Information Literacy For Your

College Experience, OR

HOW TO THINK LIKE A LIBRARIAN

Bl101: Old Testament SurveyApril Lindsey & James Stewart

August 24, 2015

Your Librarians

April Lindsey, Director of Library Services

James Stewart, Senior Library Consultant

• James Stewart is the new senior library consultant for Temple Library at Laurel University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in visual design from North Carolina A&T State University and a master’s degree in library and information studies from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.    He enjoys helping learners find and develop resources for creative media and research projects.     

• April Lindsey is the Director of Library Services.  She is a graduate of Asbury College (now University) with a B.A. in Social Work and an M.L.S. from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.  She has been the Library Director since 1985.  She enjoys developing the library collection and finding new ways to help the students develop lifelong learning skills.

Welcome to Temple Library

• Kenneth & Geneva Temple.

• Member of the Carolinas Theological Library Consortium

• 37,000 volumes• Computer lab

w/printer• Media collection

To be able to search for, identify and use creditable information sources from a variety of internet search engines and from Temple Library’s physical and online resources.

To create finding aids and bibliographies from online reference tools.

To think like a librarian !!!!

Our Objectives

What IS A LIBRARY?

What is a library?

A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. - Merriam –Webster

Temple Library is a theological library.

What Are Your Information Sources?

Books, non-fiction & fiction

Encyclopedias Dictionaries/

thesauruses Concordances Lexicons Magazines Journals Atlases Bibliographies

VHS DVD Audio CDs/cassettes Audiobooks Full-Text Databases Internet Web 2.0 (blog, wiki,) Government

Documents Statistical Reports Digital Libraries Visual Aids

Information AccessFrom Temple Library

Searching the Stacks - Classifications

Dewey Decimal System

Searching the Stacks - Classifications

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Temple Library Online Reference and Citation Tools

Using Search Engines

All Purpose Search Google Alta – Vista MSN search Cuil Ask

Directories Gigablast Galaxy

Metasearch Dogpile

Using Search Engines

Advantages Ease Currency Audiovisual Exclusivity Interactive Mass Convenience Scope

Disadvantages Lack of QC/QA User is the Evaluator Lack of Overview OVERwhelming results Not necessarily free Trouble with historical

materials

Ask the Librarian

Ask! Search Strategies Referrals Conversation

Questions? Comments?