Explains to college students how to navigate an academic library and research topics effectively, discussing the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress systems as well as periodicals, electronic resources, and print reference sources such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, bibliographies, and statistical, chronological, and quotation sources.

by Arlene Rodda Quaratiello

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United States, United States of America

2nd ed, New York ;London, 2000

2nd ed, New York, c 2000

2nd, 2000-04

Includes index.

subject: Library research; Report writing

contributor: Internet Archive

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topic: Library research; Report writing

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Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Permissions
2. (p2) List of Figures and Tables
3. (p3) Acknowledgments
4. (p4) Preface
5. (p5) One: Hitting the Road
5.1. (p6) Choosing Your Destination
5.2. (p7) Planning Your Trip
5.3. (p8) About the Examples Used in This Book
5.4. (p9) Consider the Road Less Traveled
6. (p10) Two: The Key to the Online Catalog: Database Searching Basics
6.1. (p11) The Structure of Online Catalogs
6.2. (p12) Searching Techniques
7. (p13) Three: Traveling Through the Stacks
7.1. (p14) The Lay of the Land
7.2. (p15) The Dewey Decimal Classification
7.3. (p16) The Library of Congress Classification
8. (p17) Four: Stopping for Directions: Reference Sources
8.1. (p18) Encyclopedias: A Good Starting Point
8.2. (p19) Dictionaries: What Do You Mean?
8.3. (p20) Atlases: Beyond Where
8.4. (p21) Statistical Sources: How Much? How Many?
8.5. (p22) Chronological Sources: When?
8.6. (p23) Biographical Sources: Who are You?
8.7. (p24) Directories: Getting in Touch
8.8. (p25) Quotation Sources: Say What?
8.9. (p26) Bibliographies: Where Do I Go from Here?
9. (p27) Five: Finding Your Way Through Periodicals
9.1. (p28) Types of Periodicals
9.2. (p29) Indexes: Your Road Maps for Finding Articles
9.3. (p30) Getting Your Hands on the Articles
10. (p31) Six: Modes of Transportation, Part I: Choosing Electronic Resources
10.1. (p32) Types of Access
10.2. (p33) Benefits of Electronic Resources
10.3. (p34) Types of Databases
10.4. (p35) Popular Electronic Resources
11. (p36) Seven: Modes of Transportation, Part II: Using Electronic Resources
12. (p40) Eight: Uncharted Territory: The World Wide Web
13. (p45) Nine: The Trip Home
14. (p50) Index
15. (p51) About the Author

theme: Library research; Report writing

This book is a user-friendly guide explaining the fundamental principles of academic library research. It guides students through the specifics of finding, using and evaluating information in print, electronic and multimedia formats, and is geared towards helping students judge information sources for what they convey. The focus is on teaching students to select sources regardless of their format - a technique that will make the research process more productive, result in a higher quality better research paper, and ultimately help create an information literate adult. An introductory chapter discusses topic selection and provides an overview of research. Chapters Two and Three focus primarily on book resources, covering online catalog searching and library classification systems. This is followed by an overview of print and computerized reference sources in Chapter Four. Chapter Five discusses how to find periodical articles using indexes in both electronic and print formats. The next two chapters focus on two aspects of electronic resources: how to choose them and how to use them. Chapter Seven, which covers advanced database searching techniques. The next-to-last chapter is concerned with searching the Web, and the book concludes with a discussion of evaluating and citing resources. Includes an index. (AEF)

A research companion for students faced with writing their first assignment using the college library. It should also be suitable for use in information skills classes and workshops. The manual covers everything college library users need to know about finding information in all formats.

2023-06-28