Who is Douglas Sladen?
What else has Douglas Sladen Written?
How does "Oriental Cairo" compare with similar works?
How do I access electronic resources away from the library?
How do I use the
online catalog ,
meta-catalog , and
interlibrary loan ?
Other questions addressed in specific modules
The following list of
questions are addressed through examples contained in the modules relatedto this project.
How do I locate a book?
What if the library does not own the work I need?
How can I borrow books from other
libraries?
How do I find information in periodicals and
newspapers?
Who is douglas sladen?
In
Who is
Douglas Sladen we focus on the
author as a research subject in order to better understand his work,
"Oriental Cairo." We begin by using the online resources at Fondren to
identify our author so that we might
differentiate the author of "Oriental Cairo" from another Douglas Sladen. We thensearch for works written by our about him (or both) by
searching the online catalog for our library and by
searching WorldCat, which gathers
together catalog records from thousands of libraries.
Then we move to articles about Douglas Sladen by
looking in the online databases for journals and
newspapers . We offer some advice on
how to choose an online database to search and then explore three;
Historical Abstracts ,
JSTOR , and
The Times of London . We then take our list of potential
resources and
locate the periodicals in
Fondren library .
What else has douglas sladen written?
In
What else has Douglas Sladen written we focus on
collecting Douglas Sladen's other works .
We begin by
compiling a bibliography using
WorldCat, , making special note of what to do
with the
computer files and
archival materials that we find there.
We then search for any articles written by Douglas Sladen by exploring the
online databases for journals and
newspapers , focusing specifically on
The Times of London , the main newspaper of record for
Great Britain at the turn of the century.
How does oriental cairo compare with similar works?
In
How does Oriental Cairo compare with other
works , we focus on grouping "Oriental Cairo" with similar works for the
purpose of comparison. First we locate the designated
Subject Headings for "Oriental Cairo" by visiting
The Library of Congress . Then we visit
WorldCat to make a list of
works that share a
Subject Heading with "Oriental Cairo."
We narrow our list of works by
asking historical questions about the bibliography , such as:
How does the work compare with others written in
the same time from the same region? ,
How does it compare with works published in another region? and
How has writing on the same topic changed over
time? .
How do i access networked resources?
In
Accessing Subscription-Based Electronic Resources , we
explain why some online resources are restricted to subscribers, then explore twooptions for connecting to electronic resources outside of the library: using a proxy
server or connecting through VPN.
Searching online catalogs: webcat
In this module we offer a brief tutorial on
WebCat, , an example of an online
library catalog. We offer a description of
how WebCat searches for the works you seek and provide
a
description of the search categories you
may use in your search.
We then try some basic searches with
quick search , the basic search tool for WebCat. We
perform searches by
author ,
title and
subject as well as series, and periodical title to give you a basic idea of how the search tool works.
In this module we explore how to locate
materials held by over 9000 libraries worldwide using a meta-catalog called
WorldCat . We begin by showing you
how to access WorldCat and then
describe
how WorldCat
searches for the works you are looking for.
Then we perform a
Basic
Search , noting the most
productive
keyword combinations for different search options. Finally we perform an
Advanced Search , noting the
different ways of looking for your
subject there. We then show you how to
limit your search to the types of media you
are searching for.
Borrowing resources through interlibrary loan: illiad
In
Borrowing Resources through Interlibrary Loan:
Illiad we focus on locating and borrowing works that are not held by our
local library by using interlibrary loan (ILL). We describe Illiad, a system forgenerating and managing interlibrary loan requests. Then we go through the process
of ordering a book.
