LIS4060 Assignment 3
1. Using WorldCat, tell me what libraries in Colorado have holdings for the Denver Post? [you should find over 30 libraries].
2. Use Statistical Abstract of the United States to find the retail price of gasoline in Denver (or failing that, Colorado) from 1991-2007. Give average price for each year.
3. Find citations to four book reviews for Noam Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965).
4. Write a reference ethics policy statement for your local public library. A page will do - but be comprehensive.
5. Write a reference collection development policy statement for the same library. This should address questions like: What kind of print materials do you keep in reference? What kind of online resources do you select for reference? What is your weeding policy?
6. Retrieve 3 records in a tagged format from each of the following databases:
a) Academic Search Complete
Hint: from the Export Manager screen, select "Generic bibliographic management software".
b) Academic OneFile
Hint: Go to your saved records and under Tools, select "Citation Tools." Under "Export to third party software", select the ProCite format, then hit export. This should save a file to your computer with and "ris" extension. You can change the "ris" to "txt" and view the file in a text editor.
c) ERIC (ProQuest)
Hint: Export/Save to EndNote, Reference Manager, or ProCite (make sure pop-ups are enabled in your browser). Save this ".ris" format file to you computer, and rename it as a ".txt" file.
d) C19
Hint: From the Marked List page, select "Download [periodicals] citations", then "Download in a format compatible with ProCite, EndNote, Reference Manager and RefWorks". Open in a text processor.
e) Energy Citations Database
Hint: After "Show only ( v ) items", select "Download ( v ) Items as EndNote" and save file to local computer, but change the file's extension to ".txt"