Part 1: Subject Reference
1 Introduction
2 Types of Reference Books
3 More Types of Reference Books
4 Finding Reference Books on Your Subject
5 Using the Dewey Decimal System
6 Practice with Dewey Call Number Ranges
Part 2: Searching the Catalog by Subject
1 Introduction
2 Limiting a Search in the Library Catalog
3 Two Methods, Same Goal – Keyword &
Subject Searching
4 Identifying Keywords
5 Possible Keywords
6 A Keyword Search in the Library Catalog
7 Analyzing the Keyword Search
8 Subject Headings: An Example
9 Using Library of Congress Subject Headings
Part 3: Scholarly
Journals/Advanced Searching
1 Introduction
2 What Are Scholarly Journals?
3 What Are Research Databases?
4 Locating and Selecting
Research Databases
5 Advanced Searching
Techniques
6 A Sample Search
7 Sample Search: Choosing
Subject Areas
8 Formulating the Search
9 A Note on Full-Text Articles
10 OneSearch
11 Practice with OneSearch
12 A Final Note on OneSearch
Part 4: Web Sites
1 Introduction
2 The Web and Library Resources
3 The Web and Copyright Laws
4 Evaluating Web Sites
5 More on Evaluation of Web Sites
6 Search Engines
7 Using Webliographies