LESSON3:

INFORMATION
LITERACY

PEOPLE WHO ACCESS INFORMATION

Students
Teachers
Scientists
Medical

Practitioners

Lawyers
Journalists
Artists

and Reporters

ACCESSING INFORMATION USING

CARD CATALOG

Author

Card
Title Catalog
Subject Catalog

CLASSIFICATION
OF BOOKS
IN THE LIBRARY

DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION (DDC)

000-099 - GENERAL WORKS, COMPPUTER SCIENCE AND
INFORMATION
100-199 PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
200-299 RELIGION
300-399 SOCIAL SCIENCES
400-499 LANGUAGE
500-599 PURE SCIENCE
600-699 TECHNOLOGY
700-799 ARTS AND RECREATION
800-899 LITERATURE
900- 999 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION (LCC)

Each

book in the library collection is

assigned a unique call number, which
is used to divide and arrange books
into same subjects. Books are
shelved according to alphabetical and
numerical order.

SECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY

GENERAL

REFERENCE SECTION
encyclopedia, dictionaries, thesaurus etc.

CIRCULATION

SECTION- pocketbooks and

novels, fiction and nonfiction books

PERIODICAL

SECTION newspapers,
magazines and journals

FILIPINIANA SECTION

these are the materials

written by Filipino authors about the
Philippines and published in the Philippines.

OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Theses

and Dissertations
Interviews
Museums
Internet

FINDING SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN A BOOK

Table

of Contents

Index
Glossary
bibliography

PROPER CITATION OF SOURCES OF

INFORMATION

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)contains the rules for the preparation of manuscripts
for writers and students in social sciences such as
psychology, linguistics, sociology, economics ,
criminology, business and nursing.

Ex.

Duncan, G., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997).

Consequences of Growing Up Poor. New York, NY:
Russell Sage Foundation.

THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE (CMS) contains

rules on preparing the manuscript for publication
including grammar, usage and documentation.

Ex.
Faulkner, William. Absalom, Absalom!. New York: Vintage
Books, 1990.

MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA)- used in

writing papers and citing sources within liberal arts and
humanities, such as English Studies, Language and
Literature etc.

Ex.
Gleick, James. Chaos:Making a New Science. New York:
Penguin, 1987. Print.

LESSON 4:
TYPES OF
MEDIA

PRINT MEDIA
Refers

to paper publication
such as books, newspapers,
magazines, journals,
newletters and other
materials that are physically
printed on paper.

BROADCAST MEDIA
Consists

of programs produced by
television networks and radio stations.
Contrary to print media, broadcast media
airs audio and video materials for the
publics information, interest, or leisure.

FORMS OF MEDIA : Radio, Television and

Films

TV AND MOVIE CLASSIFICATION RATINGS

G

the show is for general patronage

PG

the show requires parental guidance.

SPG

the show needs strict parental

guidance. It may have themes that involve
violence, horror and inappropriate
language that are not suitable for young
audiences.

the show is restricted for particular

age..]

NEW MEDIA
Web

page

Hypertext
Instant

messaging

E-mail
Distance

education

E-book
Online
Media

shopping
convergence