Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 5th Edition
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Libraries Unlimited
Pages | 400 |
Topics | Reference and Information Services and Tools |
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9781440861574
MLA
Brown, Christopher and Bell, Suzanne. Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 5th Edition. 5, Libraries Unlimited, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861574.
Chicago Manual of Style
Brown, Christopher, and Suzanne Bell. Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 5th Edition, 5. Libraries Unlimited, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861574
APA
Brown, C. & Bell, S. (2018). Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 5th Edition. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861574
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Understanding and navigating online databases is an essential skill for today's librarians, but staying current in this changing landscape can be a challenge. The fifth edition of this vital book ensures that you meet that challenge.
• Provides professional development to librarians looking to acquire or improve their proficiency in an essential professional skill• Offers additional professional guidance in the form of recaps, concrete examples, exercises, and points to consider
• Empowers students and librarians to search online effectively
• Discusses databases in the context of real-world problems
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 5th Edition
Author(s): Brown, Christopher; Bell, Suzanne;Contributors: Brown, Christopher; Bell, Suzanne;Abstract:Understanding and navigating online databases is an essential skill for today's librarians, but staying current in this changing landscape can be a challenge. The fifth edition of this vital book ensures that you meet that challenge.
• Provides professional development to librarians looking to acquire or improve their proficiency in an essential professional skill• Offers additional professional guidance in the form of recaps, concrete examples, exercises, and points to consider
• Empowers students and librarians to search online effectively
• Discusses databases in the context of real-world problems
SortTitle: librarian's guide to online searching: cultivating database skills for research and instruction, 5th editionEdition: 5Author Info:Christopher C. BrownauthorSuzanne S. BellauthoreISBN-13: 9781440861574Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440861574.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440861567Imprint: Libraries UnlimitedPages: 400Publication Date: 20180731Table of Contents pages: 1 2
- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Foreword xvii18
- Preface xix20
- Acknowledgments xxiii24
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Library Databases 126
- A Brief History of Information Access before Databases 126
- Progression from Citation-Only Resources to Full Text 328
- Physical Analogs 429
- Databases and Their Scope 429
- Where to Find Scope Information about a Database 530
- Scope: Dates of Coverage 631
- Scope: Materials Indexed 732
- Scope: Availability of Peer-Reviewed Content 833
- Scope: Countries and Languages Covered 1035
- Scope: Breadth and Depth of Coverage 1035
- Exercises 1136
- References 1237
- Suggested Reading 1237
- Chapter 2: How Databases Work 1338
- Standards within Librarianship 1338
- Field, Records, and Tables 1540
- Exploring Field Code Consistency 1944
- Variable-Length Fields 2146
- Fixed Fields 2550
- Online Database Indexing 2651
- Database Updating 2752
- When Databases Fail 2752
- Defaults 2954
- What Are Keywords Anyway? 3459
- Control Numbers 3459
- Suite of Technologies 3863
- Exercises 4267
- References 4267
- Chapter 3: Controlled Vocabularies 4570
- Chapter 4: The Searcher’s Toolkit: Part 1 6388
- Chapter 5: The Searcher’s Toolkit: Part 2 81106
- Basic Tool No. 4: Proximity Searching 81106
- Basic Tool No. 5: Truncation and Wildcards 86111
- Basic Tool No. 6: Limits to Constrain Your Search 88113
- Basic Tool No. 7: Learning from Your Results 90115
- Terms in the Searching Lexicon 91116
- Testing a Database 94119
- Exercises 95120
- References 95120
- Beyond the Textbook 95120
- Chapter 6: Database Interfaces: Vendor Features and Variations 97122
- Publisher vs. Aggregator Databases 97122
- Databases Available from Multiple Sources 100125
- Aggregator Interfaces 102127
- Publisher Interfaces 109134
- Common (or Sometimes Not-So-Common) Database Features 109134
- Backlinking 109134
- Cross-Searching Databases 110135
- Citation Generation and Exporting 113138
- Citation Tracking 114139
- Command Search 114139
- E-Mail Alerts 115140
- Full-Text Searching 116141
- Fuzzy Searches 117142
- Handwriting Recognition 118143
- HTML vs. PDF Files 118143
- Limit Articles by Length 118143
- Limiters/Facets 118143
- Natural-Language Searching 120145
- Personal Accounts 121146
- Phrase Searching 122147
- RSS Feeds 123148
- Search History 123148
- Visualization 125150
- Browsing for Content 126151
- Exercises 128153
- References 129154
- Beyond the Textbook 129154
- Chapter 7: Social Science Databases 131156
- Chapter 8: Government Information Databases 161186
- Freely Available U.S. Government Information Portals 162187
- Vendor Databases for U.S. Government Information 174199
- International Publications 177202
- Other International Databases 178203
- Foreign Government Publications 179204
- Exercises 181206
- References 182207
- Suggested Readings 182207
- Beyond the Textbook 182207
- Chapter 9: Humanities Databases 183208
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