College
of San Mateo
LIBR105
Lesson Two
The Online Catalog and Database
Searching Basics
Learning
Objectives:
The
goals for this lesson include:
- To learn the
structure of online catalogs.
- To learn basic
electronic search techniques, including Boolean searching.
- To become familiar
with the Dewey Decimal System.
- To become familiar
with the Library of Congress Classification System.
Reading Assignments:
View the following tutorial
on the Peninsula Library System website: "Simple
Title Search." 22 August 2007.
Quaratiello, Arlene Rodda. The
College Student’s Research Companion. 4th ed. New
York: Neal-Schuman, 2007.
- Read Chapter 2, “Decoding Database Searches,”
pp. 17-32.
- Read Chapter 3, “Locating Books,” pp. 33-55.
Rozakis, Laurie. Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers.
[e-book]. New York:
McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999.
Homework:
Complete
the Lesson Two Graded
Assignment .
- E-mail it to Mark
Fink at finkm@smccd.net .
- Read the LIBR105 blog
entry for this assignment, which can be accessed here: http://libr105.wordpress.com/
.
- Respond to the question posed by the instructor
that pertains to this assignment.
- Add your own comment(s) and/or questions to the
blog.
Return to
the LIBR105
Course Syllabus or go on to Lesson Three.