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Call Numbers and Interpretation

• Dewey Decimal Call Numbers (Dewey)
• Library of Congress (LC) Call Numbers
• Superintendent of Documents Classification System (SuDocs)
• How to Read the Call Numbers
  
  
• Dewey - Primary Classes and Subclasses
• LC - Primary Classes and Subclasses
• SuDocs - Primary Classes and Subclasses

Evaluation of Information Sources - Part I, Types of Information Sources

• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources
• Popular vs. Scholarly

Evaluation of Information Sources - Part II, Evaluation Criteria

• Authority
• Reliability
• Currency
• Scope
• Relevancy

Government Documents

• What are Government Documents?
• US Government Documents
• State Documents
• United Nations Documents

The Internet

• The Internet and World Wide Web Defined
• How the Web Works
• Navigating the World Wide Web
• Search Engine Defined
• Search Strategies
• Evaluating Web Information

Online Catalog

• Basic Searching
  • Catalog Options
  • "Keyword" Searching
  • "Browse" Searching
  • "Exact" Searching
• Advanced Searching
  • Advanced Search Screen
  • Browse Search
  • Call Number Search
• Understanding Results
  • Brief Record
  • Complete Record
  • Holdings

Using the Online Catalog

Finding Periodical Articles

• Types
• Formats
• Locations
• Journal Indexes
• Choosing the Right Index
• Search Techniques
• Citing Full-Text Indexes

Periodical Database tutorials

• Academic Search Complete
• Tutorials from LexisNexis Academic
• Web of Science
  • LSU Libraries Tutorial
  • Web of Science's own Tutorial

Plagiarism Guide

Reference Tools

• Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
• Almanacs
• Bibliographies
• Biographical Dictionaries
• Concordances
• Directories
• Chronologies
• Atlases and Gazetteers
• Handbooks and Manuals
• Statistics

The Research Process

• Clearly define your topic or "information need"
• Collect/find information
• Evaluate the information you find
• Use and/or do something with that information
• Behave ethically and legally with that information

Searching Techniques and Strategies

• Generating Terms
• Boolean Searching
• Truncation
• Field Searching

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Subject Headings

• What are Subject Headings?
• How to Find Subject Headings
• Using Subject Headings

Tiger Tail:

• Introduction
• Module 1 - Sources
• Module 2 - Searching
• Module 3 - Evaluating
• Follow Up

Virtual Library Tour:

• Maps
  • Basement
  • First Floor
  • Reference
  • Second Floor
  • Third and Fourth Floors
• Circulation / Reserves
• Education Resources
• Government Documents / Microforms
• Music Resources
• Reference