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- Using the Library
- Go to The Master’s College Library Web site: http://www.masters.edu/library
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- Examine the Library’s Web site
- Use the Library Catalog to find books and other resources in and through
the library
- Use Periodical Holdings page to find journals held by the library (print
and electronic)
- Identify appropriate Databases/Indexes which are tools used to easily
locate articles and other research resources
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- Glossary of Terms
- Research Worksheet
- Evaluating Resources
- Identifying Scholarly Books
- Identifying Scholarly Periodicals
- General Guide to Library Resources
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- A reference to a book, passage, article, etc., indicating where the item
may be found.
- A citation to a book contains the author, title of the work, place of
publication, publisher and the date.
Like this …
- Badke, William. “Research Strategies”. 2nd ed.
N.Y.: iUniverse, 2004.
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- Information about the books and other resources held by a library
- A description of each item including author, title, publisher, editions,
physical description, etc.
- Brief Record (author, title, date, call number)
- Full Record (TOC, Notes, physical description Subject Headings, ISBN,
etc.)
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- Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
- standardized controlled vocabulary
- Identify resources on the same topic
- Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
- Arranges materials on the shelves (address of the item)
- Materials on the same subject will be in the same vicinity
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- Disregard initial articles in “Titles” (“A”, “An”, “The”) regardless of
language
- Use the Title from the title page not the cover of the book
- Then and Now Bible Maps – on cover; won’t find
- Then and Now Bible Map Book – on title page; will find
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- Do not search using forms of address or academic credentials with a
personal name (e.g. Dr., Mr., Ms, Ph.D., MBA, etc.) except when
searching for monarchs
- Use last name only (do not search first name last name as an Author)
- Unless it is very common, then add first initial
- If it is still very common that use first name
- Alternatively, search first name last name as a phrase using Keyword
Anywhere
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- Punctuation and case ignored (e.g. no need to put in commas, hyphenate
or capitalize terms)
- Do not search with whole sentences
- Use unique key terms or phrases
- Avoid very common terms (unless they are part of a phrase)
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- Avoid searching as keywords terms that are very common terms for the
database being searched:
- “Bible” in theological library catalog like TMC would be overwhelming
but not so in a public library catalog.
- “Business” as a keyword in a business database
- “Education” as a keyword in an education database
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- ? = truncation command
- aka “Wildcard”
- Means “to cut off”
- Search engine commanded to find root word and all right ended variables
- puritan? = puritan, puritanic, puritanical, puritanicalism,
puritanism, puritanisme, puritanize, puritanized, puritanizing,
puritanizer, puritanizers, puritanizes, puritans, puritant
- Very useful command for expanding a search concept
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- Keyword Search retrieves records containing ALL and EACH term applying
both the Boolean “AND” and “OR” respectively
- Boolean logic = Binary logic
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- Research Strategies / Badke (chapter 2) [001.42 B142r]
- Tutorial – Boolean Logic
- Research Guides à
Tutorials à
Boolean Logic
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- Author Browse
- Subject Browse
- Call number Browse
- Author/Title Browse
- Journal Title Browse
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- “Keyword” retrieves records with ALL and EACH term in the bibliographic
record
- Subject Browse is extremely useful for identifying LC Subject headings,
additional terminology and library holdings
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- Searches the entire bibliographic record or selected field
- Boolean operations can be combined with multiple field selections to
refine a search
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- Tells you what journal titles the library subscribes to; both print and
electronic
- Especially useful when online indexes do not provide the full-text
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- Databases are tools used to find information stored in digital form
- Indexes are tools used to find Articles and other kinds of scholarly
documents
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- All provide citations
- Author, title of article, journal name, volume, issue, date, page
numbers
- Print or electronic
- Most also provide abstracts
- Summary of the article
- Print or electronic
- Many also provide the full-text
- Actual text of the article is online
- Electronic
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- Examine the index itself …
- Source List or Publications List
- Indicates the journals indexed
- Browse List, Subject Index
- Overview of the topics covered
- About, Information Icon ,
Help,
- Purpose, scope of coverage, inclusive dates, audience, etc.
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- Learn what it does and does not do
- Learn how best to use it
- identify the best tool(s) for the job.
- devise a more efficient search query to retrieve the best records.
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- The library’s databases and indexes are used to find articles and other
research resources
- Use the Topic/Type matrix on the Databases/ Indexes page to get a comprehensive
list of all the databases and indexes supporting each major field of
study
- Learn “About” and examine “Help” so your search efforts are as efficient
and effective as possible.
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- Difference between Catalog’s Basic and
Advanced searches
- How to find the journals TMC provides
- How to find appropriate indexes for locating articles
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- The
is used to find magazines and journals held by TMC Library
- The is used
to find books and other resources in the library
- The
is used to access the tools that index articles and other
research documents
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- “Ask-A-Librarian” on the library Web site under Library Services
- Contact Miss. T. :
- 661-362-2201
- Hours: M-R 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.;
- 7:00 .p.m. - 10:00
p.m.;
- F 10:00 a.m. to
7:00 p.m.
- No special grace given to those who insist on working alone
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Notes
