Getting to know the library and browsing its shelves to find what you need

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Do you have a library card? You will need one to check out books from the BHCC library. Your student ID is your library card. It must have a 14 digit barcode on the back. You will also need to know where items are located in the library. Check here to see the physical layout of the BHCC library.

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Today we are looking for information about a particular person, an example might be Harriet Tubman. Use the spaces below to describe the information you find in the BHCC library.

Decide on a person about whom you would be interested in finding information in an encyclopedia.

Who is the person you have chosen? :

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BHCC Reference Section

Find three books in the Reference Section of the library that contain information about the person for whom you are looking and list the information below. This link will take you to BHCC Library's online catalog.

Click the button next to the book you found the most helpful for this assignment. (HINT: The Call Number for each of these books begins with 'REF'.)

General Encyclopedia (Most helpful)

Call Number : Title :

Page Number: Length of Entry (in pages) :

Specialty Encyclopedia (Most helpful)

Call Number : Title :

Page Number : Length of Entry (in pages) :

Specialty Encyclopedia (Most helpful)

Call Number : Title :

Page Number : Length of Entry (in pages) :

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BHCC Library Circulating Materials

(Books you can check out and take home for two weeks)

Locate one book in the circulating collection. This link will take you to BHCC Library's online catalog.

Call Number : Author :

Title : Number of Pages : Length of Entry (in pages) :

To review searching the Bunker Hill Community College Library On-Line Catalog click here Using the BHCC Library On-Line Catalog

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Current Magazines

Try finding an article in EBSCO by going to the library web page, selecting MasterFile Premier and entering a search using the name of the person in whom you are interested. Enter the title of the article, the name of the magazine that it is in, the date it was published and how many pages the article is.

Title of Article : Title of Magazine :

Date of the Article : Article length (number of pages) :

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Where are the BHCC ESL materials?

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Do you have a copy of the BHCC ESL recommended reading list? Yes No

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What is the title of the book you have selected for this assignment?

Title :

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The library web page is:

http://www.noblenet.org/bhcc

Access the ESL Resources Link (includes an ESL suggested readings list)

http://www.noblenet.org/bhcc/esl-list.htm

Don't forget to checkout the Museum Passes available from the BHCC Library: Museum Passes

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Last updated February 1, 2005

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