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L SC-311-02: Information Literacy

Hands-on #5: Finding Periodicals & Using Print Periodical Indexes

Due: Monday, September 28, 1998
Assigned: Monday, September 21, 1998
Points: 40

Part I: Locating Periodicals

  1. Does NMSU Library own the periodical College English? ___________

    Is the Library's subscription current? ____________

    What is the call number for College English?_________________

    Which library building is it in? ____________________

    Which volumes & years are bound? _______________________________________

    Are any issues missing? ______________________________

    Which volumes & years of College English are in the Current Periodicals Room?
    (HINT: You'll need to guess here) ______________________________________

    List another item(s) in OLE with the title College English

    Call number ________________________

    Call number ________________________

    Call number ________________________

  2. Does NMSU Library own Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science? ___________

    Is the Library's subscription current? ______________

    What is the call number for this journal?
    _________________

    Which library building is it in? ____________________

    Which volumes & years are bound? _______________________________________

    Are any issues missing? ______________________________

    Which volumes & years of this journal are in the Current Periodicals Room?
    (HINT: You'll need to guess here) _____________________________________________

  3. Does NMSU Library own Ollantay Theatre Magazine? _____________

    Is the Library's subscription current? ______________

    What is the call number for Ollantay Theatre Magazine? _________________

    Which library building is it in? ____________________

    Does OLE give you any information about which volumes of Ollantay Theatre Magazine
    the library owns?
    ___________________________

    Search this title on the Innopac computer which is at the Reference Desks at both New and Branson Libraries. Which volumes & years does the library own?
    ________________________________________

HINT! The Innopac computer is at the Reference Desk in New Library. It is the computer facing the back wall.

Part II: Using Print Periodical Indexes

A. The Basics of Using Print Indexes

  1. Use any volume of the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature from 1985 to the present to find a citation to an article about Madonna (performer).
    HINT! Readers' Guide is on Index Table #1 and the Index Shelves
    Write down the following information about the cited article:

    Author ________________________________

    Title of article ___________________________________________________

    Title of periodical _______________________________________

    Date of publication _______________________________

    Volume and issue number ______________________________

    Pages ______________________________

    Is this article available at NMSU Library? _______________

    If so, what is the call number of the journal? _____________________________________

    Volume & Year of Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature used __________________________

  2. Use any volume of the Art Index to find a citation to an article about Madonna (in a work of art).
    HINT! Art Index is on Index Table #6 and the Index Shelves
    Write down the following information about the cited article:

    Subject heading in Art Index ________________________

    Author ________________________________

    Title of article ___________________________________________________

    Title of periodical _______________________________________

    Date of publication _______________________________

    Volume and issue number ______________________________

    Pages ______________________________

    Is this article available at NMSU Library? _______________

    If so, what is the call number of the journal? _____________________________________

  3. Use Criminal Justice Abstracts to find a citation to a article about computer crime.
    HINT! Call number is REF HV6001.C67
    HINT! Make sure you are citing an article and NOT A BOOK OR A BOOK CHAPTER!
    Write down the following information about the cited article:

    Author ________________________________

    Title of article ___________________________________________________

    Title of periodical _______________________________________

    Date of publication _______________________________

    Volume and issue number ______________________________

    Pages ______________________________

    Is this article available at NMSU Library? _______________

    If so, what is the call number of the journal? _____________________________________

B. Changes in Subject Headings Over Time

  1. Choose a topic of current interest. It should be fairly broad and not exclusively current. In other words, pick a topic that has existed over fifty years but has changed somewhat.
    EXAMPLES
    • Communicable diseases have been around for a long time but Aids hasn't.
    • Space travel has been written about for centuries but the Space shuttle is a recent invention.
    • War has been around since Homer was a pup but the Persian Gulf War is a fairly recent event.

    Why not pick some general aspect of your final project topic?

      SOME MORE EXAMPLES

    • Bilingual education (today)
      FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LANGUAGES (bygone days)

    • Bicycling (today)
      BICYCLING, BICYCLES (bygone days)

    • Orchids (today)
      ORCHIDS, FLOWERS (bygone days)

    Write down the topic you chose ______________________________________

  2. Use one volume from the last five years of the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Find citations relevant to the topic you chose in #1 above. Write down the subject headings under which you found relevant citations. Try to find relevant citations under more than one subject heading. In the space below, note these subject headings

    _______________________________________________________

    _______________________________________________________

  3. Repeat #2 above but this time look in another index. DO NOT use the Readers' Guide

    Which index did you use? ____________________________

    Did you find any relevant citations? _____________________________

    If yes, list all the subject headings under which you found these citations

    _____________________________________________

    _____________________________________________

  4. Repeat #2 above but this time look in several volumes of the Readers' Guide (at least 3) covering years 1950 or before. Assuming you found relevant citations, in what years were the cited articles published?

    _____________________________________________

    Under which subject headings did you find these citations?

    _____________________________________________

    _____________________________________________

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    by Susan E. Beck
    New Mexico State University
    Las Cruces, NM
    You are welcome to use and copy these materials for educational purposes, but please credit the source as: LSC 311 Information Literacy, New Mexico State University, and cite the individual author of the modules you use. All commercial rights are reserved. Send comments or suggestions to: Susan E. Beck at susabeck@lib.nmsu.edu