1. Using Books for Research II
Week 7

3. Keyword Search

4. How to Find Subject Terms
Click on the
Catalog Record tab
When you find a
book you like,
click on Details
to pull up the
full record.

5. Subject Search
Subject terms (controlled vocabulary)
assigned by the Library of Congress.

6. Author/Title Search
• Good to use when you know the book you want
• Combine AUTHOR last name AND book TITLE
Click on
Guided Search

7. BRIEF DuCat Record

8. FULL DuCat Record
HAS 3 TABS

9. #1 - Item Information
TITLE
AUTHOR/EDITOR
PUBLISHER
PUBLICATION DATE
CALL NUMBER
FORMAT
LOCATION

10. #2 – Catalog Record
PUBLICATION LOCATION
LINKS TO POSSIBLE
OTHER BOOKS
ON THESE SUBJECTS

11. #3 – A Look Inside
•Not all books in DuCat have “A Look Inside,” but many do
• Can include:
•Summary
•Table of Contents
•Review
•Author Bio

12. Cite your Book (Print)
• MLA 7th Edition
• APA 6th Edition

13. Book with...
Author (s) Editor(s)
Compiles essays written by others
into ONE book

14. Catalog Record for Brown-Glaude book
Compilation of essays
by different authors

15. Book with Editor, MLA 7th
Brown-Glaude, Winnifred R., ed. Doing
Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty
Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press,
2009. Print.
Compilation of essays written by others.

16. Chapter/Essay in Edited Book

17. In MLA Style
McLaughlin, Amy, et. al. “Instituting a
Legacy of Change: Transforming the
Campus Climate through Intellectual
Leadership.” Doing Diversity in
Higher Education: Faculty Leaders
Share Challenges and Strategies.
Ed. Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude.
New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2009.
3-25. Print.

18. Citing an eBook (MLA)
Print version
Thomas, Richard T. How
to Write a College
Research Paper.
New York: Putnam,
2009. Print.
Electronic version
Thomas, Richard T. How
to Write a College
Research Paper.
New York: Putnam,
2009. ebrary. Web.
12 Aug. 2012.
See MLA/APA Style Guide for more examples.

19. Citing an eBook (APA)
Print Version
Thomas, R. T. (2009). How
to write a college
research paper.
New York, NY:
Putnam.
Electronic Version
Thomas, R. T. (2009). How
to write a college
research paper.
Retrieved from
http://www.ebrary.
com
• Don’t need publication info.
• Include source’s homepage URL
• If the book has DOI, use that for retrieval
info for ALL eBooks in APA.