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FINDING BOOKS ONLINE

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1. You are researching the benefits and drawbacks of podcasting. Typing "podcast" in the BGSU online catalog word search box yields no results. What should you do?
Give up and find a new topic. Spend time brainstorming synonyms and related words to search, using a worksheet.

2. You read the chapter "Health and the Information Society" from The information society in Europe: work and life in an age of globalization, edited by Ducetal and others. You wish to pursue this topic of health information in the internet age. What would be the best place to start looking for sources on the topic?
A keyword search of health information and the internet.
Books and/or articles written by Ducetal.
Sources cited in that particular chapter.

3. How many books does BGSU own that are written by Richard James Hooker (born 1913)?
Between 10 and 20
At least 3
Over 20
None

4. I want to find scholarly books BGSU owns on this topic: how women are largely excluded from courses involving information technology or computers. What would be the best search to run to find information on this topic?
subject search: women and technology.
keyword search: how women are excluded from courses involving computers.
keyword search: women and computers.
keyword search: gender and discrimination and technolog*.

5. Briefly explain what is wrong with the following word search in any of the online book catalog systems discussed in this module: INEQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE

6. Which search will lead to THE MOST results:
RACE AND TECHNOLOGY
RACE OR TECHNOLOGY
RACE* AND TECHNOLOG*

7. Which will lead to THE FEWEST results:
RACE AND TECHNOLOGY
RACE OR TECHNOLOGY
RACE* AND TECHNOLOG*

8. Look at the following record:
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What should you do at this screen to find more information on this topic?
click the call number.
click the subject descriptors.
click the author.
all of the above.

9. You found this book in the BGSU online catalog that is perfect for your research: Knowledge management in education: enhancing learning & education. The problem is, you live in Canton, Ohio. What should you do to get this book?
nothing; find another book.
see if your local public library has the book.
request it via OhioLINK and choose a nearby pickup location.
Drive to BGSU.

10. Explain what is likely to happen with this search: VIDEO AND COMPUTER* / no limiters set

EXERCISES

1. Complete the following worksheet to perform a search using the BGSU online catalog on this topic: Teaching with the use of computers in secondary education.
Break the topic into single components and fill in terms and synonyms. Use truncation.

The first one is done for you.

	CONCEPT 1	AND	CONCEPT 2
TERM	computer*	AND	secondary education
TERM		AND
TERM		AND
TERM		AND

Worksheet (PDF)

2. Perform the following search using the BGSU online catalog, searching only for books in the main library:
(audio* or visual*) and educat*

Record the total number of records you get.
Now, do the same search without the parentheses. Record the number of records you get.
Briefly explain what accounts for the differences in the quantity and quality of your results.

3. Do the following to perform a search on this topic:
Using computers to assist children in special education

Complete the following worksheet you will use to perform the search: Worksheet (PDF)
Do your search using the BGSU online catalog, looking only for books. Record the total number of records you get.
Do the exact same search in OhioLINK. Record the total number of records you get.
Do the exact same search in NetLibrary. Record the total number of records you get.
Do the exact same search in Safari Books. Record the total number of records you get.
Write half-a-page to a full page explaining why each systems gives different numbers of total results, AND the differences between each system.

4. Perform a search in NetLibrary for books published between 2001 and 2006 on this topic: keyboarding and elementary education.

Record the total number of records you get.
Pick one book you think is particularly relevant. Record its title, author, publisher, and publication date.
Write down one subject descriptor from this record.
Do a search on that subject descriptor by simply clicking on it. Record the total number of books you get from that search.
Find two books from that search that look useful. Record their title, author, publisher, and publication date.
Briefly discuss what the advantages and/or disadvantages are to using subject descriptors for searching.

5. Using OhioLINK, how would you use truncation to search center or centre but not the plural, centers or centres?

6. Using Ebrary, find information in books on technology used in the soft drink or soda industry. Write at least THREE search strategies, and THREE books from OhioLINK that seem particularly relevant.

7. Using BGSU's online catalog, find TWO books on treatments for Munchausen Syndrome. Record the title, author, publisher, publication date, call number, and location. (Hint: use keyword and subject searching).

8. Find the book Physics: A General Introduction by Alan Van Heuvelen, published in 1986. Use either BGSU's or OhioLINK's online catalogs. Write its call number AND at least two universities that have this book.

9. Find recent information on Object Oriented Programming in books in BGSU's online catalog. Make use of word searching and subject descriptors. Record the names of at least 6 ELECTRONIC books BGSU has that directly concern this topic that have been published in the past 3 years. Include for each book: title, author, place of publication, publication date, and call number.

10. Conduct the same search in OhioLINK. Record the names of at least 4 books that BGSU does NOT own. Specifically, for each book, record: title, author, publisher, publication date, call number, and the name of one library that owns the book.

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