EN 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Item
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What do libraries have in their collections: rare books and archival materials, magazines and newspapers, online journals and books, scholarly articles and encyclopedia, film and music collection and documentaries, historical maps. Academic libraries have primary texts and scholarly articles. Materials that support the teaching needs of york u. Academic librarians are equipt to answer your questions because they know the curriculum. Academic libraries are organized in the library of congress system, it was developed in the. United states, it has a more flexible system compared to the dewey decimal system but even the library of congress has downfalls because they have a very american bias. Organized by letter and as well as numbers. For your assignment it will be on the fifth floor and it is organized by country then within these nations it is organized by periods then it is organized by authors. Ie: finding things about women can be only found under marriage or family.
