Blog 3 Reference Materials
Retrieved from Google Reference material access have come a long way since my experience in a traditional library as an elementary high school student using card catalogues and the duodecimal system. When I think back to when I started university more then two decades ago I remember being so overwhelmed transitioning from card catalogues to online databases searches through my school electronic library interface. I would go on the interface and at that time I would have no idea what to put in the search. What special symbols and words do I use to narrow down searches. As a new student I think it would be beneficial to offer a course on how to use the libraries interface. Teaching students how to find articles or books for any assignment and the difference of a “bibliographic control [to] access information: bibliographic access (does the work exist?) and physical access (where can the work be found?)” (Riedling, pg.29). The evolution of access to informatio...