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Research & Writing Week Resources

general overview of academic research skills

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Scholarly books are a great resource - watch this video to learn how to recognize one. (2:29)

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This video explains how to enter keywords into the catalogue to find books on a particular topic. (1:13)

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This video shows you how to search by book title using the library catalogue. (0:47)

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Locating Books in the Stacks

This video describes how to use a call number to locate a book on a shelf in the library. (1:05)

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Your call number guide to serendipitous book discovery.  Library of Congress Classification (LCC) Main Classes  A: General Works  B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion  C: Auxiliary Sciences of History  D: World History  E: History of the Americas  F: History of the Americas  G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation  H: Social Sciences  J: Political Sciences  K: Law  L: Education  M: Music  N: Fine Arts  P: Language and Literature  Q: Science  R: Medicine  S: Agriculture  T: Technology  U: Military Science  V: Naval Science  Z: Bibliography, Library, Info, Resources  NOTE: I,O,W, X, and Y are not part of the LCC

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