Resource Centre

Resource CentreIntroduction

and Quick Guide

The Challenge Within six weeks, develop a system simple

enough to be used with limited training No money No appropriate software

Voila!

Mission accomplished

Kinds of Resources found Books Magazines Loose sheets: articles, reports, website

printouts, theses. Audio Visual: VHS, DVD, CDROM,

MiniDV Ephemera: pamphlets, brochures, posters, etc

Four main areas of Collection Monographs (main area of collection) Magazines Resource Boxes Resource Binders

Library of Congress Cont. Main Areas of the LC

classification system are marked with a single letter

Principle subdivisions marked with an added letter

Classes are further divided by numbers

Books are arranged on each shelf according to classification, and within each class, alphabetically by author.

P (language and literature)

PR (English literature)

PR 9196.7 I53

PR 9199.3 C82 (Currie)

Three Ways to locate Information Browsing: physical shelves, or electronic

catalog by subject categories Perform a search

Browsing

Browse Physical shelves Notice headings Example: Edmonton

History Resource Box: Edmonton Resource Binder: History

Browsing Cont. Religion:

- B philosophy, Psychology, Religion- BP Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy

- BV Practical Theory- BX Christian Denominations

Example: Heaven is Near the Rocky Mountains

Author: Hugh A. Dempsey

Subject: Missionaries -- Canada, Western -Correspondence. 

Cree Indians -- Missions. 

LC:  BV 2813 W66 A6

Perform a Search Access the PDF version of the Catalog, and

perform a search. Generate synonyms – include broader terms

and narrower terms. Each title has a list of Subject Headings Will also search title lists of magazine boxes

and resource binders

Do all three! A Truly effective search would include all

three strategies. Browsing alone will cause you to miss titles.

- How they are classified depends on the dominant nature of the work.

Keyword and Synonym Challenge Divide into two teams of equal numbers You have 7 minutes to come up with the most

number of synonyms you can for the topic. Include broader terms and narrower terms.

The team that gets the most number of relevant synonyms wins bragging rights!

Petroleum

Petroleum Synonyms/related words: oil, texas tea, juice,

petrol, crude, crude oil, fossil rock, rock oil, fossil fuel, mineral oil, natural gas, fuel oil, heating fuel

Broader terms: fuels, energy, energy sources power, raw material, liquid fuels, drilling, non-renewable resources, [Mining?]

Narrower terms: gas, gasoline, petrochemicals, propane