LIB101
- Introduction to Information Resources
Spring 2001
Library Lingo: Coming to Terms with the Library
SOURCES
Reference
Collection for
quick facts and overviews
Encyclopedias
- contain informational
articles on subjects in every field of knowledge
- usually arranged in
alphabetical order
- background discussion
/ general overview
Dictionaries,
Directories, Yearbooks, Indexes
- contain quick facts
and informative summaries
Main Collection for detailed narratives and in-depth information
Books
- contain digested, compiled
information
Audio
Visual Materials (Videos, Films, CDs, etc.)
- dramatization of a
person's life story, historical events
- fictional or documentary
- recording of performances,
interviews, speeches, etc.
Periodicals Collection for current, regularly issued reports
Newspapers,
Magazines, Journals
- statements and reports
on current developments, trends, hot topics, and chronology ( 'what actually
happened' )
- can be issued daily,
weekly, monthly, or quarterly
Internet
as a dynamic, alternative information source
Netscape
- hypertext gateway to
the Internet, a global network of computer networks
- access a range of on-line
information (search engines, catalogs, personal and company pages, electronic
books and magazines)
FINDING
TOOLS
OPAC
or Online Public Access Catalog
- lists books, videos,
and other non-print materials owned by a particular library
- provides author, title,
and subject access to items in the library
- allows user to determine
the status of materials in the collection
Citation
- a note of reference
to a work which includes the author, title, year of publication
Index
or Database
- lists sources of information
on topics, giving complete bibliographic citations
- INDEX usually refers
to printed lists
- DATABASE refers to
lists stored on a computer
Subject
Headings
- terms that are pre-assigned
by the creator of the catalog or database so that all titles on a given
subject can be grouped together
Created 5
November 1997 by Sharon Gail Spence
This page updated by Lynn Kanne
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