4 Delilah G Herrera

Library 50-Assignment #4
Reference Sources in Print

Name: Delilah G Herrera

FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT YOU MUST USE THE MPC LIBRARY REFERENCE SECTION TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. The call numbers listed in this exercise are reference resources located in the MPC Library..

**If you are a long distance student using another library, please list it below along with the website address. If using a different library you need to contact your instructor beforehand for approval.

Use the most recent editions of the following books in the MPC
Library to answer the questions in this section. If you are a distant education student using another library let your instructor know. You will have to find their call numbers by using their OPAC.

REF F 1406 .E53 2008
Encyclopedia of Latin American History & Culture
REF TR 9 .O94 2005
Oxford Companion to the Photograph
REF DA 906 .E52 2003
Encyclopedia of Ireland
REF DT 3 .E53 2010
Encyclopedia of Africa
REF BL 31 .E46 2005
Encyclopedia of Religion

For the following section please use the sources listed above to answer the questions. If you do not use these exact sources listed you will get the questions wrong. If you have any questions on how to use these reference sources please feel free to ask for help.

1. Look in the Encyclopedia of Latin American History & Culture to answer the following questions.

Who was ERNESTO SABATO and when was he born?
Ernesto Sabato was an Argentine Novelist, essayist, and thinker. What university did he study at for his Ph.D.?
He studied at the University of Plata, for his Ph.D. in Physics.

What volume and page number did you find this information on?
The book volume was 5 and the page number was 652.

2. Using the Oxford Companion to the Photograph, look up LOMOGRAPHY. What is the first sentence of the entry on lomography? (the first 9-10 words is OK for the answer) The first sentence on looking up Lomography was, International vernacular- photographic movement founded by Viennese students.

What page number did you find it on?
The page was found on 372

3. Using the Encyclopedia of Africa look up HARRY THUKU.

Who was Harry Thuku? (put down the first sentence that is in bold for your answer). Harry Thuku was a Kenyan nationalist and first president of the East African Association.

What year did he die? He died in the year 1970.

What page did you find this information on? I found this information on page 471 in Volume 2.

4. According to the Encyclopedia of Religion who was MONGKUT? (the first sentence of the article entry is good for the answer).
He was Thai Buddhist reformer and later king of Thailand.

Who is the author of this article? (listed at the end of the article entry)
Frank E. Reynolds (1987)

5. Using the Encyclopedia of Ireland, who are the POGUES? (the first 9-10 words of the entry will do). Pogues is a rock group, formed in the early 1980’s by shane MacGowan, Peter Stacey, and Jem Finer.

On what page number did you find it on? I found this information on page 881.

6. Choose any other reference book in our reference collection that we have not covered so far in this assignment. Use this book to answer the following questions. Title: Encyclopedia of Mormonism

Call Number: BX8605.5 .E62 1992

Please write a short paragraph (4-5 sentences) evaluating this book. In your answer, consider at least two of the following criteria:
How current is the information? Is having the most current information important for the topic covered by this book?
How is the information arranged? By date? Alphabetically? By topic? Does that arrangement make sense for the subject covered by this book?
Do the entries contain illustrations, charts, graphs, or other visual information? If not, does that matter for the information in the book?
Is the book easy or difficult to use? Why?
This information is current from the year 1992. I believe that having the most current information is very important because having an knowing the exact facts will help when needed. This book is quite easy to use, in which the help of this class is an excellent demonstrator in how to use and find the many things needed in the library.

7. Choose a second reference book in our reference collection that we have not covered so far in this assignment. Use this book to answer the following questions. Title: Encyclopedia Of Buddhism

Call Number: BQ 128 .E62 3014

Please write a short paragraph (4-5 sentences) evaluating this book. In your answer, consider at least two of the following criteria:
How current is the information? Is having the most current information important for the topic covered by this book?
How is the information arranged? By date? Alphabetically? By topic? Does that arrangement make sense for the subject covered by this book?
Do the entries contain illustrations, charts, graphs, or other visual information? If not, does that matter for the information in the book?
Is the book easy or difficult to use? Why?

This book is in fact very current in which was published in the year 2014. As mentioned in the previous question, having recent and current information is very important due to those who need recent fact for book report, power points, or any type of homework that involves research will always come in good help. This class has really helped me out on the understanding of the entire library.

8. Did you have any questions on this assignment?
I do not have any questions on this assignment, however, I would like to take the time to tell you thank you for providing this class. Is has helped me quite a lot on finding many of the books and necessities I need.