Using the Library: W.T. Young and Beyond!

The W.T. Young Library has five floors and a basement, and the building is divided into 4 cores

Interesting Facts:

- The W.T. Young library opened on 3 April 1998 and houses 1.2 million volumes

- It took four years and $58 million to complete

- If books in W.T. Young were placed end-to-end, they would stretch over 300 miles

- The UK Library system is home to the second-largest book endowment in America (second only to Harvard’s)

- UK Libraries use the Library of Congress Classification system to organize books. If it is baffling, please visit: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

- There are 17 libraries in the UK Campus system including the Fine Arts Library (Lucille Caudill Little Bldg.), the Education Library (Dickey Hall), and Special Collections (M.I King Library); there are also 8 satellite libraries

What’s On What Floor?:

- Basement: computer labs (mac & pc); Academic Support Services; The Hub; Audio/Visual Services

- First Floor: circulation desk (check-out books, retrieve reserves, card problems); new books; Security

- Second Floor: Reference Librarian; micro-fiche and micro-fiche viewing; unbound periodicals (recent)

- Third Floor: bound periodicals; government publications

- Fourth Floor: circulating books (A-PM)

- Fifth Floor: circulating books (PN-Z); The Writing Center (between Cores 1 & 4)

*getting better acquainted with the W.T. Young Library’s physical space is easy,

visit: www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=14

If You Need Help:

- Reference Librarian (usually someone at desk on 2^nd floor, during library hours)

- Librarian Chat (available from “Ask a Librarian” link on library computers)

- Circulation Desk Personnel (available for general inquiries)

- Consultation Request (schedule in advance to help with research):

www.uky.edu/Libraries/page.php?lweb_id=180

UK Libraries on the Web:

- www.uky.edu/libraries (Main site)

- www.uky.edu/libraries/FindIt/ (Learn how to get the most out of the library)

- “Saving Student Brian” Video – Helps you learn the library ropes;

watch it here: www.uky.edu/Libraries/page.php?lweb_id=609

Tools at Your Fingertips (available from the Main site):

- Infokat: this is the library’s catalogue, available from the main site; it includes the collections of ALL UK libraries and many databases; there are a variety of search options

- Electronic Resources: these include a variety of online databases that can help you research a topic; you can search by discipline, subject, or simply browse alphabetically; from here you can access articles online

- E-Journals: if you have already located the name of a journal, you can search this database to locate articles online

Other Useful Tools (online): All of these are found in the “Electronic Resources” section on the Library’s main site

- Jstor:

This database includes most literary, psychological, historical, and multi-disciplinary

journals from the 1960s to the present; you don’t even have to leave your computer

- EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (#17 under “E”):

A great searchable database; great for locating articles on a variety of subjects,

- Academic Search Premier:

A searchable database that is rife with academic sources: images, articles, and other materials; Make sure you indicate “academic sources,” if searching in this database.

- Project Muse:

Humanities, arts, and social science journals; like Jstor and EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service, this database is completely full-text

- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale):

Great resource with all kinds of articles on today’s most contentious issues; be sure you are aware which resources are “academic” and which are not in this database

- ArtStor:

A collection of images and artworks, scholarly and non-commercial

- NetLibrary:

A collection of full-text online books; most are linked directly from Infokat so that you may simply read the book online

Goal of Library Research:

When you get into the “academic” world, you are expected to be conversant with “academic” sources. You should consider using some of these in Unit II, which requires 4 sources. Only one may be an in-class reading, and only one may be a dependable website

Examples of Academic Sources:

- Academic (non-fiction) books, or chapters from those books

- Academic journals or quarterlies

- Some academic articles from academic web sites (i.e., those related to university sites); the URL should contain “.edu”

- Articles (not abstracts or reviews) from academic databases

Examples of Non-Academic Sources:

- Non-academic web pages (especially those with “.com” URLs)

- Newspaper articles or articles found in popular magazines

- Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference works; these are sources for a popular audience

- The Bible, the Qur’an, or other religious texts