Class Notes

09.18.02

By: Amanda Hennessy

Today's purpose of the class was to familiarize ourselves with the library and to learn how to find a source of reference to aid us with Resource Report 2 and future assignments.

~First thing~ we walked over to the "Information Commins which is part of the library in the ILC, and we were introduced to the *librarian who works with women's studies* *( a very important source of help---her name, Ruth Dickstein, and her email address and phone number appear in the "teaching team" part of this web site)*

~Second~ We were introduced to the library's subscribed search site, Sabio Information Gateway, and we paired up to begin our hunt!
The first part of the search was to use the Sabio Information Gateway to find a book which pertained to a topic we were assigned a and then an article which related to a different topic. This familiarized ourselves with the different ways to search for a research piece.
*important*: Sabio Information Gateway has a Women's Studies Encyclopedia. which is helpful when finding a book. There is also a Index to Articles which helps when searching for a scholarly article. Once you are in the Index to Articles, you need to clikc on "Academic Search Elite"
The next thing we learned was how to find this reference piece. We were asked to indicate the call numbers of the pieces, the authors, the date of publication, the status of the piece (whether the book is checked in or not), and the location of the piece.
The call number is very important when finding your piece.
Next my partner and i looked at the Bookstack Guide to find out what floor our piece is on. Doing this I learned how HUGE this library really is! We found our book with the help of the How to Read Call Numbers sheet given to us. We brought the book to a precepter and were awarded with candy:)

*VERY IMPORTANT*: If you were not here, be sure to pick up a copy of the information sheets given to us... THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL!!!!!