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Maybe not okay Ask your professor

Maybe not okay Ask 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.

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Maybe not okay Ask your professor

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  1. 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.

  2. The Point to Remember: The source that is the Easiest to Get is often not the Best

  3. Better

  4. BEST

  5. 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)

  6. Einstein

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

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

  9. 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 Catalogue Systems

  10. 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 The classes are: 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.

  11. 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) Library of Congress

  12. 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 Class P - Language and LiteratureMain article: Library of Congress Classification: Class P -- Language and Literature

  13. When Ordering Interlibrary Load Plan for three (3) to five (5) business days Plan for three (3) to five (5) weeks When Ordering Ohio Link Texts

  14. Electronic Book Center Subject Portal > Language & Lit > Online texts E-books (electronic books)

  15. Library Instruction > How to Cite the Source Citing e-books

  16. If I can’t find it in nazcat or ohioLINK Data Base lists: 4th choice down in opening menu:

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

  18. Be Sure to Use the first two Options:

  19. 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”) Search Basics

  20. Nesting • Use parentheses ( ) to group results • (film or movie or “motion picture”) and H.G. Wells • (students and (smartphone or iphone) ) and education

  21. All forms of root word Scien* = science, sciences, scientific, scientist, scientists, etc. Truncation

  22. Use quotes “ “ around a phrase “United States” “Higher education” Phrase searching

  23. RefWorks and Write N Cite • Library Instruction • How to Cite the Source • How to do Research Citation help (or, how to avoid plagiarism)

  24. Where do I go for help?

  25. 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) Things that work differently off campus

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