How to choose books?

Internet is not only an opportunity to communicate withfriends and learn about the latest news, without leaving home and any minute. Internet for many is important, first of all, as a source of information. But sometimes it also happens that the work or book you need, a scientific work or journalistic article simply does not exist on the websites because of their old age, for example. The output, however, is. To help you will come good old helpers - book libraries. In these repositories, perhaps, there is almost everything for writing any works, regardless of the genre you chose, the volume of text and subjects. But how not to get lost in a huge number of books, publications, newspapers and magazines? How to choose books quickly and correctly? This article will help you in this.

Selection of the book in the library. Types of catalogs

Before you start looking for the right one for youmaterial in the library, you need to understand what you have at the moment, what information you have. Such initial knowledge may include information about a particular book, article or subject of your work. In either case, you will need a directory, which in any library has several types.

1. Subject catalogs. A catalog that is built relative to the directions of scientific activity or the arts. This, for example, mathematics, philosophy, Russian and so on. Each of these large directions distinguishes a number of narrower branches. So, in the subject "Literature" you will find sections "French Literature", "Futurism" or "Poetry of the Silver Age". In the subject "Physics" you will find sections "Nuclear Physics", "Quantum Physics" and so on. In the same way, books of all other subjects and directions are subdivided. If you are looking for a literary work, then you can also use the search for genres: poetry, sentimental novel, fantasy and so on. Knowing the theme of your work, you can easily figure out which book to choose.
2. Alphabetical catalogs. This type of catalog involves the classification of artistic texts, scientific works and other texts by name in alphabetical order. Alphabetically, the names of works and periodicals, as well as the names of authors, can be distributed. Inside the section of the authors there is also a division: his works are distributed in alphabetical order.
3. Electronic catalogs. The directory stored on the computers of the library. The electronic catalog is a search program with which you can search for books on any parameter known to you.

Knowledge of the catalogs and what you need inthis moment - that's all the conditions for successful work in the library. However, if for some reason you are at a loss to find the book, article or scientific work that you need, you can always ask the staff of the reading room for help. They will answer the questions you are interested in and teach you how to choose the right book.