An Introduction to the University Library System or ""How Many Original References Do We Need?"

 

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1999, Volume 20

Abstract

Exercises to introduce first and second year students to the University of Alberta Library System are presented. In the first year biology course, students are introduced to the Library's on-line catalogue system by conducting a search for a title of a book. Students then use the Biological and Agricultural Index (one of many data bases on-line at U of A) to search for a journal article on an assigned biological or agricultural subject. In the second year course, the assignment builds on the basic library skills acquired in the first year assignment. In this exercise the students use several indexes and on-line catalogues to locate and retrieve journal articles related to an assigned research proposal. Students also learn some advanced search techniques involving Boolean logic.

Keywords:  library

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