This document discusses techniques for efficiently searching for and collecting information from libraries. It explains how to use library classification systems like the Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal systems to organize information. It also describes how to search online public access catalogs (OPACs) using criteria like author, title, subject, and keyword to find materials. The document emphasizes the importance of methods for collecting found information.

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2. Library Organization
Using Library Classification Systems
Searching for Information
Information Collection
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3. Use several techniques to efficiently
search for relevant information.
Identify several common sources for
information.
Use library resources to find and access
information.
Explain the importance of having a method
for collecting information.
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4. Library catalog: The log or register of all
the items in the library.
Bibliographic item: A library item.
Card catalog: A physical file cabinet in the
library used to house physical cards to
document library items.
Catalog record: A document holding the
library item’s relevant information.
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5. OPACs catalog the holdings of a specific
library or library system.
OPACs do not catalog all of the items in a
library.
OPACs allow for searching using several
criteria
• For example: Author, Title, Subject, Keyword
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7. The Library of Congress Classification
System
• Used by Academic Libraries
Dewey Decimal Classification System
• Used by Public Libraries
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11. Author search
• Michener
• Michener, J
• Michener, James
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Title search
• The DaVinci Code
• DaVinci Code
• DaVinci
Subject search
• Animal ethics
• Shakespeare,
William
Keyword search
• Animal ethics
• Ethics

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13. Skimming
Scanning
Highlighting
Note taking
Photocopying
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14. Library Organization
Using Library Classification Systems
Searching for Information
Information Collection
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