A library card, which is the MDC
card, is necessary to check out books and to use reserve materials
and unbound periodicals. The MDC card may be obtained by
presenting a paid course schedule and a picture identification in
Room 4208 (Student Life). Library cards are permanent and should be
kept for the length of time the student will be at MDC. A lost
library card/MDC card must be reported immediately to
prevent charges for books you did not borrow. Students may borrow
books with a library card from any MDC campus as well as any
community college or state university library across the state of
Florida.
The Service Desk is the only place from
which books can be checked out. Books are returned through the book drop
located outside the Library’s main entrance and at the Service Desk.
Regular circulating materials may be kept for the period specified
on the date-due card in each book. This is usually a three week
period and can be renewed twice. However, end-of-semester clearance
procedures sometimes require that this period be shortened in order
to have all loans cleared by a certain date.
Overdue notices are mailed to the home
address as a courtesy; failure to receive a notice does not relieve
the borrower of responsibility for returning a book when due, as
shown on the date-due card in the book.
1. Students are financially responsible for all
library materials checked out on their Library cards. Transfer of
Library materials among one’s friends without an official change of
charge through the circulation system does not relieve the student
of this obligation. It is an infringement of College regulations to
use another student’s card to obtain Library materials.
2. Lost books, damaged books, or books which are returned after a
stated deadline become the borrower’s financial obligation; the
Bursar’s Office will charge for the cost of the book for each
obligation.
3. Obligations are payable at the Bursar’s Office, Room 1154 (Scott
Hall).
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Through an intracampus or interlibrary loan, students may borrow
books from other campus libraries when they are not available at North
Campus. LINCC Search, which is the online catalog available through the
Internet provide a complete listing of all books available at the eight campus libraries as
well as the other community colleges in Florida. Further information about LINCC Search (the online catalog) is given below. Intracampus and
interlibrary loans may be requested through LINCC Search. Loan books will be held for students at the
Periodicals/Interlibrary Loan Department. Go to the Service Desk to pick
up interlibrary loan materials. To borrow materials from non-MDC
libraries through interlibrary loan or outside the community college
system, please check with a reference librarian.
Books and other materials in which faculty members have made special
assignments are included in the library through use of the reserve
collection. Faculty members place these needed items on reserve in
the Library so they will be available to the greatest number of
students. The circulation staff member will assist in locating
reserve materials and will check them out to students for in-room or
overnight use, as specified by the course instructor. A library
card/MDC card is necessary for all reserve transactions. All
reserve materials checked out overnight are due by 9:00 a.m. the
following class day. Late returns may cause suspension of overnight
check-out privileges.
Textbooks: A special collection of textbooks used in courses
is available either at the Circulation/Reserve Desk or are located
in a special location. This collection is sponsored by the Student
Government Association in collaboration with North Campus
Administrators. These books are limited to in-library use only.
Check with the Circulation/Reserve Desk for more information.
LINCC Search is the online catalog that
allows you to search for books and audiovisual materials in the
Miami-Dade College libraries and other community colleges
in Florida. LINCC is an acronym standing for Library Information
Network for Community Colleges. You can search by author, title,
and subject quickly and effectively.
With LINCC Search you can search the holdings of North Campus as
well as the other campuses of Miami-Dade. When you locate a book in
LINCC Search, copy down the call number so you can locate the book
in the Library. If you have trouble finding a book on
the shelf, please ask for assistance at the service desk or the reference
desk. If you are not able to find books on a specific topic, or the
book you are looking for is not at the North Campus, ask a reference
librarian for assistance.
Books in the North Campus Library are
arranged by the Library of Congress Classification System. This
system attempts to divide all knowledge so that a book on any
subject can be placed under some letter between A and Z. Each of
the larger categories, as shown below, covers a very large subject
area.
A General Works
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
C Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)
D History (General). Europe (General)
E-F History: America
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
H Social Sciences
J Political Science
K Law
L Education
M Music
N Fine Arts
P Language and Literature
Q Science
R Medicine
S Agriculture
T Technology
U Military Science
V Naval Science
Z Bibliography and Library Science
In each of these twenty-one very general subject
areas, the major specific subjects are given their own individual
numbers.
A more complete diagram of the Library of Congress
Classification System is shown under the section “Library of
Congress Classification of Books” located below.
The call number is the key to locating a book
on the shelf. Call numbers usually consist of two parts: the
upper half is the Library of Congress Classification number, the
lower half is a number usually assigned to the author of the book.
A third or fourth line may sometimes be added. The reference
collection is assigned ‘REF’ on the top line above the Library of
Congress number.
When looking for books on the shelves, it is
necessary to note the exact number of the call number.
A General Works
AC Collections
AE Encyclopedias
AG Dictionaries
AI Indexes
AM Museums
AN Newspapers
AP Periodicals
AS Academies and learned societies
AY Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories
AZ History of scholarship. The humanities
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
B Philosophy. (General)
BC Logic
BD Speculative philosophy
BF Psychology
BH Aesthestics
BJ Ethics
BL Religion. Mythology. Rationism
BM Judaism
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.
BQ Buddhism
BR Christianity
BS The Bible
BT Doctrinal theology
BV Practical theology
BX Christian denominations
C Auxiliary sciences of history (General)
CB History of civilization
CC Archaeology
CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals
CE Technical chronology. Calendar
CJ Numismatics
CN Inscriptions. Epigraphy
CR Heraldry
CS Genealogy
CT Biography (General)
D History (General). Europe (General)
DA Great Britain
DAW Central Europe
DB Austria. Hungary. Czechoslovakia
DC France
DD Germany
DE The Greco-Roman World
DF Greece
DG Italy
DH Low Countries. Benelux Countries
DJ Netherlands (Holland)
DJK Eastern Europe (General)
DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics. Poland
DL Northern Europe. Scandanavia
DP Spain. Portugal
DQ Switzerland
DR Balkan Peninsula. Turkey
DS Asia
DT Africa
DU Oceania (South Seas)
DX Gypsies
E – F History: America
E United States (General)
F United States local history. Canada. Latin America
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
G Geography (General). Atlases. Maps
GA Mathematical geography. Cartography
GB Physical geography
GC Oceanography
GE Environmental sciences
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GN Anthropology
GR Folklore
GT Manners and customs (General)
GV Recreation. Leisure
H Social Sciences
H Social Sciences (General)
HA Statistics
HB Economic theory. Demography
HC Economic history and conditions
HD Industries. Land Use. Labor
HE Transportation and communications
HF Commerce
HG Finance
HJ Public Finance
HM Sociology (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HQ The family. Marriage. Women
HS Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
HT Communities. Classes. Races
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
J Political
Science
J General legislative and executive papers
JA Political science (General)
JC Political theory
JF Political institutions and public administration—General
JK Political institutions and public administration—United
States
JL Political institutions and public administration—Canada.
Latin America
JN Political institutions and public administration—Europe
JQ Political institutions and public administration—Asia.
Africa. Australia.
Pacific area
JS Local government. Municipal government
JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration.
International
migration
JZ International relations
K Law
K General. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
KBR-KBU Canon Law and Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy
See
KD United Kingdom and Ireland
KDZ America. North America
KE Canada
KF United States
KG Latin America. Central America. West Indies
KH South America
KJ-KK Europe
KL-KW Asia. Africa. Pacific area. Antarctica
KZ Laws of nations
L Education
L Education (General)
LA History of education
LB Theory and practice of education
LC Special aspects of education
LD Individual institutions—United States
LE Individual institutions—America (except United States)
LF Individual institutions—Europe
LG Individual institutions—Asia. Africa. Oceania
LH College and school magazines and papers
LJ Student fraternities and societies, United States
LT Textbooks
M Music
M Musical works
ML Literature on music
MT Musical instruction and study
N Fine Arts
N Visual art (General)
NA Architecture
NB Sculpture
NC Drawing. Design. Illustration
ND Painting
NE Print media
NK Decorative arts. Applied arts
NX Arts in general
P Language and Literature
P Philology. Linguistics
PA Greek and Latin languages and literatures
PB Modern languages (General). Celtic languages
PC Romance languages
PD Germanic languages (General). Scandinavian languages
PE English language
PF West Germanic languages
PG Slavic, Baltic, Albanian languages and literatures
PH Uralic, Basque languages and literatures
PJ Oriental philology and literature (General). Semitic
languages and
literature
PK Indo-Iranian languages and literatures
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PM Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial languages
PN Literature (General)
PQ French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures
PR English literature
PS American literature
PT Germanic literature
PZ Fiction and Juvenile belles letters
Q Science
Q Science (General)
QA Mathematics
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
QD Chemistry
QE Geology
QH Natural History. Biology
QK Botany
QL Zoology
QM Human anatomy
QP Physiology
QR Microbiology
R Medicine
R Medicine (General)
RA Public aspects of medicine
RB Pathology
RC Internal medicine
RD Surgery
RE Ophthalmology
RF Otorhinolaryngology
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
RJ Pediatrics
RK Dentistry
RL Dermatology
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RS Pharmacy and material medica
RT Nursing
RV Botanic, Thomsonian and eclectic medicine
RX Homeopathy
RZ Other systems of medicine
S Agriculture
S Agriculture (General)
SB Plant culture
SD Forestry
SF Animal culture
SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SK Hunting sports
T Technology
T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering
TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
TF Railroad engineering and operation
TG Bridge engineering
TH Building construction
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
TP Chemical technology
TR Photography
TS Manufactures
TT Handicrafts. Arts and crafts
TX Home economics. Hospitality industry
U Military Science
U Military science (General)
UA Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation
UB Military administration
UC Maintenance and transportation
UD Infantry
UE Cavalry. Armor
UF Artillery
UG Military engineering. Air forces
UH Other services
V Naval Science (For naval history,
see D-F)
V Naval science (General)
VA Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation
VB Naval administration
VC Naval maintenance
VD Naval seamen
VE Marines
VF Naval ordnance
VG Minor services of navies
VK Navigation. Merchant marine
VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
Z Bibliography and Library Science
Z Books Writing. Paleography. Books Industries. Trade.
Libraries.
Bibliography
ZA Information
resources (General)
The North Campus Library provides
computers that access the Internet to assist students with their
research needs. Computers are to be used only for
purposes that meet the educational mission of the college. These
Internet computers allow you to find article citations and full-text
articles in a variety of subject areas, including arts, business,
education, literary and political reviews, health, science,
computers, and lifestyles. Other databases contain full-text
materials from both books and articles on certain subject areas such
as biography, literature and health and wellness.
Many databases are provided by the College Center for Library
Automation (CCLA) to all registered community college students.
These databases are accessible through the Internet at any time,
anywhere. The Borrower ID and PIN must be entered to gain access to these
databases. The Borrower ID is the 16-digit number on the MDC card
and the PIN is either the last four digits of the number on the MDC
Card or the last four digits of your social security number. Some of
these databases include:
Academic Search Premier
Full-text resource containing information from a wide range of
academic area including business, social sciences, humanities,
general academic, general science and education.
Biography Resource Center
Comprehensive, full-text, online biographical reference database
covering literature, science, multicultural studies, business,
entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events
and the arts.
Business Source Elite
Comprehensive full-text business periodical database that includes
scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as
management, economics, finance, accounting and international
business.
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
Covers a wide variety of criminal justice topics, including
corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial
security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law.
Full-text and image coverage for about 50 journals.
Custom Newspapers
Full-text access to more than 100 newspapers, including several
Florida newspapers, The New York Times, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, and other national and international
newspapers.
EBooks
Searchable collection of ebooks specifically selected for Florida’s
community colleges.
FirstSearch
Collection of more than 50 full- and partial-text databases with
topics ranging from the arts and humanities to science and medicine.
Multiple databases can be searched at once.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Easy-to-use interface with access to full-text nursing and allied
health journals, encyclopedias and other reference sources, as well
as informational pamphlets. Also includes the Alternative Health
suite of resources.
Issues and Controversies
Offers a wealth of current topics research information, including
pro/con discussions of hot issues, newspaper editorials, numerical
snapshots of key topics, photos and graphics, and selected
historical source documents.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical
analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
MAS Ultra High School Edition
Designed for high school students. Contains full-text for more than
490 popular, high school magazines as well as biographies, primary
source documents, pamphlets and reference books.
Military and Government Collection
Designed to offer current news and information to all branches of
the military, with a throrough collection of military titles, trade
publications and newsweeklies. Includes cover-to-cover full-text for
nearly 350 titles.
Physician’s Desk Reference
Searchable index of hundreds of drugs and medications. Search by
product name, manufacturer, product category, indications,
contraindications, side effects, or drug interactions. Includes
product photos.
Primary Search
Designed for elementary school students. Contains full-text for more
than 50 popular elementary school magazines as well as pamphlets and
reference books such as the Encyclopedia of Animals and Funk and
Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides comprehensive full-text for more
than 50 regional business newspapers and periodicals.
The North Campus Library also subscribes to two
databases that are accessible only on the North Campus and the Entrepreneurial Education Center
Library.
Infotrac Onefile
Infotrac Onefile is an index
and full-text database to over 3 million articles in magazines and
journals. It is updated daily. The index covers events from 1980 to
the present. Full-text articles are included from 1983 to the
present.
Miami Herald
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including
community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural
activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the
community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Computer databases contain vast
amounts of information. To locate the desired information, a search
strategy is needed. To facilitate searching in many of the computers
available for student research, it is necessary to combine KEYWORDS
and CONNECTORS in order to retrieve desired information.
Constructing a Search Strategy
1. Select KEYWORDS (usually nouns) that define your topic.
Example: air pollution, United States, Canada
2. Select a CONNECTOR (and, or, not) to combine keywords.
Example: air pollution AND United States
In order to find recent information in periodicals the North Campus
Library subscribes to several print indexes as well as the
electronic indexes mentioned above. Most of these indexes list
articles by subject. Below is a list of some of the print periodical
indexes and abstracts in the library’s large collection. Once
material has been located in the index, LINCC Search (the catalog)
must be consulted to see if the library subscribes to the periodical
that has been located.
HUMANITIES INDEX
Formerly combined as Social Sciences and Humanities Index. Quarterly
guides, by author and subject, to periodical literature in the
humanities.
NEW YORK TIMES INDEX
A subject guide to newspaper articles appearing in the New York
Times.
READERS’ GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE
Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature covers a broad spectrum of
topics. Articles from approximately 200 popular magazines are
indexed by the main subject discussed in the article. Readers’ Guide
provides all the information needed to locate the actual article.
For example, the title of the article, title of the magazine, and
the date and page numbers will be included.
SOCIAL SCIENCES INDEX
Formerly combined as Social Sciences and Humanities Index. Quarterly
guides, by author and subject, to periodical literature in the
social sciences.
EXPLANATION FOR SELECTED TERMS UNIFORMLY USED IN ALL PRINT
INDEXES
Author
The person or persons responsible for the writing or compilation of
a magazine article, book, or other publication.
Heading
The first word or phrase, not an article, on the top of the page of
an index.
See
A reference from a heading with no entries to one or more headings
with entries.
See also
Refers you to other subject headings that are related to the one you
have selected.
Subheading
Divides headings into subdivisions of the same subject.
Subject
One overall concept obtained from a theme or other material.
Title
The distinguishing name of any written production.
The library subscribes to over 350
periodicals. This collection, current and back issues, includes
magazines, journals, and newspapers selected for both general
reading and support of the college curricula. Periodical titles in
our Library include popular magazines such as Essence, Harper’s,
House Beautiful and National Geographic. Special publications
(journals) written in more scientific language, such as JAMA: The
Journal of the American Medical Association, Smart Computing in
Plain English, and Journal of Economic Literature represent some of
the journals held by the library.
Periodicals are kept in paper
format (unbound) for a period of one to two years. After that, some
periodicals are available in microfilm format.
The periodicals reading area occupies the
southeast corner of the first floor.
Unbound periodicals are obtained
from the Service Desk by presenting a Miami-Dade College
Library card/MDC card and a request slip. All periodicals and microfilms
are available for room use only and may not leave the Periodicals
Area. The library provides copying machines for those who desire
copies of articles from periodicals or microfilms (see
“Photocopy/Duplication Facilities”).
The microfilm
area holds back issues of periodicals and newspapers on microfilm.
The student may locate these items on their own and use them in
conjunction with the reader-printers provided. Help with the
reader-printers is available from the Service Desk/Periodicals staff if needed. The cost
of copying microfilm is 10 cents per page and dimes must be used.
Explanation of Selected terms Uniformly used in
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Author The person or persons responsible
for the writing or compilation of a magazine article, book, or other
publication.
Heading
The first word or phrase, not an article, on the top of the page or card of
an index.
See
A reference from a heading with no entries to one or more headings with
entries.
See also
Refers you to other subject headings that are related to the one you have
selected.They will be found in
their appropriate alphabetical places within the same volume.
Subheading
Divides headings into subdivisions of the same subject.
Subject One overall concept obtained from a
theme or other material.
Title The distinguishing name of any
written production.
In order to find recent information
in periodicals the North Campus Library subscribes to several indexes.
Most of these indexes list articles by subject.Below is a list of some of the periodical indexes and abstracts in
the library’s large collection.
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
A digest of reviews of current books appearing in approximately 70
periodicals.It is arranged
alphabetically by author of book reviewed, with subject and title index.
BUSINESS PERIODICALS INDEX
Subject index to periodicals in fields of accounting, advertising, banking
and finance, general business, insurance, labor, marketing, public
administration, taxation, and industry.
CQ RESEARCHER (formerly EDITORIAL RESEARCH REPORTS)
Each reportprovides background
on a current topic of widespread interest.
Designed as a starting point for research, the reports define the issues and
include a chronology and extensive bibliographies.A feature called “At Issue,” which quotes opposing viewpoints from
two experts, is also part of each report.
EDUCATION INDEX
A cumulative subject and author index to a selected list of educational
periodicals, proceedings, yearbooks, books, and pamphlets.
HUMANITIES INDEX
Formerly combined as Social Sciences and Humanities Index.Quarterly guides, by author and subject, to periodical literature in
the humanities.
NEW YORK TIMES INDEX
A subject guide to newspaper articles appearing in the New York Times.
READERS’ GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE
Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature
covers a broad spectrum of topics.
Articles from approximately 200 popular magazines are indexed by the main
subject discussed in the article.
Readers’ Guide provides all the information needed to locate the actual
article.For example, the title of the article, title of the magazine,
and the date and page numbers will be included.
SOCIAL SCIENCES INDEX
Formerly combined as Social Sciences and Humanities Index.Quarterly guides, by author and subject, to periodical literature in
the social sciences.
WALL STREET JOURNAL INDEX
A subject guide to articles appearing in the Wall Street Journal.
