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Intro. to the Libraries’ Resources
Who are we?
• Necia Parker-Gibson– Librarian for some Fulbright and some
Bumpers depts.
• Lynaire Hartsell– Periodicals supervisor
First and last:• If in doubt, ask!
• If you’re not sure, ask!
• Even if you’re sure, it may not hurt to ask!
The catalog and the databases are key to finding resources
The catalog and the databases
• The catalog shows our stuff– (with a few exceptions)
• The databases show what books, journals, reports and articles in publications exist in the world.
Be a big help to our readers!
• Learn to use the tools—• the better you are, the more you can help.
• You’ll help yourself, too.
The Libraries’ catalog shows what’s in the campus libraries.
If you use Millennium software, it works with the supporting records ‘behind’ the face of the catalog, and with patron records and circ. records.
Search by author, title, keyword, subject, journal title, call number, ISBN, etc.
• Authors, composers and editors are searched last name first –
• Rowling, J. K., not J.K. Rowling– (How many people do you know with the
same first name? that’s why).
• Titles are in order, searched as a phrase• Journal titles are in order, word for word
Subject searches = LCSH*• United States History Civil War 1861-1865
• Not “American Civil War”
• They can change over time: mountain biking was All-terrain cycling; now it’s mountain biking, but road biking is cycling.
• *LCSH= Library of Congress Subject Headings
Search by title: enter it word by word--
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court– > Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
– Or just Connecticut Yankee-- • more distinctive? fewer words needed to find it• Initial articles (A, An, The, etc.) may be skipped
Use keyword searches:
• Keyword searches are broad.
• If in doubt, use a keyword search– Pulls from title, subject, author and note fields.
• You may need to experiment to find correct terms. – A keyword search for mules won’t necessarily
find burros or donkeys
“Every-thing” has a call number
• Each item or set on the shelves has a call number
• Call numbers= an identifier/location code.
• They run horizontally in the record, but vertically line by line on the spine
1601; and, is Shakespeare dead?
PS1322.S451996
Course Reserves
• In Mullins at the desk– Or in:
• Performing Arts and Media dept.• Chemistry and Biochemistry Library• Fine Arts Library• Physics Library • Law Library
– Books/other physical items are at the desks– Some online, esp. articles and some old tests.
Lists of materials on Reserve are linked via the catalog.
Search by professor’s name, class name, or class code and number, i.e., Rainwater, or Fundamentals of Chemistry or CHEM 1073– articles and old tests will often be electronic, books may not.
Login with a uark email name and password and the class password.
If you can’t find a reading on Reserves, it might be on
Blackboard.
2 minute drill
• Check to see if a course you are taking has readings on Reserve
• Or, look up a course that does, by a professor’s name, or under the four letter class code– Bridges– HIST or CHEM or ENGL or ?
Finding journals and journal articles
• “Do we own a particular journal or magazine?”
–search by the title of the publication in the catalog
–Abbrev. titles may not work– depending–You may be able to go to electronic
content in the journal from that record in the catalog.
Note:
• You can’t search in the catalog for a specific article
• You CAN find out whether we have the periodical it’s in, and go from there.
• How to find a specific article is the largest single question people have, besides the location of the restrooms.
Search for journals or magazines by their titles--
• Starting in the catalog:– U.S. News and World Report– Journal of Applied Social Psychology
• Determine the journal or magazine from the citation:– Smith, Roger. “Democratic Mules Eating Hay.”
U.S. News and World Report, June 22, 2004.
Journal issues may be:• In the stacks (on the shelves), online, on
microfiche or microfilm• Some have:
• Current issues in Per. Room and older in the stacks or mfilm or mfiche
• Current issues electronically; older in stacks or microfilm/fiche….
• Current and older electronically, or some combination
• The record(s) will always tell you location(s) and holdings.
In the stacks--
Behind the Periodicals desk--
In the Periodicals Room--
RazorRush!• A new service• Students, faculty and staff can request
articles from journals in the stacks• They will be scanned and delivered
through the ILLiad software.• The person must be registered in ILLiad
Some online, 1997--
Some issues on the shelves, 1971-2008
Here’s the table of contents for an issue; let’s choose this article about goal setting--
Use this icon to print PDFs
2 minute drillGot a favorite journal or magazine?
• Take a moment and see if we have it—• If we don’t, who might?
Databases are a major way to find citations to articles.
• We have MANY databases!– librarians can help you select appropriate
ones.
• Ebscohost Academic Search Complete • ProQuest Direct
– Are interdisciplinary-- either will find some information on almost any topic.
There are databases under “Find articles in journals and periodicals,” by subject, and by title. The most popular databases are under Top Ten.
Databases primarily index and may link to articles in periodicals.
• Periodicals are journals, magazines and newspapers
• Often, the content may be more reputable than what’s available via the Internet. Editors and/or reviewers examine the material before it is published.
• In any case, if you need an article, don’t pay for it online. Check the catalog, and if we don’t own it, use ILL.
Subject-specific databases
• Such as PsycInfo• Inspec• International Index to Music Periodicals,
etc.• America: History and Life
• Will yield citations to more articles or reports specific to the topic or discipline
2 minute drill: do a database search
• Try something in your major
• Or, try something outside your major
• You never know who you might help.
Other stuff
• Government Documents • Y 4.W 36:109-5
– Lots of GovDocs are online….
• GIS and Maps (we have a new librarian, Kate Dougherty, for GIS, Geosciences and Maps)
• Center for Research Libraries– – has a collection of materials we may borrow from linked
on the home page.
Also, via the home page--
• Hours, Branches and Departmental links
• Libguides, Videos, and other help
• Policies, standards and procedures (mostly on StaffWeb).
There are lots of Libguides on subjects, for classes or about databases.
Libguides!
Interlibrary Loan is another resource--
• Interlibrary Loan – lends materials to
other libraries and
– borrows materials for students, faculty and staff members at the University.
Illiad is the software used by Interlibrary Loan or ILL.
ILL is free to faculty, staff and students who are currently affiliated.Illiad is also the system used to request materials from storage and for RazorRush.
Some of the other resources--
• Special Collections (archives, rare books)
• Performing Arts and Media– music, scores, videos, interviews, etc.
• Physics, Chemistry, Fine Arts, Law, and other campus library links
The StaffWeb is one way we communicate --
For work-related information
•Use the StaffWeb!
The StaffWeb is one way we communicate --
The StaffWeb page supplies all kinds of employment information.
All this, and more
– calendar of events and instruction– committees– directories – forms– FAQs and Tuesday Times– Systems computer help– policy statements, and more!
The Library Calendar shows meetings and their locations.
Questions?
British Ministry of Information. (1939). 3rd of a series. Author unidentified.