evaluate the information you find 4. Use and/or do something with the information 5. Use the information ethically and legally * From the LSU Libraries tutorial “The Research Process”:

Step 2: Collect and Find Information Step 2 = Search Strategy a) Select and Locate Information Sources and Tools appropriate to your Need b) Determine Search Terms and Expressions appropriate to Tools c) Perform Search and Evaluate the effectiveness of the Search d) Modify and Repeat your Search as needed Note: "Source" meaning the book or article or report with the information you need and "Tool" meaning what you use to get to that source, like the Library Catalog, databases, or a search engine.

2A. Select and Locate Information Sources and Tools 1. What type of information are you looking for? 2. What Tools will get you to that Source?

Getting Access to Resources  Various Tools provide information ABOUT available resources:  Catalogs --> Items in a Library (Books, Journals)  Databases --> Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers  Search Engines and Internet Directories --> WebsitesInternet Directories  Finding Aides --> Archival Materials Finding Aides  These tools allow you to access resources (Call #s, Citations, Full-Text, URLs, Box #s)

What type of information are you looking for?  Overview of Topic  Find in: General Encyclopedias, and some Books and Periodicals  Tool: Catalog, Search Engines  Definitions  Find in: Dictionaries  Tool: Catalog, Search Engines  Primary Sources  Find in: Newspapers, Research Reports, Archival Documents, Government Documents  Tool: Catalog, Search Engines, Databases, Finding Aides  Secondary Sources  Find in: Books, Magazine and Journal Articles, Subject Encyclopedias  Tool: Catalog, Databases

What type of information are you looking for?  Facts  Find in: Almanacs and Yearbooks, Statistics, Government Documents  Tool: Catalog, Search Engine  Current Information  Find in: Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles, News sites  Tool: Databases, Search Engine  Historical Information  Find in: Books, Encyclopedias and Reference Books, Periodicals  Tool: Catalog, Databases, Search Engine, Finding Aides  Evaluative Sources  Find in: Book Reviews and Biographies  Tool: Databases

Next Week – 2/10 Jami L. Bryan, Spring 2010Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike  Due: Pathfinder Topic Declaration (Blog)Pathfinder Topic Declaration (Blog)  Topic: Books and Reference Sources  Course Preparations Course Preparations