COMS 101 Chapter 7: COMS 101 Gathering Materials: Chapter 7
10 Jan 2017
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Gathering Materials
● Use your own knowledge and experience
● Doing library research
○ Librarians→ ASK for help
○ The catalogue→ a listing of all the books, periodicals, and other resources
owned by a library
■ Call number: a number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals
to indicate where they can be found on the shelves
○ Reference works→ a work that synthesizes a large amount of related
information for easy access by researchers
■ Encyclopedias
■ Yearbooks
■ Quotation books
■ Biographical aids
○ Newspaper and periodical databases→ a research aid that catalogies articles from
a large number of magazines, journals, and newspapers
■ Abstract: a summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone
other than the original author
○ Academic databases→ a database that catalogues articles from scholarly journals
● Searching the internet
○ Search engines
■ Google: used specific keywords
○ Specialized research resources
■ Virtual libraries: a search engine that combines internet technology with
traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data
● www.ipl.org
■ Government resources
● www.usa.gov
● www.census.gov/compendia.statab
● www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook
■ The special case of Wikipedia
○ Evaluating internet documents
■ Authorship→ what are his/her qualifications? Is he/she an expert on the
topic?
■ Sponsorship→ is the organization objective in its research and fair-
minded in its statements?
■ Recency→ copyright date, publication date, date of last revision
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Document Summary
The catalogue a listing of all the books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library. Call number: a number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals to indicate where they can be found on the shelves. Reference works a work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researchers. Newspaper and periodical databases a research aid that catalogies articles from a large number of magazines, journals, and newspapers. Abstract: a summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author. Academic databases a database that catalogues articles from scholarly journals. Virtual libraries: a search engine that combines internet technology with traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data. Recency copyright date, publication date, date of last revision. Set up the recorder, if you are using one. Review your notes as soon as possible. Start early it will take longer than you expect.
