1. Unit 2 Browsing Web Directories and Reference Sources

2. Questions Use LC handout to answer: (1) Topic Discipline Subject LC Code Affirmative Action _________ ______ ______ (2) Connect: Library page  HyperResearch  Yahoo! Use Yahoo’s Web Site Directory (scroll down) to find opposing views of vegetarianism. How many sites come up? __

3. Browsing Web Directories and Reference Sources n Browsing: 3 ways people search n Web directories u How directories work n Library reference sources u How reference rooms work n Disciplines and subject areas

4. Three Ways People Search n Surf u No clear direction, idea, issue u Consult people, news, magazines, Web for ideas n Browse u Have some idea, but vague, flexible, unclear u Consult reference sources, Web directories for direction, topic, theme n Search in-depth u Have defined topic, narrow focus u Consult databases, search and metasearch engines

5. How to Browse n Relate idea to subject areas u Euthanasia: philosophy, bioethics, medicine n Use guide to locate subject area for topic u Web: Yahoo ->humanities -> philosophy u Ref Rm: philosophy -> B n Find information u Web site with article u Ref book with essay, list of best articles, books n Use information to narrow topic, find focus

6. Where to Browse n Web Directories n Library Reference Sources

7. Web Directories n Small, selective databases n Created by humans not machines n Editors select and place sites into categories for easy retrieval n User browses categories and links to sites

8. High Quality Directories n Librarian’s Index to the Internet n Informine n Academic Info n WWW Virtual Library

9. Top Directories – Less Selective n Yahoo!: 1,800,000+ n Open Directory: 2,600,000+ n LookSmart: 2,500,000+ HyperResearch Guide HyperResearch Guide

10. How Directories Work n Browse subject categories u Funnel: category to topic, web site to page u HealthYahoo! LookSmart Yahoo! F Fitness Open Directory YogaYoga Most popular sites Most popular sites yogaclass.com yogaclass.com http://www.yogaclass.com/ http://www.yogaclass.com/http://www.yogaclass.com/

11. Directory Search Boxes n When to use Yahoo Search u Subject categories don’t match topic u Want broad search of Web n Why results are different u Directory searches only Yahoo’s sites reviewed by human editors u Search box combines Web sites (from Google) and reviewed sites from directory

12. Library Reference Sources n Reference areas u Electronic Reference Electronic Reference Electronic Reference F On library pages or electronic library websites F Brief articles, factual information F If non-subscription, can be dated, unreliable u Library Reference Room F In-depth, extensive, expensive resources F Current, authoritative

13. How Reference Rooms Work n Print database n Sources selected by academics on basis of quality, importance n Sources organized by subject categories for easy retrieval n User browses categories and locates areas u Categories use letter codes for location in reference room area

14. Library of CongressLibrary of Congress Directory of Subject Areas and Letter Codes Library of CongressLibrary of Congress Directory of Subject Areas and Letter Codes A GeneralNFine Arts B Philosophy, PLanguage, Literature PsychologyQSciences PsychologyQSciences C,D,E,F HistoryRMedicine G GeographySAgriculture AnthropologyTTechnology, Engineering AnthropologyTTechnology, Engineering H Social SciencesUMilitary Science J Political ScienceVNaval Science K LawZLibrary Science L Education M Music

15. Learning to Browse on Web and in a Reference Room n Use a subject directory for Web or reference sources n Start with broad area, find more narrow subject n For Web sources, click links to sites n For reference sources, use guide to find code letters for subjects, locate sources on reference rm book shelves u Terrorism F Broad area: Social Sciences F Subject areas Political Science (J-JX) Sociology (HM-HX)Political Science (J-JX) Sociology (HM-HX) History (C-F) Psychology (BF)History (C-F) Psychology (BF)

16. Disciplines and Subject Areas HUMANITIES SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES

17. Social Sciences ANTHROPOLOGY BUSINESS SOCIOLOGY EDUCATION LAW

18. Humanities ART HISTORY LITERATURE RELIGION MUSIC

19. Sciences PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY MEDICINE

20. Remember Why We Browse n Ideas are vague, flexible n Looking for direction, focus n Need background information n Want best sites, authoritative sources n Work out a theme, clear topic

21. Questions Use LC handout to decide: (1) Topic Discipline Subject LC Code Affirmative Action Social Sciences Law K Sociology HM-HX Sociology HM-HX Political Sci J-JX Political Sci J-JX (2) Connect: Library page  HyperResearch  Yahoo! Library pageLibrary page Use Yahoo’s Web Site Directory to find humorous anti- vegetarian sites. How many sites come up? 2 Health -> Nutrition -> Vegetarianism -> Opposing Views

22. Homework n Questions 1-10 to be done in the Reference Room n Question 8-10 require you to find an ESSAY in a subject-oriented encyclopedia n Questions 11-18 require you to work with three Web directories n Follow directions when to use directory categories and when to use search box