Research Projects

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Research Projects
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Research Project

• Where do I begin???

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Identify

• Who
• What
• Where
• When

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Encyclopedia

• General information on your topic
• Index volume can be helpful
• Alphabetical order tells the volume and page
  number for your topic

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Encyclopedia

• Encyclopedia Americana Entry
• Mars (myth) see also Ares      March
  18301      Roman religion 23710,751
• MARS (planet) 18355-60                  22173-7
  6      Astronautics 2559-61      Astronomy
  2577-78      canals 18357      Extraterrestria
  l Life 10806     

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Card Catalog

• Keyword
• Title
• Author
• Subject

• Series
• Call Number
• Power

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Keyword Entry

• Looks for a specific word or phrase contained in
  the book entry

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Title Entry

• Capital letters not necessary
• Do not use a, an, or the

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Author Entry

• Authors last name
• Example
• Curtis, Christopher Paul

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Subject Entry

• Examples
• Car, automobile,vehicle, corvette

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Power Search
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Power Search

• Example
• Florida search yields over 100 books
• Florida Seminole yields 4 books

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Card Catalog Screen

• Call number (upper left) ex. Fic Coo or 932 Bay
• Title
• Author
• Publisher
• Physical Description
• Notes Summary
• Subject
• Copy information

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Arrangement of Books

• AR
• Fiction
• Reference
• Encyclopedias, etc.
• Cannot check out
• Non fiction
• 2 week check out
• Dewey Decimal
• 001 999 and B

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Dewey Decimal Classification
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000 General Works
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100 Philosophy Psychology
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200 Religion
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300 Social Sciences
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300 Social Sciences
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400 Languages
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500 Natural Sciences Mathematics
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600 Technology (Applied Sciences)
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700 Fine Arts and Recreation
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800 Literature Rhetoric
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900 Geography History
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Patriotic Emblems and Symbols

• 929 - Genealogy, names, insignia

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Note Taking
Early Years
Later Years
Education
Thomas Edison
Inventions
Adult (marriage)