COLWRIT 8: English as a Second Language - Davis

SMS and QR Codes in OskiCat

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:43:02 -0700

You can now text yourself a call number or use a QR code reader to find the location of an item in the UCB Library. Just click on a title in your OskiCat search results, and both options will be displayed on the right.

SMS and QR Codes in OskiCat

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:46:37 -0700

Campus Library Map

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:50:03 -0700

Click on the image below to see a larger interactive version of the campus library map.

You can also view/download a PDF map of library locations. For library contact information and building addresses, visit our directory.

News databases

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:18:51 -0700

The newspaper databases listed here contain articles published mostly after 1985. For historical topics use Historical Newspapers [Proquest] database

Search Terms for PeaceTopics

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:49:02 -0700

Within OskiCat, you can do either a keyword or subject search for your topic; usually you will get more results with a keyword search, while subject searching will retrieve fewer but more relevant results (if you use the correct subject terms). Subject terms are created by librarians and database vendors, so may not use natural language terms. But when you find a specific subject heading, your searching will be much more efficient

Here are some examples of subject headings for peace topics:

Peace movements
Peace movements-- History
Peace movements--[country name]

Related terms:

disarmament
peace-building
peaceful change
pacifism

The term 'grassroots' is informal. One possible subject heading is 'local government'; another is 'community organization.'