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INFORMATION LITERACY
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FCC133 INFORMATION LITERACY
Week 3 - Session 1Library Catalogues
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SEARCH TOOL
Information Retrieval system
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LibraryCatalogue
INTERNETDATABASES
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Search Tools:
Library Catalogues
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Overview
This lesson provides information and directions
on how to use the online catalog of AIU Library.
You can find out what books, audiovisuals, and
periodicals can be found at a AIU Library by
going to the online catalog.
AIU System Libraries use a Web-based called
OPAC (online public access catalog).
OPAC Guide - A How To?
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Introduction: Library Catalogue
Library Card
Catalogue
Computerized Card
Catalogue (OPAC)
A Library Card Catalogue- a file cabinet containing individual cards
with bibliography information about specific items in the library.
OPAC: Computerized online catalog of all the materials held in a
library and can be searched quickly and efficiently using a
computer.
Since the mod-1980s, the physical card catalog has been replacedwith a computerized catalog called an OPAC.
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OPAC (Online Public Access
Catalogue) It serves as the focal search point for the AIU Library contents. Basedon search criteria of author, subject or title, the retrieval or hit list
screen will display attributes such as publisher, date of publication, call
number and availability.
Log on to the AIU Librarys OPAC
http://www.italic.aiu.edu.my
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Main page of OPACOPAC Guide - A How To?
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Introduction to the Online Library
Catalog
The OPAC provides you with details about the
books, audiovisuals, and other materials that
can be found in our library.
One good reason is that libraries throughoutthe world use a similar system.
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Why Do I Need to Know About the OPAC?
Allow you to do a better job of locating booksand other materials available through ourlibraries as well as other libraries.
This can be a big help and time-saver in yoursearch for information that is needed for papersor projects.
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What Can Be Found in the
OPAC? The Online Library Catalog contains a record for
each book, audiovisual and periodical in Librarycollection.
The catalogs of other libraries contain the same
types of information about items in theircollections.
The records tell you where the items can befound, if they are available for checkout,
overdue of item and also provide informationabout the format of the resource.
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Login to italicHow to start using italic:
Log on to the aiu library iPortal at http://www.italic.aiu.edu.my.
Those who have registered with library can directly be login by key-in your user ID &
password. Click at Submit to login your account.
Patron Access
OPAC Guide - A How To?
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Patron Information From Patron Access, you can see the information as below:
OPAC Guide - A How To?
Once login, you can see your account
summary as below:
Note:
From here you may know:
How many items that you have
borrowed out.
How many items is overdue.
How much your outstanding fines
with the library.
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How can I renew my books? To renew your books, kindly click at Checked out tab for renewal function as below:
In order for you to renew your book, kindly select which title of the book that you want to
renew on the check box button, then select renew button on the bottom of the page.
Once click, message will appear to notify whether your renewal success and next due for the
books will be notified at the box.
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Types of Searching Browse Keyword
Reserve: a reserve item (an item that the instructor has
set aside for use by his or her students only)
Expert
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Browse Search
Note:
From the Browse AIU Library Collections page, you
may enter theAuthor, Title, Subject, Publisher,
Call Number or Journal Title that you would like
to search for at the Search Terms Box and press
search button.
OPAC Guide - A How To?
From the searching page of Library catalogue, you may enter the subject, title or
topic that you would like to search for at the search box and press search button.
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Keyword SearchThe keyword search screen lets you
Search for terms using several
categories which may include
Author, Title, Subject, ISBN, ISSN,
LCCN or anywhere.
Select the nature of the search,
e.g. to search for all or any of
your search terms; and
Filter your search results using
the categories of Languages,
Location, Place of Publication
and Format.
Using heading keyword search
categories
Using search filters
Get the details on Location, call
number as well as Status for your
reference
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Keyword Search
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Expert Search
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An expert search lets you do a precision search using a combination of
keywords, search categories, search operators, and parentheses.
Select a database to search
Type your search terms in the text box labeled Search Terms
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WEBOPAC: Basic Search
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WEBOPAC: Advance / Boolean
Search
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FCC 133 INFORMATION LITERACY
Week 3 - Session 2 & 3Search Tools: Internet
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Search Tools:
Internet
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Overview
This unit aims to enable you to: Understand more about the Internet as an environment
for finding information.
Explore the strengths and weaknesses of different
search tools: how to pick the right one(s) for the job.
Evaluate the information that search tools provide: how
to efficiently cream off the most relevant results.
Develop a strategy for building up your own well-
structured bank of links for future reference
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Internet as Information Environment
A web search engine is designed to search forinformation on the World Wide Web.
No direct searching of other computers -
access to search tools only.
Search tools search through limited lists of sites.
The information may consist of web pages,
images, information and other types of files.
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Search Tools: Internet
Internet: electronic network that connect
personal computers and organizational
computer/others around the world.
The internet is available to anyone with
computer, connections and Internet Service
Provider.
Internet called as Information Superhighway
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Search Tools: Internet
Search Engines
Meta-search Engines
Information Gateways
Subject Directories
Specialised Database
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Search Engines A search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide
Web. Search engine use computer software that makes the WWW searchable
using keywords and phrases.
Internet has many different search engine to find information.
Compiled by spiders (computer-robot programs), mechanically buildingdatabase of references.
Matches searched-for keywords with words in full text of selected webpages.
Number of pages searched can vary from small number to 90% of theweb.
Good For: Precision searches, using named people or organisations,searching quickly and widely, topics which are hard to classify
Not Good For: Browsing through a subject area
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Search Engines
Googlehttp://www.google.com/
AltaVistahttp://www.altavista.com/
alltheweb
http://www.alltheweb.com/
Bing
Yandex
Baidu
Ask.com
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Meta-search Engines
Is a multiple data sources (searches multiple search engines from a singlesearch page)
Meta search engines is search tool that sends user requests to several othersearch engines or databases and aggregates the results into a single list .
In a meta-search engine, you submit keywords in its search box, and ittransmits your search simultaneously to several individual search engines
and their databases of web pages.
Meta-search engines do not own a database of Web pages; they send yoursearch terms to the databases maintained by search engine companies.
Examples of meta search engines:
- MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com)- Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com)
- Excite (http://www.excite.com)
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Information Gateways The Information Gateway provides a central access point to the internet for a
wide range of internet sites covering many popular news and information
resources.
Information gateway-type resources include Internet catalogues, subject
directories, virtual libraries and gateways.
Organised into hierarchical subject categories
Compiled by people, not robots
More focus on sifting for relevance and quality
Specialising in resources on a particular field.
Good For: Topics that fall into a thematic area that has a subject directory, guidedbrowsing in your subject area
Not Good For: Quickly finding information from widely varying themes
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Information Gateway
Examples ELDIS: the Gateway to Development Information
http://www.eldis.org/
Development Gatewayhttp://www.developmentgateway.org/
World Wide Web Virtual Libraryhttp://www.vlib.org/
SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway)http://www.sosig.ac.uk/
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Subject Directories
Subject Directory: a collection of links to large number of
internet resources organized by topic area.
Commercial subject directories are general in nature and are
much less selective.
Academic & professional directories usually are maintained
by experts who need credible information.
Example of subject directories:
INFOMINE (http://infomine.ucr.edu)
The Internet Public Library (www.ipl.org)
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Specialised Databases
Also known as the invisible web - pages of content not reachedby web robots.
Web crawler is a computer program that browses the WWW in amethodical, automated manner or in orderly fashion.
It is called invisible web because it is out of the reach of the
web spiders and their search tools. It includes Statistics, schedules, maps, figures
These types of pages used to be invisible but can now be found inmost search engine results
Pages in non-HTML formats (pdf, Word, Excel, PowerPoint),converted into HTML.
Using database in specialized database can save a time and give ua reliable, up-to-date information.
It is indexed that can be searched, much like the search engines.
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Specialised Databases
Examples:
Bibliographic Database it includes citation that
describe and identify titles, dates, authors, and other
part of written works.
Google Scholar
Commercial Database
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