Thing #16 - Find two books for your project

Using the strategies for book selection we went over in class, find 2 addtional books that are either about your topic or contain a significant section or chapter about your topic.

One of your selections here may be a reference source (encyclopedia entry, handbook, dictionary, etc.). You may want to check out some of the library's online reference sources, such as the Gale Virtual Reference Library (see the A-Z list of databases).

Post APA citations for your choices. If you wish, use Noodletools to generate the citation and save it to your bibliography. Check this page for additional resources for citing sources.

Thing #2 - Get to know Haystac

This first week is about getting familiar with the library as a place, so you're going to take a tour. But before you run to the library just yet (I know you're excited about the tour, take a deep breath), get acquainted with Haystac, the library catalog. In fact, you can do most, but not all, of Thing 2 from home and fill in the gaps while doing the tour in Thing 3.

Use the Library of Congress Classifcation handout (available at the Reference Desk or here) and find a call number subclass for a topic that interests you. Make a note of the topic and subclass letters.

Topic:
Call number subclass (two letters):

Okay, that was pretty easy, now find three books and one media item using that call number. You'll need to include the following information for each item in your blog post (so jot it down as you search):

1. Reference book

• Call number
• Title
• Author
• Subjects
• Two interesting facts or ideas you found in this resource and the page numbers where you found those facts or ideas.
  

2. Non-reference book

• Call number
• Title
• Author
• Subjects
• Two interesting facts or ideas you found in this resource and the page numbers where you found those facts or ideas.
  

3. Electronic book

• Call number (if possible, some e-books don't have a call number)
• Title
• Author
• Subjects
• Two interesting facts or ideas you found in this resource and the page numbers where you found those facts or ideas.
  

4. Video or DVD or Audio recording:

• Call number (if possible)
• Title
• Author
• Subjects
  

So how do you find these materials in Haystac?

• Use the Call Number Search option to find books with the two letter LC classification that you have chosen.
• Then use the "Limit this Search" option to limit by WHERE the item is located: reference, book stacks, or internet resource.
• For the video/DVD/audio resource, do a WORD search for your topic and limit the location to "Media/Reserves Collection".
  

*REMINDER: All of the call numbers for your books should start with the same two letters.*

Blog entry must be posted by: Wed, 1/17/07 at 9pm