MAYBE NOT OKAYASK YOUR PROFESSOR

Others can edit Wiki—no central gate keeper

Google: not always ordered by quality but by popularity and sometimes by payment.

THE POINT TO REMEMBER:

THE SOURCE THAT IS THE EASIEST TO GET IS OFTEN NOT THE BEST

BETTER

BEST

MY ACCOUNT

To gain access of information on your account at our library you will need to know the following:• Your name (only the last name)• You University ID number (on your ID card)• Your Pin Number (created by you)

Einstein

Key word brings up authors and book titles as well as book descriptions:

Note that other library of congress subjects are listed. Also note library catalog number.

CATALOGUE SYSTEMS

Dewey Decimal System The DDC attempts to organize all knowledge into ten main

classes. The ten main classes are each further subdivided into ten

divisions, and each division into ten sections, giving ten main classes, 100 divisions and 1000 sections.

DDC's advantage in using decimals for its categories allows it to be purely numerical, while the drawback is that the codes are much longer and more difficult to remember as compared to an alphanumeric system.

Prof Timton actually favors this system but to change the MVNUlibrary back would be a huge undertaking.

Still used

THE CLASSES ARE:

000 – Computer science, information and general works 100 – Philosophy and psychology 200 – Religion 300 – Social sciences 400 – Language 500 – Science (including mathematics) 600 – Technology and applied science 700 – Arts and recreation 800 – Literature 900 – History and geography

Besides its frequent revision, DDC's main advantage over its chief American rival, the Library of Congress Classification system developed shortly afterward, is its simplicity.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Used at MVNU The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is

a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress.

It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries; for example, Australia and Taiwan, R.O.C.

Not subject heads but classification—uses a combination of letters and numbers

What follows on the next page is only a part of the system (literature)

CLASS P - LANGUAGE AND LITERATUREMAIN ARTICLE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION: CLASS P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Subclass P - Philology. Linguistics Subclass PA - Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Subclass PB - Modern languages. Celtic languages Subclass PC - Romanic languages Subclass PD - Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages Subclass PE - English language Subclass PF - West Germanic languages Subclass PG - Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Subclass PH - Uralic languages. Basque language Subclass PJ - Oriental languages and literatures Subclass PK - Indo-Iranian languages and literatures Subclass PL - Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Subclass PM - Hyperborean, Native American, and artificial languages Subclass PN - Literature (General) Subclass PQ - French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature Subclass PR - English literature Subclass PS - American literature

WHEN ORDERING OHIO LINK TEXTS

Plan for three (3) to five (5) business days

WHEN ORDERING INTERLIBRARY LOADPlan for three (3) to five (5) weeks

E-BOOKS (ELECTRONIC BOOKS)

Electronic Book Center Subject Portal > Language & Lit >

Online texts

CITING E-BOOKS

Library Instruction > How to Cite the Source

IF I CAN’T FIND IT IN NAZCAT OR OHIOLINK

Data Base lists: 4th choice down in opening menu:

EBSCO DATABASE

Prof. Tipton especially emphasized this database (under “E”)

BE SURE TO USE THE FIRST TWO OPTIONS:

SEARCH BASICS

Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT And: limits search (H.G. Wells and film) Or: expands search (H.G. Wells or “Time

Machine”) NOT: limits certain elements of search

(H.G. Wells not “War of the Worlds”)

NESTING

Use parentheses ( ) to group results•(film or movie or “motion picture”) and H.G. Wells

•(students and (smartphone or iphone) ) and education

TRUNCATION

All forms of root word

Scien* = science, sciences, scientific, scientist, scientists, etc.

PHRASE SEARCHING

Use quotes “ “ around a phrase“United States”“Higher education”

CITATION HELP (OR, HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM)

RefWorks and Write N Cite Library Instruction

How to Cite the Source How to do Research

WHERE DO I GO FOR HELP?

THINGS THAT WORK DIFFERENTLY OFF CAMPUS

OhioLINK Databases – click the link that says “Off Campus Access”

RefWorks – Group Code: RWMTVERNAZU

World Cat – separate off campus link (under normal link)

Google scholar (will not give you the OLINKS option)

Some e-books (contact librarian for help)