A1003/UNIT4/0
UNIT 4: Dictionary skills and Information Gathering and Processing skills.
UNIT 4: Contents pages, indexes and catalogues
General Objectives:
To locate specific reference materials especially books/journals in a
library by using the author, subject, title catalogue, table of contents and
index.
Specific Objectives:
By the end of this unit, you should be able to:
- scan contents page, indexes, catalogue in publication (CIP) pages, etc. to locate and extract information.
- find books using various types of library catalogue cards
4 .1 Content page
Input
In every book, there is a contents page to help you find out quickly any relevant information you required. The contents page is placed in the first few pages of the book. Below is an extract of a book as an example:
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Training Techniques Applied to Language Teaching 1
The four Criteria of Adult Learning 1
Self-Concept of the Learner 1
Utilizing the Learner’s Experience 2
Readiness to Learn 3
Time Perspective and Orientation to Learning 4
The Link Between Adult Learning Philosophy and Theories of Language
Learning 5
Natural Language Learning 5
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Chapter 2 Warm-ups and Mixers 15
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Appendixes Cross-References to Exercises 155
Appendix 1 ******************************* 155
Index 161
Task 1
Study the contents page below and answer the questions that follow.
Contents
Map of the book iv
Thanks and Acknowledgements viii
Section 1 Computers today 1 Section 3 Storage devices 50
Unit 1 Computer applications 2 Unit 11 Floppies 51
Unit 2 Configuration 7 Unit 12 Hard drives 55
Unit 3 Inside the system 11 Unit 13 Optical breakthrough 59
Unit 4 Bits and bytes 17
Unit 5 Buying a computer 21 Section 4 Basic software 64
Unit 14 Operating system 65
Section 2 Input/output devices 26 Unit 15 The graphical user interface 69
Unit 6 Type and click! 27 Unit 16 A walk through word processing 73
Unit 7 Capture your favourite image 32 Unit 17 Spreadsheets 79
Unit 8 Viewing the output 36 Unit 18 Databases 82
Unit 9 Choosing a printer 40 Unit 19 Faces of the Internet 87
- f you want to find out about bits and bytes, what page would you turn to?
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- You want to know about printers, which section would you turn to?
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- What kind of information can you find in section 3?
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- What is the content of pages 79 to 81?
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- On what page(s) is the internet discussed?
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- Catalogue
Input
Catalogue cards are used in libraries to help you find books or journals quickly. There are various types of catalogue cards that are catalogued by author, title, or subject. They are catalogued in an alphabetical order. So it is easy for you to find any book as long as you know the author’s name, the subject area or the title of the book. You just go to the catalogue drawer and search. However, many libraries today use a computer programme called OPAC that helps you to search for relevant materials quickly. You just key-in the data required, and it will tell you where to get the book. The OPAC is actually an electronic catalogue card. Below is an example of a catalogue card.
Call number Author's name Book title
572
KLU Kluckhorn Clyde, 1905-
Mirror for me, the relation of
anthropology to modern life.
New York, Whittlesery House (1949)
xi, 313p. 22cm
Bibliography included in
"Acknowledgement" (p301)
1. Anthropology 2. US-Civilization
Library of Congress
Year published
Publisher
Task 2
Answer the following questions.
1. What are the three types of catalogue cards?
a. ____________________________
b. ____________________________
c. ____________________________
2. Complete Table 2.1 based on the given catalogue.
SHOEMAKER, Connie L. 234
English: Interactive Techniques for the ESL
Classroom
Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers 1991
162p Illus. Appendixes Index
Table 2.1
Author |
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Title |
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Publisher |
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Copyright date |
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Subject heading |
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Number of pages |
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Call number |
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- Index
Input
Index (indices) is an alphabetical list of names, subjects etc at the end of a book or on cards in a library. The index shows the page where the subjects are discussed. Below is an example of an index page of a book.
Index
Adapting and creating interactive techniques, 151 – 154
Adult learning criteria, 1 – 5
Adult training, 1
“American Family Life,” 105 – 107
Andragogy, 1, 2 – 5, 6, 8 – 12
Asher, J., 7, 12
Audiolingual approach, 5
“Bargaining for Resources,” 81
“Birth Signs,” 32
“Brainteaser,” 51
Brown, G.I., 8, 12
Chomsky, N., 5, 12
“Competing for ‘Cash’,” 77
“Competition Bee,” 75
Competitive games, 73 – 91
definition, 73
uses of, 73
“Design a T-Shirt,” 24
“Detective Story,” 59
“Dinner Party,” 30
“Do As I Say,” 78
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“Evacuation,” 127 – 129
“Exchange Tags,” 33
Task 3
Study the index below and answer the questions that follow.
Index
“Memory Quiz,” 74
“More Dots,” 43
“The Name Game,” 20
Natural language learning, 5
“New and Good,” 25
“Nonverbal Introduction,” 21
“Old or Young Woman?,” 55
“Open-Ended Interviews,” 19
“Outline Jigsaws,” 49
“Pebbles,” 147 – 149
Pedagogy, 4 – 5
“Pins and Straws,” 90
“Plane Crash,” 144 – 147
“Preconceived Notion,” 46
Puzzles, 37 – 71
1. The “Memory Quiz,” is on page _________________________________________.
2. On page 19 you can find out about ______________________________________.
3. If you are interested in puzzles, you can refer to pages ________________________.
4. Page 5 discusses _____________________________________________________.
5. If you want to know what pedagogy is about, you should read pages _____________.
Self assessment.
Activity 1.
Complete the table by giving the definition of the following words:
Words
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Definition |
Catalogue
|
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Contents page
|
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Index
|
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Activity 2
Write out a catalogue for each of these books.
- Effective Business Communications by Herta A. Murphy and Herbert W. Hildebrandt, copyright published in 1984, in the United States of America by McGraw-Hill Book Company.
- English for Technical Students 2 by David Bonamy, copyright published in 1999, in Malaysia by Longman.
- English for Computer Users by Santiago and Remacha Esteras,copyright published in 1999 in the United Kingdom by the Cambridge University Press.
(Feedback ) Self assessment.
Activity 1.
Complete the table by giving the definition of the following words:
Words
| Definition |
Catalogue
| List of names, places, etc. in a special order |
Contents page
| The front page of a book that shows the page, number, of specific information |
Index
| List of names, subjects, etc. at the end of a book |