Library Science Final

What do you use a call number for?

To locate where an item can be found in the library

What does a Library of Congress Call Number look like?

PR 6052 .I7728 A6 2016

What is the difference between a record and a field?

Each record contains collected information to describe one source, for this reason it is considered one unit of information

Field- is a single piece of information within a record

What does a record tell you about a source?

A record will give you information on the different fields. it gives a preview of the source, it includes author's name, source, document type, subject terms, an abstract and many other components. It gives a brief summary about a source.

What are Boolean Operators?

AND, OR, NOT- used to connect search terms in ways that allow you to narrow or broaden s search

AND- both

OR- either

NOT- exclude

Truncation? What do they look like? How do they work?

Use an *

This will cut off your search term to its root and add a symbol that instructs the computer to search the root word plus any endings

Ex: Educat*, Pollut*

Nesting? What do they look like? How do they work?

Use ()

Allows you to group your search terms and to dictate the order in which the Boolean operators will be carried out

Ex: smoking AND (teenagers OR adolescences)

Phrase Searching? What do they look like? How do they work?

Use " "

Allows you to search for two or more words as an exact phrase

Ex: "alcohol abuse"

What is the difference between a primary and secondary source? What are some examples ofeach?

Primary- any work that offers original content. Ex: journal, photographs, speeches, etc.

Secondary- when a writer looks at a source and tries to interpret what they find. Ex: textbooks, magazines, articles, book reviews, etc.

What is plagiarism?

The "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own work

What is a periodical? What is the difference between the periodical title and the article title?

A periodical is any publication, such as a newspaper, magazine or scholarly journal.

A periodical title is the name of a journal or magazine. 

An article title is the name of a piece of work in a periodical.

What are the differences between popular and scholarly sources?

Popular sources are written by journalists and include magazines, newspapers, are not peer-reviewed and are for a general audience.

Scholarly sources are written by subject specialists and include scholarly journals and are often peer-reviewed and are for researchers.

Does the PDF Full Text of an article look exactly like the article appears in the print journal?

Yes

During Narrowing a Topic, why did we start investigating our topics with encyclopedia articles?

We did this to gather information and see what would be best to search as well as see what was too broad

Difference between objective and biased information

Objective- seeks to show all points of view

Biased- the author wants to influence the way you see a subject

What does "controlled vocabulary" mean? Where can you find them? Why would you use them?

Controlled vocabulary means the same thing as subject terms