Chapter5 Online Catalog and Database

 A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. In one view, databases can be classified according to types of content: bibliographic, full-text, numeric, and images.

These are some EXAMPLE of journal database:

from http://www.databasejournal.com

 

from http://www.isiknowledge.com

Chapter4

Reference Collection
A reference collection is a collection of objects maintained for the purpose of study and authentication. Reference collections are generally large undertakings maintained by institutions

1. A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another

2. An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge

3. Biographical dictionaries is a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information – have been written in many languages. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country

4. Directory is a list of name of residents, organizations, or firms in a city, region, country of internationally, providing various details' e.g. addresses, profession or trade

5. Atlas is a volume of maps or charts with or without explanations.

6. A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory, an important reference for information about places and place names, used in conjunction with a map or a full atlas

7. A yearbook also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually

8. An almanac is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, and tide tables, containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar etc.

9. Manual is a book of instruction on doing, making, or performing something.

10. A handbook is a type of reference work, or other collection of instructions, that is intended to provide ready reference

11. Bibliography (from Greek βιβλιογραφία, bibliographia, literally "book writing"), as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects

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Chapter3

Identify the difference between Library of Congress Classification System(L.C.) and Dewey Decimal Classification(D.D.C)


The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress. It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries, for example, Australia and Taiwan, R.O.C. It is not to be confused with the Library of Congress Subject Headings or Library of Congress Control Number. Most public libraries and small academic libraries continue to use the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC).

^{The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is a proprietary system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876.
It has been greatly modified and expanded through 23 major revisions, the most recent in 2011.This system organizes books on library shelves in a specific and repeatable order that makes it easy to find any book and return it to its proper place. The system is used in 200,000 libraries in at least 135 countries.}

^{These are some links of library.....}

1. The Library of Congress website: www.loc.gov/
2. British Library website: www.bl.uk/
3. Thai National Library website: www.nlt.go.th/
4. Sripatum University Library website: http://library.spu.ac.th/
5. ASEAN Community website: www.asean.org/

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Finally, I have blog for Access to Library and Information Systems

Ok!! Today let's see at 14:30 - 18:30

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Homework chapter 2
1.objective facts
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2.Subjective opinions
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