Librarians and students at every level of experience will benefit from proven strategies and tools for efficient online searching in this guide to commonly available subject databases and the principles of effective searching.
This is the third edition of one of the breakthrough books in the field of library and information science. No other text before it, or since, has provided such relevant, timely, and practical techniques for online research.
Librarian's Guide to Online Searching, Third Edition explores the fundamentals of online searching, including database structure, searching tips, and plenty of exercises and questions for practice. This guide includes representative databases covering social sciences, science and medicine, bibliographic, humanities, and numerical data. The revised and updated edition of this popular work introduces information on new interfaces, includes updated screenshots, and features a new emphasis and new material on scholarly databases that are freely available on the Internet.
* Content is based on commonly available databases
* Sample exercises and questions to test searching skills are based on real-world problems
* A range of different vendor interfaces are covered
* A companion website offers multimedia demonstrations, updates, and a blog
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"The book is well-organized. The 'quick recap' of key subjects is a helpful feature for readers who need to become knowledgeable as quickly as possible. . . . All in all, this book is a solid introduction to traditional reference librarianship but needs updating for the social media age." - Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries "[S]hould be near every library reference desk as it is a quick and thorough resource for any desk worker. The information on Google Scholar and other free websites alone make the book well worth the purchase price, but the addition of the companion website should allow the material to remain current longer than a print book."
- Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table "There are teaching tips that will help both the new teacher/librarian and the veteran. This is one of those books that will soon spout all sorts of little sticky notes and highlighted lines. It is possible that the book may need to be replaced before the fourth edition comes out because the librarian has worn out the first copy!" - Library Media Connection "Excellent presentation of a hard to encompass subject and good ways to approach it. Highly recommended." - Teacher Librarian
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Für Beruf und Forschung
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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978-1-61069-035-5 (9781610690355)
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Suzanne S. Bell is adjunct instructor for the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, as well as business librarian and administrator for the institutional repository at the University of Rochester, NY.
