LOCATING AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES
A. Library Sources
1. Books can be located in two areas
a. AHS Library Computer Catalogue
Systems
b. Books in Print, a two-volume
catalogue that lists all the
books currently in print arranged alphabetically by subject.
2. Periodicals (magazines, newspaper, journals)
a. The Reader's Guide to
Periodical Literature
Sample entry:
"The Games". R. Newman. Sport.
31:14. D '67
(title)
(author) (mag)
(vol:pg.) (date)
b. Other periodical indexes for
special journals
c. Infotrac and other computer
online services
3. Reference works
a. General Encyclopedias -Look up
your subject in the index of
the encyclopedia (the last
volume in the set). There you will find several articles related to
your subject.
b. Other reference books,
including:
- Dictionary of
Music
- Encyclopedia
of Social Science
- Companion to
Classical Literature
- Computer
online services
B. Non-Library Sources
- Individual authorities
- Organizations
- Government agencies
- Clubs
- Companies
- Interviews
- How to List Sources
- Numbered
- 8+ sources
- 3 of 4 areas
- Form
- a. Books: Author or editor (last name first), title
(underlined), place of publication: publisher, date of
publication, service note.
- b. Periodicals: Author (last name first), title of article (in
quotation marks), name of magazine (underlined), number, date, page,
service note.
- c. Reference works: Author (last name first), title of article
(within quotation marks), title of reference work (underlined),
edition, volume, date of publication, pages, service note
- Non-library sources:
- Authorities – Name of authority, subject matter of intended
interview, approximate time and place of interview, service note
- Organizations – Name of organization, title of pamphlets or
subject matter of literature supplied, service note.
- Observations – Description of proposed observation including
purposes and procedures, service note.
Assignment: Write 3-4 source cards
from three different types,using the
proper format.