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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1984
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED269038 |
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- Introduction to the Stony Brook Library: A Self-Paced Workbook for INT 150. Baum, Nathan And Others Academic Libraries Higher Education Library Instruction Library Services Library Skills Online Searching Reference Materials Research Libraries Search Strategies Workbooks Designed to acquaint Stony Brook students with the facilities and resources of their library, this workbook in library skills is used in conjunction with courses offered at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. It is organized into chapters dealing with types of materials rather than by area of the library. Each chapter has an introductory section explaining the materials covered, followed by a set of questions to be answered individually by students. Individual chapters cover: (1) Introduction to the Stony Brook Library; (2) The Author-Title Catalog; (3) How to Find Books on Your Topic Using the Subject Catalog; (4) Using Encyclopedias; (5) Subject Bibliographies; (6) Periodical Indexes and Abstracting Sources; (7) Newspapers; (8) Other Approaches to Researching Current Affairs; (9) United States Government Documents; (10) Social and Economic Statistics; (11) The Library and Computer Searching; and (12) Search Strategy. Examples of catalog cards and other forms are included as well as a list of objectives for each chapter. (THC)