Ministry of Health

Foundation Centre
Introductory Units
Unit:2
Finding Your Way Around The Library

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 Contents
• Plan of a library
• Library catalogue cards
• Classification System
• Finding a book
• on the shelf

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 Objectives
Recognize and understand
• the layout of a Library
• Reference section
• Catalogues and periodicals
• Referencing using the
Classification system
• Write the reference

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 Introduction
Library- is a source of information on
many different topics. It will have many
books and other resources with
information on a topic that you want
to research for an assignment
or project.

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 Plan of a library
A library usually has:
• a reference section
• a catalogue
• a book section
• a periodicals section
• video tapes, films
and slide section

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 Plan Of A Library
Some of the different areas in the Wattayah Campus
Library are:
a. Arabic books b. Science books

c. English books d. Periodicals

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 Plan Of A Library

e. medical books f. encyclopedias

g. dictionaries h. journals

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 Plan Of A Library

i. issue counter & librarian j. reading area

k. video section l. new books/arrivals

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Referencing Using the Classification
System
Dewey Decimal System

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 Dewey Decimal system

• organizes library materials by discipline or field of study

• books in the same subject area are grouped together and given
the same initial number
• main divisions include philosophy, social sciences, science,
technology, and history
• it puts books into ten main classes.
• uses three digit numbers for the ten classifications

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 Dewey Decimal
Here are the ten main groups;
• 000 General Works (including journals, encyclopaedias etc.)
• 100 Philosophy and Psychology
• 200 Religion
• 300 Social Sciences
• 400 Language
• 500 Pure Science
• 600 Technology and Applied Science (including Medicine)
• 700 Fine Arts and Recreation
• 800 Literature
• 900 General History and Geography
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 NLM Classification

• widely-used throughout the world to organize

materials in health, medical and allied health libraries
• is patterned after the Library of Congress (LC)
Classification system
• alphabetical letters denote broad subject
categories which are subdivided by numbers.

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 Referencing- Book - one author
• It’s very important to do the referencing when
you borrow ideas from any book to avoid
plagiarism
Author’s Initial
Author’s surname Year of Publication Title(in Italics or underlined)

Clarke,S.,2008.Macmillan English Grammar in

Context. Thailand, Macmillan Publisher Limited.
Place of publication Publisher

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 References

• Introductory Units “In house” Materials.

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
• timesofoman.com
• omc.edu.com

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Thank You

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