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HUMANITIES CORE COURSE |
Hint: Read all the instructions, including the worksheet, before you start
the assignment.
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Discovery Task 6: Putting It All
Together
Part 1: Understanding Call Numbers and Subject Headings
HINT: Read all
the instructions, including the worksheet, before you start the assignment.
PROBLEM:
This Discovery Task will help you to define the topic for your final research
paper and to locate information on that topic.
It requires you to use the UCI Libraries' ANTPAC catalog to locate
references to books on your research paper topic. The assignment will ask you to locate a record for a book and to
answer a series of questions about the book based on the record. You do not have to come to the Library to locate
the information you will need to complete the assignment. However, you will need to come to the Library
to check out the book or books you decide will be most helpful to you.
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES: This Discovery Task has several important learning objectives. It will help you begin the process of topic
definition by comparing your initial description of your topic with the information
available from books in the UCI Libraries. It will reinforce your understanding of how
to use a keyword search strategy to find information. It will introduce you to Library of Congress Subject Headings and
it will enhance your understanding of the use of the Library of Congress call
number system. Finally, it will help
you identify one or two scholarly books on your research paper topic.
DEFINITIONS:
Call Number: The call number for a book determines its exact location
on the shelf within the Library. It
allows library patrons to find materials quickly and efficiently.
Call numbers are also designed to place books on the same subject near
each other. Most research libraries use the Library of
Congress (abbreviated LC) call number system which is really a combination
of letters and numbers. Public libraries
and some small college libraries use the Dewey Decimal call number system. Library of Congress call numbers always start
with one, two or three letters. The
letters designate the general subject focus of the work. The numbers that follow designate the specific
subject of the work. Since there can
be many books on one subject, other letters and and numbers are added so that
each work has a unique call number. The
additional letters and numbers are usually determined by the author of the
work and the date of publication.
Anatomy
of an LC Call number for:
Becoming Chinese American : a history of communities and institutions
by Him Mark Lai
Call
Number: E 184 .C5 L355 2004
E=American
History
184 = United States. Ethnic Groups
.C5 = Chinese
L355 = determined by author’s last name
1998 = date of publication
The
UCI Libraries HomePage has a Guide to Call Number and Subject Locations at
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/callnos.html
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):
Library of Congress Subject Headings are standardized words or phrases that
are used to describe the subject matter of books.
Subject Headings are useful because they provide a consistent way to
describe a subject which takes some of the guesswork out of locating appropriate
materials. The ANTPAC catalog includes subject headings
in a field called Subj-lcsh. This assignment will show you how to use a
keyword search to determine the exact subject heading for works on your subject.
INSTRUCTIONS
TO STUDENTS:
1. Begin to define your topic. You must have an idea of what you are looking
for before you can start searching. As
you learn more about what is available on your topic, the definition will
change. Write a sentence that describes
your topic.
Example: I am interested in learning more about the
concept of transnationalism, especially as it applies to Southern California.
Write
a sentence that describes your topic:
2. Look at the sentence you just wrote and circle
or highlight the two or three most distinctive or unique words in your sentence.
Do not highlight common or ambiguous words.
Example:
: I am interested in learning more
about the concept of globalization,
especially as it applies to Southern
California.
Write
the distinctive or unique words from your sentence here:
3. Access the UCI Libraries' ANTPAC catalog at
antpac.lib.uci.edu .
4. ANTPAC offers several ways to look for information.
Select a Keyword search to get started.
Enter the word that you decided describe your topic.
Enter
the number of records your search retrieved:__________________________________
5. Browse the list of titles you found and evaluate
your results. Do these titles seem
to be on the subject you had in mind? Do
some of the titles seem better than others for your topic? Do any of the titles suggest particular aspects
of your topic that might be of interest to you?
Here
is an example of the titles that the previous search retrieved:
Record 1 of 6
TITLE Los
Angeles and the future of urban cultures : a special issue f
American
Quarterly / edited by Raúl Homero Villa and George J.
Sánchez.
IMPRINT Baltimore,
Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Record 2 of 6
TITLE Critical
theories, radical pedagogies, and global conflicts /
[edited
by] Gustavo Fischman ... [et al.]
IMPRINT Lanham,
Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005.
CALL # LC196
.C77 2005.
Record 3 of 6
AUTHOR Bardhan,
Ashok Deo, 1957-
TITLE Globalization
and a high-tech economy : California, the United
States,
and beyond / by Ashok Deo Bardhan, Dwight M. Jaffee,
Cynthia
A. Kroll.
IMPRINT Boston,
Mass. : Kluwer, c2004.
CALL # HC79.H53
.B37 2004.
6. Select one
title that looks like it will be a good source of information on your topic.
Here
is the full record for Record 3 from the example.
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As
you know from previous Discovery Tasks, this record provides bibliographic
(author, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication) location
(library and call number), and content (title, subject headings-Subj-lcsh) information.
7. Print a copy of the record you chose and attach
it to this assignment.
Write the call number for
your book here:________________________________________________________
8. Look for the subject headings (Subj-lcsh) that were given to this work.
Write
the subject headings for your book here:
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You
can see that the subject headings are links.
Click on the subject heading that seems the most closely related to
your topic.
Record
the number of records found with that subject heading_____________________.
Browse
the list of titles to determine if any of these titles might be useful to
you.
9. The end result of all this work is that you
will have to come to the library to get the book. Check the record for the
book you printed and record the following:
My
book is in the ________________________ Library.
The
call number for my book is_____________________________________.
10. The call number for the book determines its
location. There is a Guide to Call
Number and Subject Locations for the Langson and Science Libraries on the
UCI Libraries HomePage at:
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/callnos.html
According
to the Guide to Call Number and Subject Locations, my book will be on the
_________ floor
of
the ________________ Library.
Discovery
Task 6 Part 2: Putting It All Together
PROBLEM: The final discovery task assignment for the
Humanities Core Course is to write a research paper
on a specific aspect of the global exchange of ideas, persons,
or products across national borders that takes place or has taken place
here in Southern California, in Orange County, or at UCI.. The information in research papers is drawn
from a variety of sources such as course lectures, books, journal articles,
scholarly websites, and subject encyclopedias. Discovery Tasks 1 through 5
introduced you to these types of sources.
You will base your research paper primarily on information from books
and scholarly journal articles.
LEARNING
OBJECTIVE: The final part of this
Discovery Task will review and reinforce your ability to locate information
in scholarly journals. It will require
you 1) to use a periodical indexes such as America:
History and Life or Web of Science
to find articles on a topic and 2) remind you of the availability of scholarly
journals in electronic format through JSTOR and Project Muse.
INSTRUCTIONS
TO STUDENTS:
1. Review your
completed Discovery Tasks, particularly Discovery Task 3: Using Periodical Indexes To Find Information
About Journal Articles and Discovery
Task 4: Using Electronic Journals To
Find Information on a Topic.
2. Review the topic definition that you developed while looking for
books on your subject.
3. There are many sources that will be helpful when looking for articles
on the topics of “transnationalism” and “global networks.” Some suggestions for databases to search are:
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America: History and Life
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Web of Science (covers all subject areas, not
just science)
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Use the Subject Guides (http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/subject.php)
and the Ask a Librarian (ask.lib.uci.edu)
services to get recommendations for databases to use for specific topics.
A. Access the UCI Libraries' Homepage by entering
the URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/
B. Click on Online Resources.
C. Enter the name of the database you want to
use in the search box.
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D. Select the
link to the database. For example,
you can click on the title “Web of Science” or the url for the database in the illustration below.
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Subject:
Humanities -- Indexes; Arts -- Indexes; Social sciences -- Indexes;
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F. Enter your keywords in the search form and
press the search button. Entering
the keywords “transnational*” and “Southern California” resulted in this list
of references.
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4. Scroll through the list of references and decide
which ones will be the most useful for you. The best clues to the content of the articles are the Title and
information from the Full Entry.
5. You can use the UC-eLinks tool to find the
full text or a print copy of the article.
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UC-eLinks
provides a way to move easily from an article or book citation to the full
online content of the item. It also allows you to look for a UC library location
of print materials, or to request an item through interlibrary loan.
UC-eLinks
is currently available through most of the journal article citation databases
licensed by the UC libraries. When you display the results from a search,
you will see the UC-eLinks icon with each citation. Click on the UC-eLinks
icon, and you will have several options:
6. You will need to record the following information
for each article you decide use in your paper.
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Author:
Article Title:
Name of Journal:
Volume Number:_________
Issue Number:_________ Date of Issue:___________
Page Numbers:____________
For articles in online
periodicals, you also need to record:
Resource URL:_______________________________________________________
Date Accessed:_______________________________________________________
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You
need the information requested below to locate a journal in the library. Remember, not all journals are available electronically.
Fill in the form for the print journals you need to locate.
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Title
of Journal:
Library where journal
is located:
Call Number:
Does UCI own the volume
and issue you need?
Is the volume in the
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HELP!
What
to do if you need extra help:
Libraries
can seem confusing and intimidating at first, but they are designed for use
by students like you. This assignment
introduces you to some basic library skills that will help you be a successful
student at UC Irvine. Read the assignment
and worksheet carefully. Make every
effort to understand what you are supposed to do before you start working
on the assignment.
1.
Try to complete the assignment independently.
2.
If you feel confused, see if you can find a
partner who is more familiar or feels more confident about using the library.
3.
If you have questions about the library assignment
in general, or about specific steps in the library assignment, there are people
and services available to assist you.
4.
First, ask your instructor for help.
5.
If you need more help or can't attend the office
hours scheduled by your instructor, use one of the Libraries Ask A Librarian services (ask.lib.uci.edu).
6.
The people at the Loan Desk and in the Current
Periodicals Room will try to answer your questions but they are not experts.
The Librarians at the Reference Desk are the most familiar with the
help you will need.
