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LESSON 1 - INFORMATION AND SOCIETY: FROM CAVE WALLS TO THE INTERNET  

Lesson 1 Contents:

Learning Objectives

I. The Information Age
* The Information Explosion
* What is Information and Who Produces It?
* Information Anxiety

 II. Recording and Storing Information: A Brief History

III. Understanding the
Information Universe: Formats, Sources, and Types
* Information Formats
* Information Sources
* Types of Information

IV. Finding the Information You Seek

V. Key Points to Remember

Lesson One Quiz

Lesson One Exercise


LESSON ONE – EXERCISE (18 points)

CLICK HERE to take the “Skyline Library Virtual Tour.” After finishing the tour, complete the following exercise.

IMPORTANT: Since this exercise requires you to go to different places within the library, I suggest that you print these questions in advance, write your answers on a separate sheet of paper, and then complete this online form.

Name:
Email:
1) The 44,000 books at Skyline Library that can be checked out by students with library cards are kept on the tall shelves at the south end of the library and is called the Circulating Collection. These books can be checked out for how many weeks?
2) There is a collection of specialized books located directly behind the Reference Desk (east side of library) that are for library use only. What is this collection called?
Please go to the Circulating Collection to answer question 3.
3)

Skyline Library has several hundred books about the American Civil War in the section of the Circulating Collection with the call numbers E459 through E655. Go to this section of the collection, choose any book about the American Civil War that interests you, and provide the following information about the book you’ve chosen:

Call number:
(found on the spine of the book)

Author(s) or editor(s):

Complete title:
Please go to the Reference Collection to answer questions 4-5
4)

At the start of the Reference Collection, you’ll find several sets of general encyclopedias. They are called general encyclopedias because they cover all areas of knowledge.


Give the full titles of 2 general encyclopedias:
(IMPORTANT: Do not include in your answer the 2 general encyclopedia titles given in the virtual tour.)
5)

Skyline Library has hundreds of subject encyclopedias scattered throughout the Reference Collection. Subject encyclopedias focus on one subject or area of knowledge. They can be one volume, or a set of 2 or more volumes.


Give the full titles of 3 subject encyclopedias:
(IMPORTANT: Do not include in your answer the 2 subject encyclopedia titles given in the virtual tour.)




Please go to the Periodicals Display Area to answer questions 6-7
6) The periodicals in this area are arranged in what sort of order?
7)

Choose one issue of a magazine that interests you. Find an article in it that you’d like to read.

What is the title of the magazine?

What is the date of the magazine?

What is the title of the article?

What is the page number where the article begins?
8) CLICK HERE - http://skylinecollege.net/library/skyperiod.html to connect to the “List of Periodicals and Serials Available at Skyline College Library” and proceed as follows:
 

Find the entry for the magazine you chose in question #7 and provide the following information:

What time period does the library have in paper format for this magazine?

Are any issues of this magazine available at Skyline Library on microfilm? If yes, indicate the time period.

Are any issues of this magazine available at Skyline Library in bound volumes? If yes, indicate the time period.
 

 

When you have finished this exercise, click on the "Submit" button below.