Sacramento City College

Library Worksheet


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USE OF LIBRARY RESOURCES

1. Computer assisted search for BOOKS (such as, LOIS -- Los Rios Information System) Make a SUBJECT search, type in the name of a TOPIC from one of the chapter titles; or a PHILOSOPHY that you would like to learn more about. Locate the most interesting looking book to you about this subject.
Write the topic searched, title, author, location, call # and status of the book.

2. Computer assisted search for BOOKS (such as, LOIS) Start with an AUTHOR search. Find the author whose name most resembles your own by entering your surname. Cite one of his/her books. If unsuccessful, enter only the first three letters of your surname. (If you do not find a suitable name, use Moyers, Bill; Jackson, Jesse or Adler, Alfred.)
Write the name searched, title, author, location, call # and status of the book.

3. MAGAZINE / JOURNAL INDEX (pre 1990, such as READER'S GUIDE or other paper format)
Look up an article about a PHILOSOPHER or a PHILOSOPHICAL / WORLDVIEW CONCEPT from before 1990.
Cite the concept or name searched, title of article, author, magazine in which the article appeared, date and page number(s).
(Do not abbreviate the title of the source of the article in your citation.)

4. BOUND VOLUMES or MICRO FORM (for magazine articles)
Find TIME (New York), NEWSWEEK OR U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
for the date nearest your birth (or birthday when you were in the eighth grade).
Who (or what) appeared on the cover of that issue? Give the title of an article on PHILOSOPHY or a PHILOSOPHICAL / WORLDVIEW ISSUE from that issue. Include date, author and page number(s).

5. MAGAZINE / JOURNAL COMPUTERIZED INDEX (sometimes full text is provided)
(such as EBSCOhost, Proquest Direct, SIRS; or specialized Criminal Justice, Medline, etc.)
Look up the name of a PHILOSOPHICAL IDEA OR PHILOSOPHER and find an article.
Write the idea or name searched, title of the article, magazine title, date and page number(s).
Does this Library have that particular magazine?

6. NEWSPAPER INDEX (such as NEWSBANK Infoweb, ABI Inform, etc.)
Look for an article about a PHILOSOPHICAL / WORLDVIEW TOPIC.
Write the idea or name searched, title of the article, the newspaper in which it appeared, and the date that it appeared.

7. Write the HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol) URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
for a website that is related to the class and give a description and title of the website.

8. What is one other source of information you have found in the Learning Resource Center or Library?

9. Which activity on this sheet did you enjoy most? Why?

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