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Welcome to the Wayne Community College
Library
Library Hours
Monday – Thursday
7:45 am - 9:00 pm
Friday
7:45 am – 4:00 pm
Turn off
or
Set to vibrate
Where’s the rest room?
Reserves
Selected by instructor
Kept at main desk
Limited circulation
Reserve Types
Room Use
Overnight
3 Day Checkout
AV Materials May Be Used
In the library
In the Academic Skills Center
In a classroom
More than 300 magazines and journals
Ask for these at the circulation desk
Genealogy
Novels and short
stories
Easy
Books
For
Kids
Big
Books
Reference
Reference books may be
• Almanacs
• Atlases
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
Books
you can
check out
The automated catalog
Your index to all the books and audiovisuals in the library
Search Everything - computer looks at:
Authors
Titles
Subject headings
Notes
The call number is an address for an item.
LB
2343.32
T95
2001
LC
LB
2343.32
T95
2001
Dewey
371.302
Com
1998
A General Works M Music
B Philosophy, Religion N Art
C-F History P Language
G Geography, Sports Q Science
H Social Sciences S Agriculture
J Political Science T Technology
K Law U Military Science
L Education V Naval Science
Z Library Science
Anatomy of a Call Number
LB First line—letters
2343.32 Second line--numbers
T95 Third line—letter & number
The number is a decimal
21-Day Check Out21-Day Check Out
Fiction
Oversized
Juvenile
General Collection
Book Drop
Fines
• 21-day books
–10 cents per day
• 3-day reserve
–25 cents per day
• Overnight reserve
–10 cents per hour
Aardvarks
to
Zucchini
NEWS
WEATHER
E-MAIL ADDRESSES
PHONE NUMBERS
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
RELIGION
HEALTH & MEDICAL INFORMATION
MUSEUMS & OTHER PLACES
LIBRARIES & REFERENCE RESOURCES
SHOPPING
JOB SEARCH
June 1993 130 sites
June 1994 Almost 3,000 sites
April 1998 More than 2.2 million sites
July 2002 At least 2 billion pages
FINDING WHAT YOU WANT
LINKS ARE
ROADS YOU
CAN FOLLOW
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.google.com
How valid is
information
on the web?
Opinion
vs
Reliable Sources
OPINION
*No one controls the Internet
*Anyone can post anything
*Some things are illegal
Valid Information
*Source
*Identity of author
*Location of page
http://www.nclive.org
Boolean Operators
• AND --cats AND dogs
• OR --cats OR dogs
• NOT --dogs NOT hounds
• Quotation marks
–“poodle dogs”
• Parentheses
–training AND (dogs or cats)
• Asterisk
–teach*
Advantages of NC LIVE
>Articles from more than 3000 publications
>More reliable than Web pages
Interlibrary Loan - one library borrows an item from another library for a patron to use
Interlibrary Loan Costs
Books - nonePhotocopies - may have
charges
From home you can
Check the WCC library catalog
Use NC LiveAccess links from the library
web page
The library’s purpose is to help students and other patrons find the information they need when they need it.