1. MAKING THE TRANSITION
FROM THE
HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
TO THE
ACADEMIC LIBRARY

2. Did you know? The La Salle Library has: 1 Teacher-Librarian
1 Library-Technician
1 Library Web site
12,042 books, vertical files, videos, reference materials
13 on-line database

3. Did you know? The University of Toronto has: 30 libraries
160 librarians
10 million volumes
938 on-line databases
In ,038,471 books were circulated
Queen’s University has:
6 libraries
41 librarians
2.15 million volumes
608 databases

4. Did you know? St. Lawrence College, Kingston Campus has: 1 library
1 librarian and 4 staff
25 databases
Just over 35,000 volumes
Don’t let the size of a library intimidate you.
Most academic libraries have orientation workshops.
Most of your courses will incorporate a library orientation into their program.
It is important that you learn your way around your new library and library website.
Get to know the librarian and friendly library staff at your new school.

5. Did you know? Subjects have been categorized into ten main classes.
Most high school libraries, and most public libraries use a
classification system called
The Dewey Decimal Classification System.
It was named after the man who invented it: Melvil Dewey
000 – Computer science, information, and general works
100 – Philosophy and psychology
200 – Religion
300 – Social science
400 – Language
500 – Science
600 – Technology and applied science
700 – Arts and recreation
800 – Literature
900 – History and geography
Subjects have been categorized into ten main classes.
Each group is then subdivided into ten division and each
division has ten sections.

6. Most of you have mastered the numeric system created by Mr. Dewey…..
but I have bad news…..

7. Did you know?
Most Academic Libraries don’t use the Dewey Decimal system.
They use a classification system called :
The Library of Congress Classification system (LCC)
This system was developed in Washington, D. C.
at the Library of Congress (go figure).

8. This classification system will be new to you
This classification system will be new to you. It uses a series of letters and numbers to classify books.
This system of classification was developed by Herbert Putnam in 1897.
Tutorial

9. Did you know? Writing Centers Most Academic institutions have
A Writing Centre is a place where you can get help with:
your writing.
editing your work
correction of spelling and grammar
structuring your essay,
checking your bibliography and your citations
Unfortunately, they will not write your essay for you.

10. Time Management Skills
Did you know?
Academic Librarians
from Colleges and Universities
in Ontario
have indicated that the most important skills that you
can bring with you to College or University are:
Time Management Skills .

11. These things can help manage your time:
Use a planner to keep track of assigned readings and written assignments.
Allow enough time to do adequate research.
Make time to study and read your assigned readings.
Don’t procrastinate.

12. Did you know? You will not be allowed to do research on the internet,
Google will not longer be your best friend.
To do scholarly research you will be required to:
use books
journals
databases
periodicals
conduct primary research

13. MOST OF YOUR RESEARCH WILL BE ON SCHOLARLY DATABASES
A Database is NOT the internet.
A Database is a collection of reputable sources like scholarly journals, academic documents, periodicals, etc.
Your academic institution has subscribed to these databases for your research.
Find out which databases are geared towards your program and field of study.

14. Did you know?
Using a variety of keyword searching techniques can help
you find the exact information you are looking for
in the on-line databases.
It will help if you learn how to use BOOLEAN search
techniques.
Tutorial
Google doesn’t require Boolean search techniques…
but databases work best with this logic.
Try this on our school databases.

15. Did You Know
When you are connected on-line to the University Proxy on or off campus you can search their entire database collection at one time (instead of searching one database at a time) by connecting through Google Scholar. It will save you hours of searching.

16. Did you know? You will be required to know the difference between a
scholarly/academic source and a popular research source.
Do you know the difference?
primary and secondary research source.

17. It is very important that you evaluate
Did you know?
It is very important that you evaluate
your research sources:
Detect the bias in your source.
Find out if the author is reputable. Are they an expert?
Make sure there is information for your bibliography.
Record that information as you go along.
Use a research log.

18. Did you know? It is imperative that you cite all your research sources
when you are writing a report, research paper or essay.
You will be required to write a proper bibliography,
formatted in the style requested by your professor or
instructor. Do you know what the different styles are?
You will be expected to know how to do this properly.
The Citation Machine:
can help you and so can The Writing Centre.

19. Check this out…… http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Most Post Secondary Institutions are trying to combat plagiarism by having students scan their work into programs like:
before submitting work to the instructor or professor.