Reading lists
GIVEN: a Reading List...
FIND: items in the list.
- Identify the searcheable elements for each item listed - try this exercise
- Search...
- Reserve lists, OR
- the catalogue by title or author, OR
- using the following Search strategy for reading lists
Search strategy for reading lists
GIVEN: author and title (from a reading list item)...
FIND: the item record to which it refers.
1: Author search
Search by Author - the author is always the first part of a citation.
- Search for author Poole, Marilyn
- Select appropriate item
- Note Location, Call No, and Status
The "author search" for Poole, Marilyn was successful because she was the (co) editor. The catalogue regards the editor of a publication as the author of the work. An "author search" for Jureidini, Ray would have given the same result.
If this does not find the item...
2: Title search
Search by Title - a title is always the next part of a citation
- Search for author Galens, M: author NOT found
- Search for title Australian Feminism: A Companion: title found
- Note Location, Call No, and Status
The "author search" for Galens, M was unsuccessful - the name did not appear on the catalogue. Some parts of a catalogue record may be unreliable, but a full citation contains enough information to identify any item held by the library.
If this does not find the item...
3a: Author(2) Search
Search by Author - use the next named author (OR if no other author is cited...)
- Search for author Lynn, Margaret: author found, but NOT for this title
- Search for title Male Dominance: title found but NOT by this author
- Search for author Stafford, Christine: author found
- Select appropriate item (1997 edition)
- Note Location, Call No, and Status
The "author search" for Stafford, Christine was successful because she was the (co) editor. (The catalogue regards the editor of a publication as the author of the work.) An "author search" for Furze, Brian would have given the same result.
3b: Title(2) search
Search by Title - use the next listed title
- Search for author Dempsey, Ken : author found, but NOT associated with this article.
- Search for title Economic Inequality between Men and Women in an Australian Rural Community: title NOT found
- Search for title Australian New Zealand Journal of Sociology
Follow prompt Search as Words: title found - Select appropriate item (vol 23)
- Note Location, Call No, and Status
Library users who can read a citation would recognise this as a citation of a journal article - they would search for the title of the journal: Australian New Zealand Journal of Sociology, ignoring steps 1 and 2.