Marina Parise
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Review - Part Two
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Marina Parise
CSU - Transferable - 1 unit
Review - Part Two |
Library I Review Part Two
Reserve Collection –only academic libraries
- Textbooks or any materials set aside by instructors.
- Must be asked for at the Reserve Desk/Circulation Desk.
- Arranged by call numbers.
- Two-hours library use only.
- Search catalog by: author, title
- Search catalog by: Reserve Desk by Instructor's Last Name or Class
Types of Book Publishers
- University Press - more scholarly information - Oxford University Press
- Commercial Publisher - general public
- Government - international, U.S., state, local
- Professional or Trade association - professional/industry
- Vanity Press - self published or the author pays to have it published
Types of REFERENCE Sources: Workbook – Chpt. 10.
Reference Sources
- factual (non-fiction)
- statistical
- historical or current
Begin your research paper by consulting a general encyclopedia to get an overview of your topic.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica
- top of the line
- scholarly
- general
- excellent introduction to a subject
OED – Oxford English Dictionary
- general
- scholarly
- etymology - word origin
Abridged Dictionary
- contains only the most common words
- it is not comprehensive
- it is reduced in size by omission of terms and definitions
Country Watch Database
- information for every country in the world
- provides geographical
- political and economic
Current Biography Database
- 15,000 full text biographies
- 9,400 obituaries from all of the volumes of Current Biography Yearbook
- 1940 to the present
- name
- profession
- title
- place of origin
- gender
Return to: Citing Sources MLA Style
Return to: Glossary of Library Terms
Return to: Guide to Library Research
Return to: Library I Course Review
Return to: Library I Review Part One
Santa Monica College Library
1900 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Tel. 310-434-4254
E mail: Parise_Marina@smc.edu
Last Update: 03/15/13 mp
