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Lesson 3:: Ubbog Lipcan, Bangued, Abra

This document provides information on how to become a well-informed individual through various sources such as reading books and magazines, watching news, asking experts, and accessing online information. It discusses in detail how to locate and access information from a library by using a card catalog or online public access catalog to find books. It also describes the Dewey decimal and Library of Congress classification systems used to organize books, and different sections of a library like reference, circulation, periodicals, and special collections. Other sources of information mentioned include theses, interviews, museums, and the internet using search engines.

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Lesson 3:: Ubbog Lipcan, Bangued, Abra

This document provides information on how to become a well-informed individual through various sources such as reading books and magazines, watching news, asking experts, and accessing online information. It discusses in detail how to locate and access information from a library by using a card catalog or online public access catalog to find books. It also describes the Dewey decimal and Library of Congress classification systems used to organize books, and different sections of a library like reference, circulation, periodicals, and special collections. Other sources of information mentioned include theses, interviews, museums, and the internet using search engines.

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Data Center College of the Philippines

Ubbog Lipcan, Bangued, Abra


Subject: Media and Information Literacy
Instructor: Shenna Balicas – Baga

LESSON 3:
HOW TO BECOME A WELL-INFORMED INDIVIDUAL
Reading books and other printed materials, such as newspapers or magazines, can make you a
well-informed student. If you read a lifestyle magazine, you can get the latest tips about fashion
and learn new hobby like gardening.

However, if you rarely read books or magazines, you can check out the trending topics on social
media to keep you informed about the events happening around you.

Information can also be obtained by listening to the radio and watching news on television. News
channels nowadays do not only highlight current events but also other matters of curiosity, such
as medical tips and breakthroughs.

You can also be well informed by asking questions from reliable resource persons.

ACCESSING INFORMATION AT THE LIBRARY USING CARD CATALOG


Library – the most traditionally visited place to locate and access information.

When you go to the library, you do not randomly grab a book. Instead, you look for the book
with the specific information you need. You can locate the book you need using the card catalog.

Card catalog – contains the


information about the material you
need such as the author’s name, title
of the book, and the section of the
library where you can find the
material.

CARD CATALOG ENTRY

THREE BASIC TYPES OF CARD CATALOGS:


1. Author Catalog
- the entries for the author catalog are listed
by author, editor, compiler, translator, or
other parties considered to have responsibility
for the creation or assembly of the work
specified.

The author’s name (surname first) is found at


the top of the card catalog. Below it are the
title of the book, the publishing information,
and three to five main subjects highlighting
the content of the book. If the book has two ormore authors, the first on the list appears on the
card catalog. Refer to the call number with corresponding code to locate a book.

2. Title Catalog
The title catalog has entries which are listed
by title only. Titles that starts with an article
like “A, An, and The” should be ignored in
searching for the title of the book. In the title
catalog, the name of the book is found on top
followed by the author’s name, publishing
information, and the related subjects.

3. Subject Catalog – A subject catalog lists


books or other materials under the subjects
treated and arranged alphabetically or by classes. It organizes all the library lists of titles by the
main subjects. Some libraries prefers having multiple entries for the same book while others list
a single main subject in capital letters on the top of the card for each book in the subject card
catalog.

Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) – used by big and well-funded universities’ library as
they have large collection of books and other reading materials. OPAC enables the student to
access the library’s database installed in selected desktops of the library.

With OPAC, students can type the title of the material needed. But if details such as author’s
name or book title are not specifies, other key words may be entered to locate the desired book.

CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY


The library contains a collection of books. Books are classified and properly organized in the
library to enable the user to the one that matches his research. The following are the two
classifications used in the library: the Dewey decimal classification and the Library of Congress
Classification.
1. Dewey Decimal Classification
Borrow a book from the library and you will notice that the bottom of its spine has Arabic
numerals written on it. This three-digital number pertains to the Dewey Decimal Classification
(DDC) or Dewey Decimal System which American librarian Melvil Dewey created in 1876.

This classification allows a library to categorize the books according to subject, and shelf it
according to relative location and index. Libraries which do not have large volume of books in
their collection apply the DDC as shown below.

2.

Library Congress Classification


Bigger libraries, such as university libraries, use the Library of Congress Classification System
(LCC), which classifies books using letters and numbers that are correlated with the subject, title,
and author information. The LCC categorizes the books into 21 branches of knowledge.

Each book in the library’s collection is assigned a unique call number, which is used to divide
and arrange books into same subjects. Books are shelved according to alphabetical and numerical
order. The letters at the beginning of a call number (Class Number) are in alphabetical order. The
numbers directly following these letters are in numerical order. The following table shows the
complete list of the LCC.
SECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY
1. General Reference Section – You can find general reference books in the General Reference
Section. Examples of these books are encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and almanacs. Books
in the General Reference Section are mostly for library use only.

2. Circulation Section – Books in the Circulation Section are mostly textbooks that cover
different subject areas. Pocketbooks and novels are also found in this section. In general, both
nonfiction and fiction books are found in here. Books in the Circulation Section are arranged
either DDC or LCC.

3. Periodical Section – Newspapers, magazines, and journals are found at the Periodical
Section. Periodicals are for library use only.
4. Filipiniana Section – Filipiniana materials are printed materials written by Filipino authors
about the Philippines and published in the Philippines.

OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION


1. Theses and Dissertation – A thesis refers to a scholarly or academic research of either an
undergraduate or a master’s degree student. Meanwhile, a dissertation refers to the scholarly
work of doctoral student. If you would like to check previous research works, browse theses or
dissertations.

2. Interviews – interviewing a resource person who is an expert in a specific person who is a


specific field is another way of getting accurate and reliable information. A reporter making a
documentary on juvenile delinquency, for example, can ask a lawyer’s objective opinion on how
the law interprets cases involving minors. The people who have survived historical events like
World War II and talk about their experience are good sources of information too.

3. Museum – a researcher can go to a museum to find resources for his study. Primary sources
are original materials that were produced during a particular period in history. Examples of these
are relics, artifacts, documents or recordings, and other original sources of information. The
original copy of Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere found in the National Library is considered a
primary source. Museums house sculptures and paintings too.

Secondary sources are documents made after an event has occurred. These are second-hand
accounts about an event, a person, or a topic. Secondary sources may render different
perspectives from another person, who can also be the researcher, Teodoro Agoncillo’s History
of the Filipino People is considered a secondary source since it retells the events from the past
although he did not personally witness some of the events.
4. Internet – Nowadays, searching information on the Internet is easier and more convenient that
going to the library. Instead of browsing several books, the researcher can just type the key word
on the search engine. The search engine will provide a list of websites where the information can
be accessed for the key word entered. One should be familiar with a search engine to access
information using the Internet.

THE SEARCH ENGINE


A search engine is a program capable of searching documents in the web using specific key
words. It displays a list of websites when key words are entered in the search field.
Some researchers know what specific website to visit. What they do is just type in the specific
web address on the URL field.

URL – Uniform Resource Locator – refers to a web page’s address.


Example of URL:
https://developer.mozilla.org
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=URL
Any of those URLs can be typed into your browser's address bar to tell it to load the associated page
(resource).

We know that we have to register domain name with any of that basis of business or website types or
purpose. So, we need to register with .com, .net. .org, .gov, .edu high value of domain.

Domain Name Description


.com mainly use for commercial website. If your website with large or small
business .com most value for your website.
.net very useful for network providers who have business with networking
.org for any organization
.int intend for international organization
.gov any governmental office or agent

.edu for all educational institute

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