Library Catalogs

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Library Catalogs

• LIB 120
• Amanda Izenstark

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The Catalog

• First, a little history...
• Book-format catalogs
• Card-format catalogs
• Online Public Access Catalogs

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The HELIN Catalog

• HELIN Catalog
• http//helin.uri.edu
• Includes
• Books Periodicals
• Videos Sound Recordings
• E-Journals E-Books

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The HELIN Catalog

• The HELIN Catalog does not include
• Magazine articles Journal articles
• You need to consult a database or index in order
  to find these.(Well talk about these later)

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The HELIN Catalog

• Why isnt it called the URI Catalog?
• Because it covers more than just URI.
• HELIN is a consortium -- a group of libraries
  that cooperate and share materials.
• Your URI ID lets you into the libraries, and lets
  you borrow books from them.

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HELIN Locations

• BRYANT
• CCRI
• JW
• PC
• PCDHS
• RIC
• RWU
• SALVE

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HELIN Locations

• URI
• PELL
• CCE

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InRhode System

• Brown University is part of our consortium, but
  only allows you to borrow books via the InRhode
  system.
• You just cant walk into Browns library and
  start poking around. You need a letter of
  introduction from the Reference Desk.

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ARIHSL -- Hospital Medical Centers

• Rhode Island Hospital
• Memorial Hospital
• St. Josephs Hospital
• Landmark Med. Center
• Slater Hospital
• South County Hospital
• Butler Hospital
• Newport Hospital

• For access to these and other medical libraries,
  you need a letter of introduction from the
  Reference Desk, and you need to make an
  appointment to visit!

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What if the book I want isnt here?

• In many cases, you can go to the library that has
  the book you want, and pick it up yourself
• Or you can use one of the online request links to
  have the book sent here (or to another campus).

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What if the book I want isnt here?

• HELIN Request 2-3 days
• InRhode Request 2-3 days
• Request an Interlibrary Loan 3-4 weeks

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WAIT!!!

• Before you go running up to RIC for that book on
  forensics
• You cant do any of this until your ID has been
  activated! Go to the Circulation desk!
• That allows you to check out books once youre
  there, and also request books and access e-books
  and e-journals.

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Catalog Access Points

• What the heck is an access point?
• Searchable fields (or parts) of a record in a
  database used to retrieve information. These can
  include authors name, title, subject, date, etc.
  

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Catalog Access Points

• Author Search
• Searches for authors
• Lastname, Firstname
• Title Search
• Titles, of course

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Catalog Access Points

• Subject Search
• Searches for books based on their subject(s)
• But you cant type in any old subject and get
  good results..!
• The subjects are really a specific series of
  words and phrases concocted by librarians at the
  Library of Congress.
• (Well talk more about this later.)

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Catalog Access Points

• Word (or Key Word) Search
• Searches for items based on a few words
• Should be in Boolean format
• More flexible and powerful than the other search
  techniques
• But, if you dont have the right terms or put in
  useless words, your results will be garbage!

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Call Numbers

• Reading an LC call number
• LC EASY assignment

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Finding Books

• Search the HELIN Catalog
• Check the shelves
• A-P
• Q-Z