The Library & The Internet as Research Tools Charity I. Mulig

RESEARCH TOOLS Library/Bibliothecal tools Communication/Linguistic Tools Statistical Tools

The Library a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale a collection of such materials

Library Sections –Card Catalogue Section –Periodical Section o Primary vs. Secondary Publications –Book Section –Computer Section –Vertical File Section –General Reference Section

Searching Through The Scientific Literature TIP # 1: Obtain a general broad picture of the topic by reading general references then refer to the specific references cited at the end of each publication.

Searching Through The Scientific Literature TIP # 2: Develop a way of recording and collecting information. Record the important details about the publications used.

Searching Through The Scientific Literature TIP # 3: Summarize important references and then include them in your file.

Library Classification Systems The Dewey Decimal Classification System books on similar subjects are grouped together by means of their call numbers. Each class is further subdivided at the hundred divisions and the the thousand sections. Numbers are placed after a decimal point to further identify material more specifically by subject. The main Dewey Decimal classes are: 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy and psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Language 500 Natural sciences and mathematics 600 Technology (Applied sciences) 700 The arts (fine and decorative) 800 Literature and rhetoric 900 Geography and history

Making Sense of a Call Number C826e 100 Existential America by George Cotkin 140 Philosophy & psychology 142 Specific philosophical schools Critical philosophy Phenomenology Existentialism About Existentialism in America (0973 at the end means history and description about America)‏

Library Classification Systems Library of Congress Classification begins with two to three letters followed by numbers A - General Works B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion C - Auxiliary Sciences of History D - History: General & Outside the Americas E - History: United States F - History: United States Local & America G - Geography, Anthropology, Recreation H - Social Sciences J - Political Science K - Law L - Education M - Music N - Fine Arts P - Language and Literature Q - Science R - Medicine S - Agriculture T - Technology U - Military Science V - Naval Science Z - Library Science & Information Resources

ML3790 S5M62003 This classification is for a book about the music industry called This Business of Music: the Definitive Guide to the Music Industry. Example

INTERNET vs. WEB : Are they the same? INTERNET A global NETWORK connecting millions of COMPUTERS decentralized WEB A system of internet servers that support specially formatted documents (HTML-HyperText Markup Language) that supports links to other documents way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet. It is an information- sharing model that is built on top of the Internet

Using Search Mechanisms If you want to... Browse a broad topic Yahoo Lycos Google Search for a narrow topic AltaVista Excite Go (Infoseek) ‏ Search largest amount of Internet (meta-search engines) ‏ Metacrawler Ask Jeeves All the Web (Fast Search) ‏ Search only reviewed sites A Well-Lighted Place for Kids WellLite.htm Argus Clearninghouse About.com/Mining Co. Browse educational topics and resources Schrock’s Guide ckguide/ Blue Web’n bluewebn/ Connections + links/hotlinks.asp Search specific types of databases Switchboard Gov Spot Research-It! Search for educational materials and reviews K-12 Weblinks Database EvaluTech FREE

Internet Search Tools Quick Reference Guide Google Alta Vista (Simple Search) ‏ m Excite Infoseek Lycos Yahoo And (Automatically includes "and" between terms) ‏ +cats +petscats AND pets +cats +pets Or (do a separate search) ‏ cats kittenscats OR kittenscats, kittensUse Advanced Search Not cats –wild+cats –wildcats AND NOT wild +cats –wild Exact phrase “pet care” Complex Searching N/AUse Advanced Search (cats or kittens) AND NOT wild N/AUse Advanced Search N/A Truncation Wild Card N/Acat* wom*n Automatic suffixes N/A cat* Proximity N/Amary~lamb (within 10 words) ‏ N/A Use Advanced Search (within 25 words) ‏ N/A

COPYRIGHTS and others Copyrights APA MLA Guidelines Evaluating Internet Resources Evaluation of Research Papers

SOURCES Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary University Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign About.com: Geography internet.com(Webopedia)‏ rnet.asphttp:// rnet.asp Intel Teach to the Future 2004