This includes sources and systems used for verification, location, document delivery, and ILL management. This course introduces students to the preparation of bibliographic records using the Anglo-American cataloguing rules and MARC coding. This course introduces concepts and products used to search electronic databases and catalogues available on CD-ROMs or via the Internet. It also includes techniques for instructing clients in the use of these technologies. Business, law, politics and government publications are emphasized.
Students also learn to compile subject-specific annotated bibliographies.
This course covers the periods from the Romantic Age, including the last two centuries of American literature. In levels three and four, students test their knowledge and technical skills by working in a library or information resource centre full-time for three weeks. Work schedules are prepared by participating libraries and supervised by library personnel in consultation with program faculty. Students acquire practice in two types of libraries and in different areas within libraries. They learn to compile subject-specific bibliographies of material located in a specific library.