LIBRARY ASSIGNMENT
UVC 100

NAME ____________________________________ DATE ___________________

Practice narrowing or focusing a topic:
1. From the broad topic "ANIMALS" generate three possible subtopics.

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2. From the three subtopics above, choose one and circle it. Search the Catalog at the Libraries web site at www.libraries.wright.edu to look up this subtopic. Type your topic in the Search Our Catalog box at the top of the screen; then search by keyword. Your results will be books, book chapters or videos. Choose a title that looks relevant to you and click on it to view its record. Write the title and author (or editor or producer, etc.) here.

3. Continue looking in the same record for the linked Subjects. These are frequently useful in helping you think of broader and narrower topics. Record a broader topic and a narrower topic below. (If the record that you chose first does not help you do this, go back to your results list and choose another title to practice finding broader and narrower topics.)

4. Return to Library web site’s main menu. Choose the Databases link on the right side of the screen; select Academic Search Complete. Search for the subtopic, the broader topic, or the narrower topic to find one relevant journal article. Provide the following information about the article:

 

Now return to the Databases link and scroll down to Newspaper Source. Find one newspaper article on your topic.

5. Article Title: _________________________________________________________________

6. Newspaper/Date: ______________________________________________________________

Return again to the Databases link and scroll down to LexisNexis Academic and Connect. As your search terms, type “Patriot Act” and “terrorism”. Pick one article and give its title and publication date.

7. ___________________________________________________________________

Return to the Library web site. Search by title in the book catalog to find the author (who died in 1961) and call number of the book The Sun Also Rises.

8. ___________________________________________________________________

Search by author to find the title and call number of a 1990 book by Anne Rice.

9. ___________________________________________________________________

Try a keyword search on bonobo and behavior. Give the title and call number of the1994 book.

10. ________________________________________________________________

Return to the Library web site. Choose OhioLINK on the right side of the library web site, then OhioLINK Library Catalog. Search by title for the Journal of Comparative Family Studies. List one Ohio college or university with this journal in its library collection.

11. ________________________________________________________________

Use the Current Periodicals/Media Collection/STAC (2nd floor):
Go to the second set of file cabinets in the back left corner of the Microforms area. Look at the Dayton Daily News from the day you were born. Use a microfilm reader to find the following information:

12. Weather: ___________________________________________________________________

13. Headline: ___________________________________________________________________

From the shelves of current periodicals (arranged alphabetically by title) find a recent copy of The Journal of Asian Studies and answer the following:

14. Article Title: ________________________________________________________________

15. Author & Date: _____________________________________________________________

16. What is the STAC? ___________________________________________________________

*Go to the shelves of books (stacks) on the 3rd floor in the Dunbar Library.

What religion is discussed in books with the call numbers BX800 to BX4795?

17. ________________________________________________________________

What war is discussed in books with the call numbers D731 to D838?

18. ________________________________________________________________

What topic is discussed in books with call numbers HQ16 to HQ76?

19. ________________________________________________________________

From the Libraries web site menu, select "Course Reserves," and then "Electronic Reserves and Reserves Pages," Select either by department “University College.” Or instructor "Hurwitz." Select. The password is the course name, UVC100. The tests can be viewed on line with Adobe Acrobat or a hard copy can be obtained at the circulation desk.

20. _________ Answer Question 7 on the true/false
(NOTE: Many of the questions on the test are also on your final exam!)