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    Writing Research Papers A Practical Guide

    By

    Bailey/ Powell/Shuttle worth

    Third Lecture

    Third Class

    Dr. Dunia Tahir Hameed

    Chapter Three: Identifying Sources


    The Library

    The Sections of the Library

    1-The Reference section

    It is one of the most important places in the library. It has indexes and
    bibliographies, which list books and articles in books, magazines and
    newspapers, and it has abstracts, which briefly summarize some of the
    articles in those sources. It has to be available all the time to everyone
    who needs.

    2-Reserve section

    College and university libraries have a reserve section that contains


    books and other material you can check out for only a short time. Since
    these materials change often , depending on the courses being taught,
    they are not kept in the reference section.
    3-Periodical section

    It is loosely, a magazine or a newspaper something printed regularly (or


    periodically),such as daily, weekly, or quarterly. There are three
    important parts to the periodical section:

    a-List of periodicals: A library has a list of all periodicals available there.


    It could be a short list posted on a wall. The list of periodicals will tell
    you if the publications are available in your library.

    b-Current Issues:

    c-Back issues:

    b-Current Issues c-Back issues

    1-Usually all those for the 1-Are no longer current.


    current year.
    2-displayed in one part of the 2-They are usually collected by
    periodical section. volume or year bound with a
    hard cover (like book).

    -Microfilm and Microfiche section: Sometimes intimidates people


    because they have to learn to operate special pieces of equipment to
    read the microform material, which contains books, magazines and
    newspapers filmed in very reduced size.

    -Finding Books

    The Card Catalog


    The key to finding books is the card catalog, which is a large file of 3×5
    cards in alphabetical order listing all the books in the library. The card
    catalog can be classified into three cards:

    -an author card filed alphabetically by the author' last name ,

    -a title card filed alphabetically by the title, and at least one

    -subject card filed alphabetically by the subject of the book.

    All three of these cards start as author cards. The differences is that a
    title card has the title typed on top so it can be alphabetized by the title
    more easily, and the subject card has the subject typed on top so it can
    be alphabetized by subject.

    Classification Systems

    Libraries arrange their books by either Dewey decimal classification


    system or, even more popular for large libraries, the Library of
    Congress classification system.

    Bibliography Cards for Books

    The Bibliography and Note Pages in the Research

    1- author(s) or group responsible

    2-title and subtitle

    3-translator(s)

    4-editor(s)

    5-edition

    6-series
    7-volum number

    8-place of publication

    9-publisher

    10-date of publication

    Indexes: it does not tell how valuable a source is, or even exactly what
    it's about (titles can be misleading) , but at least it tells you something
    exists. It is like a single , well-organized table of contents(arranged by
    subject) for all the periodicals it indexes.

    Bibliographies: are lists of sources for a topic, sometimes sources by


    someone and sometimes the sources about someone or something.

    Encyclopedias :are excellent for preliminary reading when you are


    trying to decide on a topic or beginning to narrow it to something
    workable.

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