LIB 111 Library Information Literacy Final Exam Preparation

LIB 111 Library Information Literacy

Final Exam Preparation 03 / 10 / 2004

Library Vocabulary • • Truncation Key Word Search Record Primary Information Sources CD-ROM Subject Heading World CAT The Internet • • • Abstract Search Strategy Bibliography World Wide Web Database Access Point Boolean Logic Call number The Internet

Evaluate your Source’s • Check the Validity • Find a book review • Look up the academic affiliation of the author • Political connections / business ties • Look up in Katz Magazines for Libraries

Citing a Journal Article • You Need – Date – Pages – Title – Volume #

Important Things to Know • The Time to Evaluate your information sources for a research project. – AS YOU DO THE RESEARCH • Using Subject Headings in searching will – Narrow your Search – Zero In on your precise Subject • The Purpose of the Library Classification System is: – To physically group information sources by subject on the shelf

Important Things to Know • Encyclopedias are the best place to begin a research paper • Why do we cite sources – To give credit to the creators of the information you used in your research • A Given subject may be seen through many different disciplines • Use the information you know to assist your search – Ex. Book Title and Author

Examples of Information Access Tools • An Abstracting Service • A Library Catalog • An index to periodical literature • A book-length bibliography

Database Records • Brought up in an electronic database search will tell you. – The volume and issue number of the periodical if the record represents an article – The year of publication – The title of the book or article – The author of the publication

Evaluate a Website • Criteria – Accuracy – Objectivity – Currency – Authority

Primary Sources • First Hand Account • Auto Biography • Reporter on the scene