GED/GSA 579 Online Catalog Assignment: Due  Next Monday  
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NAME: _________________________________________

Online Catalog Search Assignment


NOTE: Catalog will "time-out" after 5 minutes.  If you see an error message, just close browser and re-enter catalog.

 

Author, Title, Subject, LC Classification - Access Points / Field Searching

Searching any libraries holdings is different from a search engine search because of how the materials have been cataloged and the authority control of author names and the controlled vocabulary for subject headings.

1.  Author Field - Do an Author Search for Mark Twain (remember... put in last name first for your search).  

A. How many books does SMC library carry for Mark Twain?

B. Click on highlighted # and bring up the list of books Written by Mark Twain
How is the list sorted?

C. Change the "Sort By" function to reflect "Published Date Descending"
What is the title of the most recently published book?

D. Do a Subject Search of Mark Twain  (remember... put in last name first for your search)
How many books are in the SMC Library "about" Mark Twain?

 

2. Title Field - Do a title search for the book, The unofficial guide to starting a business online (remember... do not put in - THE -of a title starting with the articles a, an, the, le)

Note that the default view is Brief View.  Choose the Descriptive View and answer the following

A. Who is the publisher of the book?

B. What are the subject headings used to describe this book?

 

3. Click on the Subject heading Electronic Commerce from the search above. 

A. How many books does SMC have in the library on this subject

 

Subject Searching - can be subdivided chronologically and geographically
4. Subject Field - Do a subject search for World War, 1939-1945

A. Scroll down the subject heading until you find the following subdivided subject heading -- World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British
- How many books does SMC Library have on this particular topic?

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Questions 5-12 Find the following titles in the SMC Online Catalog and give the following information  

Library of Congress Classification

a) Give the Call # and the Library of Congress Classification Class designation (or textbook)  for example the call letters (e.g. BJ is Ethics)

b)type of material (e.g. video, book, map, etc.) by default source is a book if not stated otherwise

c)material location (SMC Library, Reference, Oversize,  etc.)

d)material author(s) or editor

e)give one subject heading

 

5> A History of Modern France

a

b

c

d

e

6> Function of Reason

a

b

c

d

e

7> The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns

a

b

c

d

e

8> Botany of desire: a plant's eye view of the world
a

b

c

d

e

9> An Illustrated Glossary of Architecture

a.

b

c.

d

e

10> The World in 1914

a. (note - this uses LC classification for maps using only numbers) - just give the # 

b

c

d

e

11> From Caucasia with love

a

b

c

d

e

12> The Abenaki of Vermont

a. (note - no LC class is given - just give the call #)

b

c

d

e

 

13. How to find if the Library has a journal
Do a search of the following journal title search in  SMC catalog

a) journal of ab

--- what happens?

b) Does SMC Library carry the journal Journal of accountancy?  If so where in the library are the  issues located and what are the dates the library holds of this journal?

c) Does SMC Library carry The Burlington Free Press?   If so where in the library are the  issues located and what are the dates the library holds of this journal?

 

14. Do a Subject Search of the subject heading   --  World War, 1914-1918 Aerial operations

 

A. How many  titles are covered by this subject heading ?

B. Give the further subdivisions (geographically, etc) to the subject heading World War, 1914-1918 Aerial operations 

 

15.  View one of the above titles "The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary" in the DETAILED VIEW.

A. Name the other subject headings given to that particular book.

 

B. View the same Record in the MARC View (Machine Readable Cataloging Record)

- What numbered field (MARC TAG) contains the Title of the book?

- What numbered field contains the LC Classification number?

- What numbered field contains the LC Subject Headings?

 

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Keyword (Guided Search)
Keyword searching allows one to search by natural language searching, as opposed to Subject searching which uses a controlled vocabulary.  Keyword searching also allows a search to expand or narrow search terms using Boolean terms (AND, OR, NOT)  See   Keyword/Boolean Searching @ http://www.netstrider.com/search/logic.html   NOTE: The truncation symbol for SMC Library Catalog is a ?

16. Choose Guided Search in the SMC Online Catalog to do the following : 


Do the following  Keyword / Guided Search --  Economy

A. How many "hits" do you come up with?

 

Do the following  Keyword / Guided Search --  Econom?

B. How many "hits" do you come up with?

 

C. Give 5 possible words that could be found in a search of Econom?

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17.  Narrow the above search down.  Put Histor?  in the second line.

A.  How many "hits" do you have?

B. What different spelling of words will Histor? find  Give a few examples

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C. Narrow the search further.  Add Japan?  to the search.  How many "hits?"

 

18.  Do the search "Economic History"  (as a phrase) AND Japan? 

A.  How many hits? 

B.  Why is this search -- "Economic History"  AND Japan?--  different than 17 C  --Econom? AND Histor? AND Japan?  --   ?

 

 

19.  I am researching: Bird feeding and habitat in Vermont

Break down the above terms into broader and narrower terms. 

For example: Bird = birds, birding, ornithology
                     Feeding= feeders, food, gathering, behaviour, behavior

Then combine terms in a KEYWORD/GUIDED SEARCH Search.  Note the different searches you use and which are most successful.  Remember, it is important to notice, is your search too narrow or too broad?  You are always trying to mediate between the two extremes for a successful search

 

 

20.  Write out a search statement of your own in the box below - Identify searchable terms -- find synonymous and narrower terms. 

Search Statement:

 

 

- give two keywords you will use to  search from the statement above :

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  A. Do a keyword search of the terms above in The SMC Catalog  How many hits?

  B. Go to the UVM Library Catalog @ http://voyager.uvm.edu/webvoy.htm  do the same search as A.  How many hits?

   C. Go to WorldCat @ http://firstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldCat;done=referer;FSIP  - do the same search as A.  How many hits?

Note how many "hits" you get for each search above versus the SMC Library Catalog search

 

NOTE: You may use ILL (Interlibrary Loan) to obtain materials not carried by the SMC Library

 

Searching by MATERIAL TYPE (video, language, maps, etc)

21. 1st, be in  KEYWORD-GUIDED Search mode. Then Click the SEARCH LIMITS box and then under MEDIUM, choose Maps, then Click SET LIMITS.  From now on your Keyword searches will be limited to MAPS.  You will need to click on the ERASER icon to suspend the limits you have chosen

  Using the SEARCH LIMITS function, find the following in Keyword/Guided

A. A map of Japan

B. A video about cooking  *(note: change search limits to Medium: Video)

C. A book in the German language (*note: Change language setting to German in SEARCH LIMITS) then do a broad search

 

22.  Without using the SEARCH LIMITS function, find a Map and Video about Korea.  Note how you found it.  

Hint: try video? AND Korea?

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