Library Orientation

1. INTRODUCTION TO
LIBRARY RESOURCES
NINA WILSON, MLIS
VIRTUAL SERVICES COORDINATOR AND
EDUCATION LIAISON
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2. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY’S
HOMEPAGE
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3. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN
EDUCATION LIBGUIDE
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5. WAYS TO SEARCH
• Author – person, organization
• Title – books, series, documents
• Keywords – titles, notes, names, subjects
• Subject – LC subject headings*
• LC/ Library of Congress Call Number
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6. HOW TO SEARCH
• Broad (Education)
• Medium ( Middles Grades Education)
• Precise (Teaching Eighth Grade Science)
• Advanced search- will allow you to shorten your search
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7. BASIC BOOLEAN SEARCH OPERATORS
Basic Boolean Search Operators – AND
• Using AND narrows a search by combining terms; it will
retrieve documents that use both the search terms you specify,
as in this example: Education AND Maryland
Basic Boolean Search Operators – OR
• Using OR broadens a search to include results that contain
either of the words you type in.
• OR is a good tool to use when there are several common
spellings, as in this example: Disability OR Handicap
Basic Boolean Search Operators – NOT
• Using NOT will narrow a search by excluding certain search
terms.
• NOT retrieves documents that contain one, but not the other,
as in the example: Black NOT African American
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8. LIMIT SEARCH OPERATORS
YEAR of publication :
• After (year) and Before (year)
MATERIAL TYPE
• eBook, DVD, Full Text
LANGUAGE
• English, French, Spanish
PUBLISHER
• McGraw – Hill
WHERE item is located:
• (Which Library)
Sort results by YEAR (2010 to oldest copy)
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10. UNDERSTANDING WORLDCAT
WorldCat lets you search the collections of libraries in your
community and thousands more around the world.
• Create a Free Account
• Searches (print resources, DVD’s, Journals, CD’s, etc.)
• Search by:
• Subject
• Keyword
• Author
• LC number
• Title
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11. FEATURES OF WORLDCAT
• Find a copy in a library – Searches local and other libraries
for item.
• Buy it – Searches vendors so you can purchase.
• Details – All information about item (ex. ISBN, title, description,
Content, etc)
• Reviews – You can write review
• Tags – Add subject keywords
• Similar items – Subjects that are close to search item
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12. PROXY SERVER LOGIN
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13. DATABASES
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14. REFWORKS
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15. CONTACT INFORMATION
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Nina Wilson, MLIS
Founders Library
Room 346
202.806.7432 office
nina.i.wilson@howard.edu
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