How To Guides

Subject Guides

Glossary of Library Terms

How to Find Books on the Library Shelves

• Call Numbers
• Index to the Library of Congress Subject Classification System (Used in call numbers for books)
• Library of Congress Classification System (A broad outline of subject categories used in call numbers)
• Library of Congress Subject Headings - Big Red Books (Used in library's online catalog)

How to Use Library Research Tools

Print Reference Books

• Book Response Papers
• Contemporary Authors
• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Essay and General Literature Index
• Facts on File
• Granger's Index to Poetry
• Handbooks
• Indexes to Periodical Articles

Online Article Databases

• How to Find Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
• How to Use the Library's Online Databases at Home
• How to Apply for an SRJC User Name and PIN (To use library databases at home.)

How to Use the Internet and the World Wide Web

• Internet Resources; Some Starting Points
• Using Internet Search Engines
• Best Search Tools Chart (Infopeople)

How to Use Information Effectively

• How to Evaluate Information Resources
• How to Cite Information Resources (MLA Style & APA Style)

• African American Studies
• Agriculture
• Alcoholism
• AIDS
• Anthropology
• Art History
• Automotive Technology
• Biography
• Book Reviews
• Business Information Sources
• Business Technology
• Child Development
• Civil Liberties vs. Homeland Security
• Contemporary Authors (print version)
• Contemporary Literary Criticism (print version)
• Dental Topics
• Drama
• Easy Reading
• Encyclopedia Britannica (print version)
• Environmental Issues
• Fashion
• Fire Technology
• Floristry
• Folklore
• Geographical Information
• History 17 - Finding a Book
• History 17.1 - Biographies
• History 17.2 - Biographies
• History 17.1 - Fiction
• History 17.2 - Fiction
• The Immigration Experience
• Indexes to Collections (of poetry, plays, etc.)
• Iraq
• Iraq Conflict
• Islam
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Pharmacy
• Possible Topics for Papers & Reports
• Jobs & Career Planning   See also the library's Jobs & Careers web page.
• Literary Criticism
• Mexican American Literature
• The Middle East
• Money for College
• Mythology
• Native American Resources
• Nursing
• Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
• Pharmacy Topics
• Plays
• Points of View
• Psychology
• Radiology Research
• The Research Process: Step by Step
• Shakespeare
• Short Stories
• Sociology
• Speeches
• Term Papers: Research Suggestions
• Terrorist Attacks - September 11, 2001
• Tips for Doing A Literary Analysis
• Topics for Papers
• Toxic Wastes
• TV Violence and Children
• Viticulture
• Water Issues
• Your Officials