|  Overview
of Library Resources | Search
Guide (.doc) | Ask A Librarian
What type of resource
do you need to use?
 how
to search for materials by title.
Videos for hearing impaired? Use keyword search "closed
captioned"
Videos for visually impaired? Use keyword search "audio description"
Subject
or keyword search?
Need to search beyond TCC's libraries?
More about call numbers, Library
of Congress classification, and finding
books.
Use a library
catalog to identify books, magazines, journals,
and audio-visual materials that are OWNED by the
library. Ownership may include direct links to individual
titles
in electronic format.
indexes and databases information
online journals
by title, subject, or vendor using MetaLinc
how
to search for the article in my citation.
Articles are found
in periodicals--magazines,
journals, newspapers-- that are issued periodically
more than once a year. Just
as some books have indexes to
point you to the
pages for your topic, indexes
and databases identify which periodicals
have which articles. Some databases
include
abstracts (short summaries)
of articles and some include full text (complete)
articles.
Full text of selected books are available online through
TCC resources. Other full text materials are available freely
on the Internet.
Just as many books
have indexes to point you to the page for your topic, indexes
and databases, which
may include
newspaper sources, point you to the newspaper article
citing the newspaper, date, page, and sometimes column. Some
resources include abstracts (short summaries) of
articles and some include full text (complete) articles.
Identifies if materials are available
in one of TCC's databases or at other local libraries.
The library
catalog identifies whether TCC has a
subscription to the individual periodical title
in print format
or electronic format.
Where can I find this magazine or journal?
Subject
encyclopedias (examples)
are great places to start your research.
In our library
catalog do a
keyword search for
encyclopedia
and your subject,
i.e. encyclopedia
and biography.
You can also
do a title search
for books that begin
with "Encyclopedia
of ...".
Assistance is often
needed when using
any reference
resource
so do not hesitate
to ask a library
staff member
for help.
Reference books may
be found by searching the
library catalog and are identified with an "REF" at
the beginning of the call number.
When you find a call number for your topic search
the
same call number
area in the reference shelves.
Reference
materials are generally used to provide quick information,
provide an overview
of a topic, "refer" the
patrons to other resources, and must
be used in the library.
Created by TCC librarians, each guide provides call number
areas to browse for books, specific library resources to
use, and some of the best Internet sites on the web. Government,
Literature, and Searching the Internet are just a few of
our guides.
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