Thomas Mann

Oxford Guide to Library Research

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Produktbeschreibung

In this fourth edition of The Oxford Guide to Library Research Thomas Mann spells out the range of amazing resources available in research libraries that cannot be found on the Internet. These include not only the tens of millions of books, journals and other post-1923 printed sources that cannot be digitized because of copyright restrictions, but a rich array of subscription databases in all subject areas that are not accessible on the open Web, but are freely searchable via research libraries. The Oxford Guide to Library Research provides scores of concrete examples drawn from the experience of a veteran reference librarian who has helped tens of thousands of researchers over three decades.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780199931064
• ISBN-10: 0199931062
• Artikelnr.: 42130017

Autorenporträt

Thomas Mann has been a general reference librarian in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress for more than thirty years.

Thomas Mann 1944.? S.Fischer Verlag

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Initial Overview Sources: Specialized Encyclopedias
2. Subject Headings and the Library Catalog
3. General Browsing, Focused Browsing, and Use of Classified Bookstacks
4. Subject Headings and Descriptors in Databases for Journal Articles
5. Keyword Searches
6. Citation Searches
7. Related Record Searches
8. Higher Level Overview Sources: Literature Review Articles
9. Published Bibliographies
10. Boolean Combinations and Search Limitations
11. Locating Material in Other Libraries
12. People Sources
13. Hidden Treasures
14. Special Subjects and Formats
15. Reference Sources: Types of Literature
Appendix I: Wisdom
Appendix II: Scholarship vs. Quick Information Seeking
Index