Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 5th Edition
by20180731
Libraries Unlimited
Pages | 400 |
Topics | Reference and Information Services and Tools |
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eBook
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
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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
- History Databases—America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts 197222
- Historical Newspaper Databases 204229
- E-Books and the Humanities 211236
- Archival Primary Source Databases 213238
- Nontextual Databases: Images, Sounds, and Video 214239
- Additional Resources for Humanities 218243
- Exercises 220245
- Reference 220245
- Beyond the Textbook 220245
- Chapter 10: Science, Engineering, and Medical Databases 221246
- Chapter 11: Numerical and Statistical Databases 247272
- Kinds of Numbers 247272
- Who Collects Numbers? 248273
- Searching for Numbers as Opposed to Text 248273
- Basic Statistical Starting Strategies 249274
- “Who Cares?” Tool 1: Google Web 249274
- “Who Cares?” Tool 2: ProQuest Statistical Insight 250275
- “Who Cares?” Tool 3: ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States 251276
- “Who Cares?” Tool 4: Identifying the Players: National and International Agencies 252277
- “Who Cares?” Tool 5: Do a Literature Search 253278
- Putting the Tools to Work 253278
- Diving into Statistical Databases 256281
- American FactFinder 257282
- Social Explorer 263288
- Statista 265290
- Additional Statistical Mapping Databases 266291
- UNdata 267292
- UN Comtrade Database 267292
- Additional Statistical Databases, Fee and Free 268293
- Big Data 270295
- Exercises 271296
- References 272297
- Beyond the Textbook 272297
- Chapter 12: From Bibliographic Databases to Full-Text E-Books 273298
- WorldCat 274299
- WorldCat as a Reference Tool 275300
- WorldCat for Citation Verification 275300
- WorldCat and Foreign-Language Searching 277302
- WorldCat Search Examples 277302
- WorldCat.Org 281306
- WorldCat.org Search Examples 282307
- Local Library Catalogs: Current Trends 283308
- Google Books and Local Library Catalogs 284309
- HathiTrust 288313
- Differences between E-Journals and E-Books 289314
- Exercises 290315
- References 291316
- Beyond the Textbook 292317
- Chapter 13: Web-Scale Discovery Databases 293318
- Federated Searching in Libraries 294319
- The “Clinic” Put on by Google 295320
- The Google Age 295320
- Discovery Tools Come on the Scene 297322
- The Unevenness of the Search 301326
- Putting Discovery Tools to the Test 301326
- Discipline-Specific Databases vs. Discovery Tools vs. Google Scholar 305330
- The Despair of Depth 306331
- Exercises 307332
- References 308333
- Beyond the Textbook 308333
- Chapter 14: User Behaviors and Meeting Information Needs 309334
- Users and Their Behaviors 309334
- Reference Resources 311336
- The Reference Interview 312337
- Search Strategies 319344
- Thinking Like an Indexer vs. Thinking Like a Text 319344
- Format-Independent Thinking 319344
- Have a Brainstorming Session with Yourself 319344
- Modes of Searching: Keyword, Controlled Vocabulary, Citations, Full Text 320345
- When to Prefer Keyword Searching 321346
- Make Databases “Your Own” 321346
- A New Way to Brainstorm Keywords 322347
- Going beyond Databases: Using Database Output for Citation Management 323348
- Exercises 325350
- References 326351
- Beyond the Textbook 326351
- Chapter 15: Evaluating Databases 327352
- Chapter 16: Teaching Other People about Databases 343368
- Teaching Principles 344369
- Principle 1: Teach to Your Audience 344369
- Principle 2: Avoid Lecturing 345370
- Principle 3: Wait for Answers 346371
- Principle 4: Less Is More 346371
- Principle 5: Transparency in Teaching 347372
- Principle 6: You Have the Right to Be Wrong 347372
- Principle 7: Teaching with Technology 348373
- Principle 8: Practice 349374
- Synchronous and Asynchronous Modes of Teaching 350375
- Exercises 359384
- References 360385
- Suggested Readings 362387
- Notes 362387
- Glossary 363388
- Index 369394
- About the Authors 375400
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