RESEARCH EXERCISE: Identify & Locate Useful Books
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User ORION2's "UCLA Libraries & Collections" catalog ( http://orion2.library.ucla.edu) to find useful books in the 13 UCLA libraries. 1. LOOK UP BOOKS BY KEYWORD Type search word(s) and press enter or click on Search Keywords. a. Which word(s) did you search? ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. EVALUATE, IDENTIFY & LOCATE A USEFUL BOOK Click on Expanded Results toward the top of the page, scroll down and select the most useful book. a. What are the author and title of the book you selected? ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ b. In which libraries can you find this book? _________________________________________________________ c. What is the Call Number of the book (to the right of the library name)?___________________________________ d. Is the book checked out ("On Loan")? ____________________________________________________________ 3. FIND MORE BOOKS LIKE THIS ONE BY USING SUBJECTS Click on UCLA Collections (Full Record) under the Call Number, then on a subject (e.g., Afro-American lawyers - Biography). a. On which subject did you click? _________________________________________________________________ b. How many items were listed for that subject? ______________________________________________________ 4. EVALUATE THE LIST OF BOOKS Click on the number of titles to the right of the subject words, scroll down & find the most useful book for this topic. a. What are the author and the title of this book? ______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ b. When was it published? _______________________________________________________________________ c. In which library can you find this book? ___________________________________________________________ d. What is the Call Number for the book? ____________________________________________________________ e. Why did you pick this book? ____________________________________________________________________ Created by Esther Grassian, 2000; revised October 07, 2002 E. Grassian. Permission is granted for unlimited non-commercial use.

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