English 1113:
Welcome to the Library
Frederic Murray
Assistant Professor
MLIS, University of British Columbia
BA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services Librarian
Al Harris Library
frederic.murray@swosu.edu
What we are going to do today:
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Discuss Library Web Page
Discuss Major Resources
Catalogs/Databases
Topic assignment
Short tour of the library (complete with map)
Retrieve a Pathfinder
Come back upstairs
Find a Reference Book
Find an Article & Email it to yourself
About the library & what’s
happening
Information about the library can be
found here. Click on the word or on
More… to access the information.
The latest two posts from our
blog are on the homepage.
Click on From our blog to go to
our blogspot page.
When you need help!
When we don’t have the material we
will get it from another library for you
(ILL) or if you live too far from
campus we will send materials to you
through the post or email.
When you have
questions, we have
answers. Ask us
through IM, email,
phone or in person.
Librarian chosen
web sites for your
convenience.
Library Web Page
Major Resources:
• Book Catalog
• Article Databases
Using the Library Catalog
• The catalog can be used to find books, ebooks, videos/audio books, etc.
• Use Keywords
• Use Subject links
• Use “About This Book”
Books
Click Here to access
the Library’s Catalog
SWOSU Catalog
Dewey
• All of human
knowledge is
broken into Ten
Major Categories
• Call numbers are
used to locate
books on the
shelves
Paper or Digital?
• Books no longer purely physical objects
• Ebrary
• NetLibrary
(Be sure to check the location of the book)
Ebrary
• Ebrary provides more than 44,000
digital books in a broad range of
subject areas, including business,
technology, health and medicine,
literature and the humanities, physical
sciences, social sciences, and
interdisciplinary studies. Ebrary digital
books contain the full-text and
illustrations of their print counterparts
Article Sources
General
Article and
subject
databases
Article Databases
Finding a good Topic:
Academic Search Complete
Topics
• American Literature
• Law/Criminal Justice
• World Literature
• Business
• Popular Culture
• American History
• Music
• Geography
• Art
• World History
Pathfinders
• A printed library guide designed to lead
a student to specific topic resources.
Available online &
in the library
Pathfinder Kiosk
Let’s take a tour!
Assignment
• Use Academic Search Complete to find
an article on your assigned topic/email
the article to yourself
• Use your subject pathfinder to find a
reference book on the first floor
The World Question Center
Questions?
• Contact me:
– Frederic Murray
• 744-7113
• frederic.murray@swosu.edu
Thanks!