MIL

Library of Congress Classification

Bigger libraries, such as university libraries use the library this, which classify books using letters and numbers that are correlated with the subject, title, and author information. This categorize the books into 21 branches of knowledge. Each book in library's collection is assigned a unique call number which is used to divide and arrange books into same subject. Books shelves accordingly to alphabetical and numerical order

Circulation Section

Books in the CS are mostly textbook that cover different subject areas, pocketbook and novel are also found in this section. In general, both nonfiction and fiction books are found in CS. NONFICTION books are based on facts and real-life situation. FICTION books are product of imagination and creativity

Card Catalog

Contains the information about the material you need such as the author's name, title of the book, and the section of the library where you can find the material

New Media

Content organized and distributed on digital platforms

General Reference Section

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Almanacs. Books in the GFS are mostly in the library use only

Citation Plagiarism Copyright Intellectual Property

Ethical Use of Information

Filipiniana Section

Filipiniana materials are printed materials written by Philippines authors about the Philippines are published in the Philippines

General Reference Circulation Periodical Filipiniana

Four Sections of the Library

Melvin Dewey

He created the Dewey Decimal Classification in the year 1876.

Search

Is a program capable of searching documents in the web using specific key words. It displays a list of websites when key words are entered in the search field. Examples are Google, Bing, Yahoo, I Ask, and AoL. Some researchers know what specific website to visit. What they do is just type in the specific web address on the URL field, URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator" which refers to a web pages address

Online Public Access Catalog

Libraries of big and well-funded universities use this as they have a large collection of books and other reading materials. This enables the students to access the library's database installed in selected desktops of the library

Print Media

Media consisting of paper and ink, reproduced in a printing process that is traditionally mechanical

Broadcast Media

Media such as radio and television that reach target audiences using airwaves as the transmission medium

Periodical Section

Newspaper, Magazines, and Journals are found at the periodical section. These books located in PS are for library use only

Thesis and Dissertations, Museum, Internet

Other sources of information

Glossary

Some books have a glossary found at the back matters. The glossary provides a list of concepts or terms with its corresponding meaning. It is arranged alphabetically.

Bibliography

The sources which the author used in writing a book appear in the bibliography. Each bibliography entry contains the author's complete name, title of the material, and other publication details. It is almost always found at the book's last page. It is also arranged alphabetically

The Chicago Manual of Styles (CMS)

This citation contains rules on preparing the manuscript for publication including grammar, usage, and documentation. It has two documentation styles; Notes-Bibliography System and Author-Date System

American Psychological Association (APA)

This citation style contains rules for the preparation of manuscripts for writers and students in social sciences, such as psychology, linguistics, sociology, economics, and criminology, business, and nursing

Modern Language Association

This citation styles is commonly used in writing papers and citing sources within liberal arts and humanities, such as English studies, languages and literature, foreign language and literatures, literal criticism, comparative literature, and cultural studies

Dewey Decimal Classification

This classification allows a library to categorize the books accordingly to subject, and shelf it accordingly to relative location and index. Libraries which do not have large volume of books in their collection apply the DDC

Author, Title, Subject

Three Basic Types of Catalog

Print Media Broadcast Media New Media

Three Types of Media Convergence

Table of Content

To help you locate a specific topic in a book, check out the table of contents (TOC), which displays the page number opposite its topic title. The TOC is found on the preliminary page of the book.

Table of Contents Index Glossary Bibliography

Ways to Find Sources of Information in a Book

Index

You can search for a specific concept, term, or name in the index. These key words are presented with the page numbers where they are mentioned. For the reader's easy reference, the entries in the index are arranged

Subject Catalog

a subject catalog lists book or other materials under the subjects treated and arrange having multiple entries for the same book while others list a single main subject in capital letters on the top of the card for each book in the subject

Author Date System

preferred in social sciences

Author Catalog

the entries for the author catalog are listed by author, editor, nd complier, translator, or other parties considered to have responsibility for the creation or assembly of the work specified.

Title Catalog

the title catalog has entries which are listed by title only. Titles that start with an article like "A, An and THE" should be ignored in searching for the title of the book. In the title catalog, the name of the book is found on top followed by the author's name, publishing information, and the related subjects.

Notes-Bibliography System

used in literature, history, arts