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Mastering Library Speak

Mastering Library Speak

, Library Resources, Library Services
Now that we are approaching fall break, we hope you’ve had a chance to visit your Campus Library, whether online or in person. We are available by phone, email, or in-person and sometimes we can use some unusual terms in our efforts to assist you. When it comes to reference or locating a book, here are some common words you may hear and what they mean. 1. Boolean Search– Using the operators of AND, OR, and NOT  as well as quotation marks (“ ”), parentheses (), and asterisk(*) in keyword searching. These operators help you refine your search results: a. AND: Narrows your search by including results that contain all the specified keywords. Example: nutrition AND exercise will return results that include … Continued
Library Lingo-What does it mean?

Library Lingo-What does it mean?

, , Library Resources, Library Services
We are currently more than half way through the semester and at some point already, you may have been in contact with library staff either for reference help or because an online resource was giving you some trouble. Whether by phone, email, or in person we librarians tend to say some pretty strange words sometimes in our effort to help you, words understood by librarians, but maybe not to the average library user. When it comes to reference or locating a book, here are some common words you may hear and what they mean. Boolean Search– Using the operators of AND, OR, and NOT in keyword searching. These operators help you refine your search results by including (AND), excluding (NOT), … Continued
I’m New @ the Library

I’m New @ the Library

Ann Tobin 0 Comments
I’m new but I’m old. new AND old AND OR NOT Boolean (Nesting) Truncate* Wild Card Field Code Field Glasses Outlook Checkout INRE UND STDI ILL PACMAN Paper Jam Patron Log In/Out New/Old   New vocabulary. Sort. The most relevant items are not necessarily at the top.   Terms are couched. Couched in their own terms – nested, truncated, and wild.   New at the library. New at libguides. New at libcoaching. Old at libcoaxing.   Bean Bag Toss: Is Middle School too early to start preparing for college? Library Club: Bracelets. Banned Books. Book Discussions. Bags.   Frances, Mandi, Heidi, Matt, Ashlee, Jesse, Kesla, Denise, Roger, Cheltsi, Gretchen,  Kara, Bailey, Molly, Kayla, Brittany, Jennifer, Julien, Marcia, Alyssa, Ed, Sue, … Continued
Jargon Junction

Jargon Junction

, Matt Dilworth, Website 2 Comments
This is Matt again. So, in case you hadn’t noticed, the library’s just launched a new web site.  And one big thing that’s changed was something that surprised me. A lot of the words I use all the time and think are obvious are instead off-putting jargon to people.  So while the old website was filled with ambiguous words like ‘databases’ and ‘reference’ and the like, words that could mean different things in different contexts, people wanted words that describe what they’re actually there to do.  Words like research. So our Aaron Hill and our other talented friends in marketing did a lot of reading and usability testing and put together a website that does just that.  Things are called … Continued