TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mann,Thomas
TI  - The Oxford guide to library research
SN  - 9780195189971 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
AV  - Z710 .M23 2005
U1  - 025.5/24 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Library research
KW  - United States
KW  - Recherche documentaire
KW  - États-Unis
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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
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