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SLIS 5208: Learning Resources Organization and Media
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Hello, my name is Rayne Vieger and would like to introduce you to your class page for SLIS 5208: Learning Resources Organization and Media. This page has been designed to help you with your course and more specifically your research project. Our goal is to provide you with a solid starting point for your research. |
Research Help
- Dictionaries and Encyclopedias are an excellent starting point to find basic information on your research topic.
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ODLIS - an online dictionary for the field of library and information science.
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Dictionary for School Library Media Specialists: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide - a dictionary for School Librarians found on netLibrary.
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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition - an encyclopedia for Library and Information Science found on Informaworld.
- Library & Information Science Subject Guide - One stop shop for librarians research. It includes a list of recommended databases for library research and help in finding journal articles and books.
- Research Handouts - Tools to help advance your research skills.
- Search Tips - How to choose search terms, use Boolean logic, and wildcard and truncation symbols.
- Subject Search - Try narrowing your Subject Search results by collection, so if you only want electronic resources, you can use the "All Collection" drop down arrow to select only electronic resources.
Research Project
- Research Topics - this page provides tips and resource ideas for individual topics.
- Timelines - this page provides instruction on how to create a timeline.
- MARC Records - this page provides information regarding MARC records.
- Bibliography Tools - this page provides tools for creating your bibliography.
Portfolio Project
- Classification Web - Full-text schedule display of all Library of Congress classification schedules. Links are provided between the LC classification numbers and LC subject headings. Updated weekly. Useful for information and library science students taking cataloging courses.
- MARC Standards - "The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form" (Library of Congress website).
- OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards - Bibliographic Formats and Standards is an extensive guide
which outlines input standards for bibliographic information contained
in WorldCat records, subdivided by fields. "It provides tagging
conventions, input standards and guidelines for entering information
into WorldCat" (OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards Website).
Writing & Citing
- Writing and citation style manual - Library and Information Sciences uses APA 6th edition as its writing style.
You can also find a number of other online sources about APA and other
citation styles here by using UNT's Scholary and Professional style
manuals.
- Purdue OWL APA Style Guide - The Owl at Purdue maintains an excellent site for help in formatting your paper, in-text citations, and reference lists according to American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition standards.
fundamentals of writing and citing using APA 6th Edition. |
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Please also explore the two documents below, which provide both basic and advanced instruction:
- Library Materials Delivery Request Form - Allows students to request items to be delivered between the UNT libraries or request items from remote storage. There is usually a 24-hour turnaround, except on holidays and weekends.
- Distance learning students can have materials delivered to their home. Click here to find out more about the services the UNT Libraries offer you.
UNT - Online Library Workshops
The UNT - Online Library Workshops page is a special "class" in Blackboard dedicated to hosting instructional workshops. Here you can access scheduled live workshops as well as find archived workshops on RefWorks, APA 6th edition citation style, and various tools helpful in conducting research. There are plenty of handouts and other helpful materials available there too. To access UNT - Online Library Workshops, fill out this form. You will then be "enrolled" in this Blackboard class and will be able to access it from among your list of Blackboard classes.
