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Library Science-Week 3What is the library classification system? - answer Used by libraries in order to organize
their physical materials (Ex: books, DVDs, maps, etc.)
What are call numbers? - answer Unique addresses derived from classification systems
to identify where something is located in the library; usually found on the spines or front
covers of books
What two contents in the library are not assigned call numbers? Why? - answer Online
books and Journals; they have no physical location in the library
What is the most used system in college and university libraries due to the fact that it
allows for growth in new subject areas? - answer Library of Congress (LC)
What is the most widely used classification system used in public and school libraries?
Why is it easy to recognize? - answer Dewey Decimal System (DDC); its call numbers
begin with a 3 digit number
What classification system is used to organize federal government documents? It
includes colons and/or slashes. - answer Superintendent of Documents (also known as
"Gov Docs" or SuDoc)
What is plagiarism? - answerUsing someone else's work or ideas and presenting them
as your own
What is the role of databases? - answerTo collect and organize large amounts of
information for easy retrieval
What is a record? - answerA collection of related information treated as one unit; each
has multiple fields (or single pieces of information); each result in a database has one
How many fields does a record contain? - answerThree
What is a periodical? - answerAnything published at regular intervals (daily, weekly,
monthly), including scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers; articles are
published in these
What is an abstract? - answerA summary of the article so one may determine whether it
is relevant or not
What does the source field start with? - answerPeriodical Title
, What are keywords? - answerSignificant words or phrases related to your research; the
*main ideas* that can stand alone
List the three main ways to find keywords. - answer1. Brainstorming: What do I already
know?
2. Background Reading: What do encyclopedias say?
3. Focused Topic: Which words are important?
What are Boolean operators? - answerA search technique that allows you to tell the
database how you want your keywords to be connected in the search; you can use
them to narrow, broaden, or exclude certain words in your results; uses "and" to
connect different ideas, or narrow search; use "or" to connect similar ideas and broaden
the search
What is the role of the Boolean operator "AND"? - answerRetrieves records that contain
all the search terms entered; all the results you see will contain all the keywords you
specified and narrows a search (Ex: "lead AND drinking water" or "art therapy AND
children")
What is the role of the Boolean operator "OR"? - answerRetrieves all records that
contain at least one of the search terms entered; if any of the items are found, the items
will show up in your list of results; this operator broadens the search (Ex: "lawyers OR
attorneys" or "teenagers OR adolescents")
What is the role of the Boolean operator "NOT"? - answerExcludes a term from your
search meaning if that term is found, the item will not show up in your list of results;
commonly used when a word has more than one definition and you would like to
exclude meanings not relevant to your search (Ex: "mine NOT explosive" or "kid NOT
goat")
What is nesting? - answerAn advanced search technique that allows you to group your
search terms to dictate the order in which the Boolean operators will be carried out;
specifically, everything within the parenthesis is searched first; uses parentheses
around words that are connected with "OR"; it is especially important to use this when
your search statement contains similar terms connected by the "OR" operator (Ex:
"smoking AND (teenagers or adolescents)"
What is phrase searching? - answerUses quotation marks around phrases; a technique
that allows you to search for two or more words as an exact phrase
What is truncation? - answerUses an asterisk at the end of the word with multiple
endings (Ex: rations, rationing); broadens a search in order to include various word
endings and spellings (Ex: searching "space tourism" and receiving results about
"tourism space in Singapore" as opposed to "space tourism*")
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