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Resources Available at the Library: Fire Service Technology 52 (Hurtado) Fire fighters with a hose

Library Home page: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/

Search Strategy Handout: http://tinyurl.com/6zja3

Library of Congress Classification Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/lc.html 

Subject Headings 

For Civil Liberties, Use Civil Rights

Sometimes instead of searching by keywords, you may have better luck finding materials by consulting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).  This is important because you can sometimes get better search results.  For example, articles, books, and web sites on Civil Liberties will usually be indexed under “Civil Rights."  To browse such headings, they are in the five thick red volumes on the reference shelves, on the left side of the reference desk.

Some sample headings and classification numbers (Call #s):

Library Catalog—Finding Books and Videos: http://tinyurl.com/7887g

Search the library catalog for books related to a topic of your interest. Select a topic and create a search statement. Find a book and then its call number.

Searching the Catalog:  Make sure words or phrase is selected underneath Search For and narrow your search down to Chabot College if you only want to find books available at Chabot.  Combine different terms such as: united states AND iraq or cloning AND religion.   . enter your terms with AND in between and then click on  the search button.

See Your Search Strategy for more information on phrasing a search statement.

Library Catalog Screen Capture

Library Subscription Databases: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html.  —To find articles related to your topic that originally appeared in magazines, journals, and newspapers.  Originally published in print form.

Mainly Magazines and Journals

 Mainly Newspapers and Magazines

EbscoHost Academic Search Elite
A multi-subject database  Tutorial available at:
 http://tinyurl.com/58ysq

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Search “Quick News Search” for articles from the last two years.  For older articles, search in “General News Search.” 

EbscoHost CINAHL Plus Text
Pre-CINAHL
Peer-reviewed health resources

ProQuest Diversity Databases
Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch.  

 

Reference (Books and Web sites)

Chief Fire Officer’s Desk Reference

Reference: TH 9158 C45 2006

Fire Service Emergency Care

Reference: RC 86.7 D55 1999
Fire Protection Handbook (2 vols)

Reference: TH 9150 F47 2003
Ignition Handbook

Reference: TH 1091 B32 2003
Resources by Subject: Fire Service Technology

http://tinyurl.com/k27bu
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance

Reference: HF 5381 E52
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Reference: HF 5381.A1 O362
http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Sample of Books You Can Check Out

Firefighter Exams

Stacks: TH 9157 M87 2005

Firefighter Exam

Stacks: TH 9157 F525 2000
Hydraulics for Firefighting

Stacks: TH 9311 C73 2002
Fire Detection and Suppression Systems

Stacks: TH 9445 .P8 I54 2005
Fire Hazards in Industry

Stacks: TH 9537 T56 2002
Rope Rescue For Firefighting

Stacks: TH 9414 B74 1998
So Others Might Live: A History of New York’s Bravest—The FDNY 1700 to Present

Stacks: TH 9505 .N5 G64 2002

Periodicals

In addition to articles you can find from our databases, the Library also has a number of fire science periodicals.  We have an informal index that contains the table of contents of the fire science periodicals that we subscribe.  Ask for the Fire Science Periodical Binder at the Check-Out Desk (right side of the main desk).  Periodicals can be checked out for one week.  In addition to articles, the paper periodicals also contain classified advertisements which could help you find a job.

American Fire Journal             2000-2002

Firehouse                   2000-current

California Fire Science            2000-current

NFPA Journal             2000-current

Fire Engineering                      2001-current

  

Fire Science Online Journals    http://tinyurl.com/zmh3a

Web Resources

Use Web search engines (such as Google) last for your research, and if you do, be prepared to evaluate web sites with a very skeptical eye. Anybody can put anything on the web, and if you do not pay attention, you could be linking very questionable or misinformed sites.   The Library has an effective web evaluation checklist available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu!Library/abby/evaluation.html 

 

World Wide Web: Academic Searching
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/metasites.pdf

Resources by Subject: Fire Service Technology
     http://tinyurl.com/k27bu

INFOMINE
     http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Librarians’ Index to the Internet
     http://lii.org

Scout Report Archives
     http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/

Academic Info
      http://www.academicinfo.us/

Virtual Learning Resources Center
     http://www.virtuallrc.com/

 

World Wide Web: General Searching
http://tinyurl.com/4ekxp

SearchGov
     http://www.searchgov.com/

SearchEDU
     http://www.searchedu.com

Google (limiting to .org)
     http://tinyurl.com/6yrp9

About
     http://www.about.com/

Google (limiting to PDF format)
     http://tinyurl.com/5f294

  

Pamphlet Files

At the Library, we have several filing cabinets of articles and documents to many topics.  Use the Card catalog that rests on TOP of the filing cabinet, and search by Library of Congress Subject Headings.  Then find the folder that has the articles/documents related to your topic.  You can check out up to five articles/pamphlets at the Check Out Desk.

Look under Fire Extinction for articles and documents related to Fire Science.

Citing an Article, Book, or Website

Take a look at the MLA Citation Handout.  Take note that when citing an article from a Library Subscription Database such as the ones listed above, you need to follow special instructions.

MLA Citation Handout  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/cited.html

Article From a Library Subscription Database  http://tinyurl.com/ztz7z