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Unit 1: Reference and Information Sources

driving along with other cars. If your car is lagging behind, you increase speed of your car to catch Notes
up with other cars in the race and forge ahead by changing lane. If by chance, your car dashes with
another, a big crashing sound is generated, flames emanate, and your car is reduced to ashes Mind
you, in real world you are still sitting on the static chair and nothing happens to you. If you want to
play it again, you start afresh.
In virtual reality, real situation is simulated whereby one gets the feeling of a real world. Many car-
driving schools nowadays use virtual reality products to teach car driving. These products prove to
be the mainstay of video games.

What do you mean by non-print media? Describe conventional, electronic and
cybermedia with example.

1.4.4 Print and Non-Print

Keyword searches in online and print sources: Search relevant keywords in catalogues, indexes,
search engines, and full-text resources. Useful both to narrow a search to the specific subject heading
and to find sources not captured under a relevant subject heading. To search a database effectively,
start with a Keyword search, find relevant records, and then find relevant Subject Headings. In search
engines, include many keywords to narrow the search and carefully evaluate what you find.
Subject searches in online and print sources: Subject Headings (sometimes called Descriptors) are
specific terms or phrases used consistently by online or print indexes to describe what a book or
journal article is about. This is true of the Library’s Online Catalogue or the Reader’s Guide or other
indexes. For example, in the online catalog, DIVORCE and CHILDREN OF DIVORCED PARENTS
are different subject headings with different books under them. If you want the latter and find the
specific subject heading, you will save time finding the most relevant resources. DIVORCE as a
Keyword in the Online Catalog will pick up both topics above, but also about 1300 other catalogue
records with the word “divorce” in them.
Citation searches in printed sources: Track down footnotes, endnotes, and citations in relevant
readings. Search for specific books or journals in the Library’s Online Catalogue. This technique
helps you become part of the scholarly conversation on a particular topic.
Searches through published bibliographies: Published bibliographies on particular subjects
(Shakespeare, alcoholism, etc.) often list sources missed through other kinds of searches.
BIBLIOGRAPHY is a subject heading in the Online Catalogue, so a Guided Search with
BIBLIOGRAPHY as a Subject and your topic as a keyword will help you find these.
Searches through people sources: People are often more willing to help than you might think. The
people to start with are often Reference Librarians at the Reference Desks in the Library.
Systematic browsing, especially of full-text sources arranged in predictable subject groupings:
Libraries organize books by subject, with similar books shelved together. Browsing the stacks is a
good way to find similar books; however, in large libraries, some books are not in the main stacks,
so use the catalogue as well.
The advantages of trying all these research methods are that:
• Each of these ways of searching is applicable in any subject area
• None of them is confined exclusively to English-language sources

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