RESEARCH RESEARCH TOOLSTOOLS

RESEARCH RESEARCH TOOLSTOOLS

3 IDENTIFIED RESEARCH TOOLS

•Library or bibliothecal tools•Communication or linguistic

tools•Statistical tools

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The Library as The Library as a Research a Research

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Various Sections of the Library

THE CARD CATALOGUE SECTION

• This section serves as a guide to all the holdings of the library. It contains a drawer type cabinet which contains 3 x 5 inches index cards.

THE PERIODICAL SECTION

• The section of the library where you can find the magazines, journals, newspapers and other periodicals.

THE BOOK SECTION• The section of the library where

you can find numbers of books that contain specific and current overview of the desired information. This section holds numbers of fiction and non-fiction books.

THE COMPUTER SECTION

• Many libraries have already set up an electronic database of all the information found in the card catalogue. This makes the search for any of the holdings of a particular library easier. The database also contains the specific library in the university where a particular journal or book can be found.

THE VERTICAL FILE SECTION

• In this section, one finds the library’s collections of clippings from pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, brochures, documents, and summaries of timely topics arranged by subject matter.

THE GENERAL REFERENCE SECTION

• Scientific dictionaries, handbooks, almanacs, atlases, and encyclopedias are general references classified as secondary publications.

LIBRARY LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION

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LIBRARY LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION

SYSTEMSSYSTEMS

Two Library Classification Systems

• The Dewey Decimal Classification System

• The Library of Congress Classification System

The Dewey Decimal Classification System

• It was conceived by Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) in 1873.

• The system is called “decimal” which is derived from the Latin word “decem” meaning ten and the system contains ten main groupings or divisions of knowledge.

• It is widely used particularly in small libraries.

000 General Works

100 Philosophy

200 Religion

300 Social Sciences

400 Language

500 Pure Science

600 Technology and Applied Science

700 Arts

800 Literature

900 History, Geography

Major Categories in The Dewey Decimal Classification

The Library of Congress System

• It is used in libraries which house large collections.

• The system groups books according to subject in twenty-one major classes, each class being represented by a capital letter of the alphabet.

A- General Works L- Education

B- Philosophy-Religion M- Music

C- History-Auxiliary Sciences N- Fine Arts

D- History and Topography (except America)

P- Language and Literature PN – Literary History and Literature (general)

E- America (general) and United States (general)

Q- Science

F- United States (local) and America

R- Medicine

G- Geography-Anthropology S- Agriculture

H- Social Sciences T- Technology

J- Political Science U- Military Science

K- Law V- Naval ScienceZ- Bibliography and Library Science