| Focus
Questions |
| When
you use the online catalog to research a topic, which search strategy are
you most likely to select (subject or keyword)? Which is best?
Why?
If
you cannot find information on your topic in Schmidt Library, what
access do you have to collections in other libraries?
What
steps can you take to insure that you are able to obtain all the resources
you need no matter where they are?
The
Internet provides you with access to libraries and their collections all
over the world. Does this enhance your research process? |
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Books
and Instructional Media
Finding Books and Instructional Media using Schmidt Library
Basics
Use online library catalogs to locate Book and Instructional Media sources in the
Schmidt Library and other libraries.
- From the
Schmidt Library
home page,click on Finder in the left-hand navigation menu. Choose Find Books. From there you can choose to access
the Schmidt
Library catalog as well as other library catalogs.
- For electronic books, search the Schmidt Library's eBook collections or Google's Book Search. (Go to Advanced screen and select "Full View Only" to limit to whole books.)
- To search the
Schmidt
Library catalog for Instructional Media items, use the
options at the bottom of the Advanced Search screen and limit the TYPE to the format you are seeking (e.g.
- Book, DVD, VHS, CD).
- Cite Book and Instructional Media Sources
General Information
Types
- Why Use Books? - Middle Tennessee State U
Library of Congress Classification System
- Call Numbers -- U System of Georgia
- Library
of Congress Classification System
- about.com
Document Delivery
- Schmidt Library Document Delivery Services - Request items from another library
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Susan
Campbell
Library Director |
"Last
year, 279,000 patrons used Schmidt Library. They borrowed 63,500
of the library's 188,611 cataloged books and audio visual items.
They also borrowed 3,500 items from other libraries." |
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Students
should
be
able to:
Develop and use a variety of search strategies
Use appropriate tools to identify and locate potential sources of information
Evaluate information and select best sources
Click here for specific outcomes |
Dennis Weiss
Philosophy
Professor |
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"There's
been a paradigm shift in our culture in changing from a print based culture,
which is revolved around the written word, to a digital based culture,
which revolves around electronic media and hypertexts... Alvin Toffler,
for instance, argues that we are moving from an industrial based economy,
which was built up on matter and mass and material, to a post-industrial
information economy, in which the central resource is information...
It is important, then, that we be aware of these changes and that we be
able to adapt and be flexible to them. This particular course, I
think, addressees the kind of skills that are absolutely necessary for
that information economy."
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