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AuthorMann, Thomas, 1948-TitleThe Oxford guide to library research / Thomas Mann.Edition3rd ed.
PublishedNew York : Oxford University Press, c2005.FormatBook
Descriptionxx, 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

LinkTable of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005006087.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2005006087-d.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2005006087-b.html
NotesIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents|Preface --| |What research libraries can offer that the Internet cannot (both resources and search techniques) --| |Trade-offs of what, who, and where restrictions on free access --| |Hierarchy of levels of learning --| |Data, information, opinion, knowledge, understanding --| |Wisdom separate --| |Implications of format differences --| |Nine methods of subject searching --| |Patterns in inefficient searches --| |1.|Initial overviews : encyclopedias --| |Characteristics of encyclopedias --| |Specialized vs. general encyclopedias --| |Examples --| |How to find articles in specialized encyclopedias --| |Cross-disciplinary searching --| |How to identify additional specialized encyclopedias --| |Peculiar strengths of general sets --| |2.|Subject headings and the library catalog --| |Problems in determining the right subject headings --| |Uniform heading --| |Scope-match specificity and its modifications --| |Specific entry --| |Four ways to find the right subject headings --| |Cross-references --| |Alphabetically adjacent terms --| |Subject tracings --| |Browse displays of subdivisions --| |Recognition vs. prior specification --| |Use of three menu listings --| |Precoordination and postcoordination --| |Particularly useful subdivisions --| |Miscellaneous tips on subject headings --| |Narrowing a topic --| |Proper names --| |Finding foreign language books --| |Pattern headings --|
|3.|General browsing, focused browsing, and use of classified bookstacks --| |Alternative methods of shelving book collections --| |The|problems with shelving by accession number, by height, or in remote warehouses --| |Serendipity and recognition --| |General browsing vs. focused browsing --| |Full-text searching and depth of access --| |Lighthouse libraries example --| |Searching for a single word --| |Valery and Dreyfus example --| |Inadequacy of Google Print as a replacement for classified bookstacks --| |The|complementary relationship of the library catalog and the classified bookstacks --| |The|catalog as the index to the classification scheme --| |Trade-offs and remedies --| |Exploiting the internal structure of the cataloging system --| |The|problems that result when the system is ignored --| |Browsing in other contexts --| |Importance of full texts of books arranged in subject groupings --|
|4.|Subject headings and indexes to journal articles --| |Descriptors --| |Separate thesauri --| |Descriptor fields in online records --| |Eureka databases --| |Browse search feature --| |FirstSearch databases and WilsonWeb counterparts --| |Related subjects search feature --| |Contrast of Eureka and FirstSearch softwares --| |EBSCO host research databases --| |Search features --| |Dialog and DataStar databases --| |ProQuest databases --| |Miscellaneous databases with controlled descriptors --| |Cross-disciplinary searching --| |Finding where journals are indexed and which journals are available electronically --| |Identifying the best journals --| |Problems with abbreviations of journal titles --| |The|change in cataloging rules for serials --| |5.|Keyword searches --| |Problems with controlled searches --| |Advantages of controlled vocabularies --| |Problems with keyword searches --| |Advantages of keywords --| |Index-Abstract-level keyword databases and printed sources --| |Full-text databases --| |Convenience vs. quality of access --| |ProQuest databases --| |EBSCO host research databases -| |InfoTrac databases --| |JSTOR --| |Project Muse --| |LexisNexis --| |Web sites on the open Internet --| |Search engines --| |Subject directories --| |Invisible web sites --| |Google Print project --| |Summary --|
|6.|Citation searches --| |Finding where a known source has been footnoted by a subsequent journal article --| |ISI indexes --| |Web of Science --| |Cross-disciplinary coverage --| |Cycling sources --| |"Reviews" of journal articles --| |Additional features of ISI indexes --| |Citation searching in other databases --| |7.|Related record searches --| |Finding articles that have footnotes in common with a starting-point article --| |Examples --| |Differences between CD-ROM versions and Web of Science --| |8.|Higher-level overviews : review articles --| |"Literature review" or "state of the art" assessments --| |Differences from book reviews and encyclopedia articles --| |Web of Science "review" limit capability --| |Other sources of literature reviews --| |9.|Published bibliographies --| |Differences from computer printouts of sources --| |Doing Boolean combinations without a computer --| |Two problems in identifying published bibliographies --| |Bibliographies not shelved with regular books --| |Subdivision "- Bibliography" can be missed in library catalog --| |Finding bibliographies via the library catalog --| |Finding bibliographies in Z class shelving area --| |Other sources for finding bibliographies --| |Guides to the literature --| |Bibliographies not superseded by computer sources --|
|10.|Boolean combinations and search limitations --| |Boolean combinations --| |Component word searching within controlled subject strings --| |Word truncation --| |Proximity searches --| |Limitations of sets --| |Limiting by time periods --| |Limiting by geographic area codes --| |Limiting by document types --| |Combining keywords and citation searches --| |Boolean combinations without computers --| |Precoordinated headings and browse displays --| |Published subject bibliographies --| |Focused shelf-browsing --| |How to identify which databases exist --| |11.|Locating material in other libraries --| |Determining library locations of desired items --| |WorldCat, RLG Union Catalog, National Union Catalog of Pre-1956 Imprints --| |Other union lists and databases --| |Web sites for identifying out-of-print books for sale --| |Determining which libraries have special collections on your subject --| |Interlibrary loan and document delivery --| |12.|People sources --| |Journalists and academics --| |Inhibiting assumptions --| |"Find it on your own" --| |Advantages of people sources --| |Listservs and discussion groups online --| |Techniques for students --| |Sources for identifying experts --| |Associations and directories --| |How to talk to reference librarians --|
|13.|Hidden treasures --| |Resources not shelved or cataloged with conventional research materials --| |Microform sets and counterpart Web sites --| |Web collections --| |Government documents --| |Particular importance of Congressional hearings --| |Archives, manuscripts, and public records --| |14.|Special subjects and formats --| |Biography --| |Book reviews --| |Business and economics --| |Copyright status information --| |Genealogy and local history --| |Illustrations, pictures, and photographs --| |Literary criticism --| |Maps --| |Newspapers --| |Out-of-print and secondhand books --| |Primary sources --| |Standards and specifications --| |Statistics --| |Tabular data --| |Tests (psychological and educational) --| |Translations --| |15.|Reference sources : searching by types of literature --| |Reference questions vs. research questions --| |Review of search techniques for research questions --| |Type of literature searches --| |Internet sources for fact searches --| |Coverage of the various types of literature --| |Understanding the formal properties of retrieval systems --| |The|discipline of library and information science --| |Sources for identifying types of literature in any subject area --| |Concluding thoughts --| |Appendix : Wisdom --| |Index.|
ISBN9780195189971 (hardcover : acid-free paper)0195189973 (hardcover : acid-free paper)9780195189988 (pbk. : acid-free paper)0195189981 (pbk. : acid-free paper)SubjectLibrary research -- United States.
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