This document identifies 3 research tools: library or bibliothecal tools, communication or linguistic tools, and statistical tools. It then provides details on the various sections of a library, including the card catalogue, periodicals, books, computer, vertical files, and general reference sections. Finally, it outlines and compares two library classification systems - the Dewey Decimal system and the Library of Congress system.

1. RESEARCHRESEARCH
TOOLSTOOLS

2. 3 IDENTIFIED
RESEARCH TOOLS
• Library or bibliothecal tools
• Communication or linguistic
tools
• Statistical tools

3. The Library asThe Library as
a Research Toola Research Tool

4. Various Sections of
the Library

5. THE CARD CATALOGUE
SECTION
• This section serves as a guide to all
the holdings of the library. It
contains a drawer type cabinet which
contains 3 x 5 inches index cards.

6. THE PERIODICAL
SECTION
• The section of the library where you
can find the magazines, journals,
newspapers and other periodicals.

7. THE BOOK SECTION
• The section of the library where you
can find numbers of books that
contain specific and current overview
of the desired information. This
section holds numbers of fiction and
non-fiction books.

8. THE COMPUTER
SECTION
• Many libraries have already set up an
electronic database of all the
information found in the card
catalogue. This makes the search for
any of the holdings of a particular
library easier. The database also
contains the specific library in the
university where a particular journal
or book can be found.

9. THE VERTICAL FILE
SECTION
• In this section, one finds the
library’s collections of clippings from
pamphlets, magazines, newspapers,
brochures, documents, and
summaries of timely topics arranged
by subject matter.

10. THE GENERAL
REFERENCE SECTION
• Scientific dictionaries, handbooks,
almanacs, atlases, and encyclopedias
are general references classified as
secondary publications.

11. LIBRARYLIBRARY
CLASSIFICATIONCLASSIFICATION
SYSTEMSSYSTEMS

12. Two Library
Classification Systems
• The Dewey Decimal Classification
System
• The Library of Congress
Classification System

13. The Dewey Decimal
Classification System
• It was conceived by Melvil Dewey
(1851-1931) in 1873.
• The system is called “decimal” which
is derived from the Latin word
“decem” meaning ten and the system
contains ten main groupings or
divisions of knowledge.
• It is widely used particularly in small
libraries.

14. 000 General Works
100 Philosophy
200 Religion
300 Social Sciences
400 Language
500 Pure Science
600 Technology and Applied
Science
700 Arts
800 Literature
900 History, Geography
Major Categories in The Dewey Decimal
Classification

15. The Library of Congress
System
• It is used in libraries which house
large collections.
• The system groups books according
to subject in twenty-one major
classes, each class being represented
by a capital letter of the alphabet.

16. A- General Works L- Education
B- Philosophy-Religion M- Music
C- History-Auxiliary Sciences N- Fine Arts
D- History and Topography (except
America)
P- Language and Literature
PN – Literary History and
Literature (general)
E- America (general) and United
States (general)
Q- Science
F- United States (local) and
America
R- Medicine
G- Geography-Anthropology S- Agriculture
H- Social Sciences T- Technology
J- Political Science U- Military Science
K- Law V- Naval Science
Z- Bibliography and Library Science