Lesson 7: Using Books for Research, Part II

Using Books for Research II

Week 7

Types of SearchesIn

DuCAT

Keyword Search

How to Find Subject Terms

Click on the Catalog Record tab

When you find abook you like, click on Details to pull up the full record.

Subject SearchSubject terms (controlled vocabulary)assigned by the Library of Congress.

Author/Title Search

• Good to use when you know the book you want

• Combine AUTHOR last name AND book TITLE

Click onGuided Search

BRIEF DuCat Record

FULL DuCat RecordHAS 3 TABS

#1 - Item Information

TITLEAUTHOR/EDITOR

PUBLISHERPUBLICATION DATE

CALL NUMBER

FORMAT

LOCATION

#2 – Catalog Record

PUBLICATION LOCATION

LINKS TO POSSIBLE OTHER BOOKS ON THESE SUBJECTS

#3 – A Look Inside

• Not all books in DuCat have “A Look Inside,” but many do• Can include:

• Summary• Table of Contents• Review• Author Bio

Cite your Book (Print)• MLA 7th Edition

• APA 6th Edition

Book with...

Author (s) Editor(s)

Compiles essays written by othersinto ONE book

VS.

Catalog Record for Brown-Glaude book

Compilation of essaysby different authors

Book with Editor, MLA 7th

Brown-Glaude, Winnifred R., ed. Doing Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2009. Print.

Compilation of essays written by others.

Chapter/Essay in Edited Book

In MLA Style

McLaughlin, Amy, et. al. “Instituting a Legacy of Change: Transforming the Campus Climate through Intellectual Leadership.” Doing Diversity in

Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies. Ed.

Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2009. 3-25. Print.

Citing an eBook (MLA)

Print version

Thomas, Richard T. How to Write a College Research Paper. New York: Putnam, 2009. Print.

Electronic version

Thomas, Richard T. How to Write a College Research Paper. New York: Putnam, 2009. ebrary. Web. 12 Aug. 2012.

See MLA/APA Style Guide for more examples.

Citing an eBook (APA)

Print Version

Thomas, R. T. (2009). How to write a college

research paper. New York, NY: Putnam.

Electronic Version

Thomas, R. T. (2009). How to write a college

research paper. Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.

com

• Don’t need publication info.• Include source’s homepage URL• If the book has DOI, use that for retrieval info for ALL eBooks in APA.