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Layout of the library: ．What ‘s the difference between past and now? Past : Card catalogs Now: Computer Photo copy machine Connection Internet

The computer: ．Computers are linked to 1. useful databases (such as PACs and OPACs) PACs ---Public –access catalogs OPACs ---online public-access catalogs 2. more college libraries

Online full-text databases ．What is databases? 1. Full text of an article or book 2. Abstract ．How to find databases? 1. In the libraries 2. On the Internet (free)

Microform indexes Microfiche: ．A system that stored magazines and newspaper on a small single sheet of film Microfilm: ．A system that stored magazines and newspaper on a roll of film Online sources are gradually replacing it.

Stacks Two kinds of stacks: 1. Open stacks 2. Closed stacks (Tittle of each books, its author, its call number) Reference room or shelf Such as: Encyclopedia , indexes, gazetteer

Main desk (information desk) Reserve desk Books are kept at the reserve desk. (Books are available for use only in the library, and only for a limited time. )

Audiovisual room [Media centers, Learning centers (ISU)] Tapes, music CDs, DVDs, picture slides…….

Newspaper racks 1. Newspaper racks (in library) 2. Online newspapers (www. ipl. org/reading /news) Other guidelines: CNN, CQ CSPAN, U. S news

Computer room Carrels ．Carrels are small, equipped with desks and bookshelves.

Organization of the library collections 1．The Deway Decimal System: → This system divides all knowledge in 10 categories. 2．The Library of Congress Classification System: → This system has 20 branches, which marked by 21 letters.

◆The Deway Decimal System: Ten general categories � 000 -099 � 100 -199 � 200 -299 � 300 -399 � 400 -499 � 500 -599 � 600 -699 � 700 -799 � 800 -899 � 900 -999 General Work Philosophy Religion Social Sciences Language Pure Science Technology (Applied Sciences) The Arts Literature History

Each of these ten general categories is subdivided into ten smaller division. 800 -809 810 -819 820 -829 830 -839 840 -849 850 -859 860 -869 870 -879 880 -889 890 -899 Literature General Work (about Literature) American Literature English Literature German Literature French Literature Italian Literature Spanish Literature Latin Literature Greek and Classical Literature of Other language

Ex: The subcategory “English Literature” is divided into ten even-narrow group 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 English Literature (general) Poetry Drama Fiction Essays Speeches Letters Satire and Humor Miscellany Minor Related Literature

More specific An endless number of more-specific headings are created easily through and addition of decimal place. For example: 822. 3 Elizabethan 822. 33 the works of Shakespeare

Fiction and biography Fiction: It is a alphabetized by author mark with the letter F For example: F-Pas (a novel by Boris Pasternak) Biography: it is a alphabetized by subject mark with the letter B B-C 56 (one of the several biographies of Sir Winstion Churchill)

◆The Cutter-Sanborn Author Mark: To find any title, we should……. 1. First locate Deway decimal category on the shelf 2. Identify an individual book by its author mark →Distinguish between books filed under an identical Dewey decimal number.

The Cutter-Sanborn Author Mark Ex: The book Double Taxation by Charles Edward Garland. → G 233 d 1. “Charles” → the number 233 2. surname: G 3. first important word in the tittle: d Garf 231 Garn 234 Gari 232 Garnet 235 Garl 233 Garni 236

The Library of Congress Classification System �Found in 1800 �Shelved its books by size �Represent the main branches of knowledge with 21 letters of alphabet

General Categories A B C D E-F G H J K L General Works Philosophy, Psychology, Religion Auxiliary Sciences of History: General and Old World History of America Geography, Anthropology, Recreation Social Sciences Political Science Law Education

General Categories M N P Q R S T U V Z Music Fine Arts Language Science Medicine Agriculture Technology Military Science Laval Science Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources

These general categories are narrowed by the addition of letters: �Past : size of the books �Now: the main branches of knowledge with 21 letters of the alphabet. They are divided into narrower group by letters and Arabic numbers(up to 9999).

These general categories are narrowed by the addition of letters: P philology and Linguistics: General PA Greek and Latin Philology and Literature PB Celtic Languages and Literature PC Romance Languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese ) PD Germanic (Teutonic) Languages

�For example : PN 1993. 5 U 65 1. Find the subject category. P－general category, “Language and Literature” PN－“Literature History and Collections” 2. Track down

Classification of periodicals �Current issues usually are shelved alphabetically by title and are accessible to the public

Classification of nonbooks �Nonbook materials—films, microfilms, recordings, news clippings, sheet music, productions of masterpieces , transparencies, slides, programmed books, and other audiovisual material. �No hard-and-fast rule exists for classifying.

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