Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 6th Edition
byChristopher C. Brown, professor, is reference librarian and coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, Main Library.
20210618
Libraries Unlimited
Pages | 392 |
Topics | Controlled Vocabularies;Database Instruction;Database Interfaces;Database Searching;Evaluating Databases;Google Search Tools;Library Instruction;Licensing Databases;User Behaviors;Reference and Information Services and Tools |
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9781440878244
MLA
Brown, Christopher. Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 6th Edition. 6, Libraries Unlimited, 2021. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440878244.
Chicago Manual of Style
Brown, Christopher. Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 6th Edition, 6. Libraries Unlimited, 2021. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440878244
APA
Brown, C. (2021). Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 6th Edition. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440878244
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Updates the premier textbook for students and librarians needing to know the landscape of current databases and how to search them.
Librarians need to know of existing databases, and they must be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users. This practical guide introduces librarians to a broad spectrum of fee-based and freely available databases and explains how to teach them.
The updated 6th edition of this well-regarded text covers new databases on the market as well as updates to older databases. It also explains underlying information structures and demonstrates how to search most effectively. It introduces readers to several recent changes, such as the move away from metadata-based indexing to full text indexing by vendors covering newspaper content. Business databases receive greater emphasis.
As in the previous edition, this book takes a real-world approach, covering topics from basic and advanced search tools to online subject databases. Each chapter includes a thorough discussion, a recap, concrete examples, exercises, and points to consider, making it an ideal text for courses in database searching as well as a trustworthy professional resource.
- Helps librarians and students understand the latest developments in library databases
- Looks not only at textual databases but also numerical, image, video, and social media resources
- Includes changes and trends in database functionality since the 5th edition
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 6th Edition
Author(s): Brown, Christopher;Contributors: Brown, Christopher;Abstract:Updates the premier textbook for students and librarians needing to know the landscape of current databases and how to search them.
Librarians need to know of existing databases, and they must be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users. This practical guide introduces librarians to a broad spectrum of fee-based and freely available databases and explains how to teach them.
The updated 6th edition of this well-regarded text covers new databases on the market as well as updates to older databases. It also explains underlying information structures and demonstrates how to search most effectively. It introduces readers to several recent changes, such as the move away from metadata-based indexing to full text indexing by vendors covering newspaper content. Business databases receive greater emphasis.
As in the previous edition, this book takes a real-world approach, covering topics from basic and advanced search tools to online subject databases. Each chapter includes a thorough discussion, a recap, concrete examples, exercises, and points to consider, making it an ideal text for courses in database searching as well as a trustworthy professional resource.
- Helps librarians and students understand the latest developments in library databases
- Looks not only at textual databases but also numerical, image, video, and social media resources
- Includes changes and trends in database functionality since the 5th edition
SortTitle: librarian's guide to online searching: cultivating database skills for research and instruction, 6th editionEdition: 6Author Info:Christopher C. BrownauthorChristopher C. Brown, professor, is reference librarian and coordinator of government documents at the University of Denver, Main Library.
eISBN-13: 9781440878244Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440878244.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440878732Imprint: Libraries UnlimitedPages: 392Publication Date: 20210618Table of Contents pages: 1 2
- Mla Directory Of Periodicals 205224
- History Databases—america: History And Life And Historical Abstracts 205224
- Distinctive Features Of Ahl And Ha 206225
- Search Example 1: Finding Book Reviews 209228
- Search Example 2: Finding Material About A Topic In A Particular Period 210229
- Search Example 3: Searching Cited References 211230
- Historical Newspaper Databases 211230
- Searching Newspaper Content 212231
- Search Example 1: Japanese Americans During World War Ii 214233
- Search Example 2: Sand Creek Massacre 215234
- Search Example 3: Psychiatric Hospitals In Eighteenth-century England 216235
- Vendor Database Coverage Dates 217236
- Free Newspaper Databases 218237
- E-books And The Humanities 219238
- From Microform To E-books 219238
- Handwritten Text Recognition 220239
- Archival Primary-source Databases 221240
- Nontextual Databases—images, Sounds, And Video 223242
- Image Databases 223242
- Streaming Audio And Video Databases 224243
- Additional Resources For Humanities 226245
- Exercises 227246
- Reference 227246
- Beyond The Textbook 228247
- 10:.science, Engineering, And Medical Databases 229248
- Scifindern 230249
- Web Of Science And Other Citation Indexes 231250
- The Scope Of Isi’s Citation Indexes 232251
- Source Document 233252
- Cited References: Tracing Research Back In Time 233252
- Citations To An Author: Tracing Research Forward In Time 235254
- Book Reviews To Academic Books: A Hidden Benefit 236255
- Other Citation Databases 236255
- Scopus 236255
- Google Scholar 237256
- Citation Tracking In Other Databases 237256
- Journal Citation Reports 238257
- Alternative Metrics 239258
- Engineering Databases 240259
- What Engineers Do 240259
- Analysis Of Selected Engineering Databases 242261
- Pubmed And Medline 243262
- Mesh: Medical Subject Headings 244263
- Searching Pubmed 246265
- Search Example 1: Topic Search 247266
- Search Example 2: Field Code Searching 248267
- Getting The Full Text 250269
- Medlineplus And Pubmed Central 250269
- Other Science, Engineering, And Medical Databases 251270
- Exercises 251270
- References 252271
- Beyond The Textbook 253272
- 11:.numerical And Statistical Databases 255274
- Kinds Of Numbers 255274
- Who Collects Numbers 256275
- Searching For Numbers As Opposed To Text 256275
- Basic Statistical Starting Strategies 257276
- “who Cares?” Tool 1: Google Web 257276
- “who Cares?” Tool 2: Proquest Statistical Insight 257276
- “who Cares?” Tool 3: Proquest Statistical Abstract Of The United States 259278
- “who Cares?” Tool 4: Identifying The Players—national And International Agencies 260279
- “who Cares?” Tool 5: Do A Literature Search 261280
- Putting The Tools To Work 261280
- Diving Into Statistical Databases 264283
- Data.census.gov 265284
- Social Explorer 270289
- Historical Statistics Of The United States 272291
- Statista 273292
- Dataplanet 273292
- Additional Statistical Mapping Databases 273292
- Policymap 274293
- Simplyanalytics 274293
- Undata 274293
- Un Comtrade Database 275294
- Additional Statistical Databases, Fee And Free 276295
- Big Data 276295
- Exercises 278297
- References 279298
- Beyond The Textbook 279298
- 12:.from Bibliographic Databases To Full-text E-books 281300
- Worldcat 282301
- Worldcat As A Reference Tool 283302
- Worldcat For Citation Verification 283302
- Worldcat And Foreign-language Searching 285304
- Worldcat Search Examples 285304
- Search Example 1: Finding Materials In Other Languages 286305
- Search Example 2: Finding Materials For A Specific Audience 287306
- Search Example 3: Finding Materials By Genre 288307
- Worldcat.org 289308
- Worldcat.org Search Examples 290309
- Search Example 1: A Known Item Search 290309
- Search Example 2: Using Worldcat.org From Within Google Books 290309
- Search Example 3: Finding Musical Scores 291310
- Local Library Catalogs: Current Trends 291310
- Google Books And Local Library Catalogs 292311
- The Weakest Link 292311
- Information Access Anomaly 292311
- Enter Google Books 294313
- Library Catalog: Not The Best Discovery Tool 294313
- Hathitrust 296315
- Differences Between E-journals And E-books 297316
- Exercises 298317
- References 299318
- Beyond The Textbook 300319
- 13:.web-scale Discovery Databases 301320
- Federated Searching In Libraries 302321
- The “clinic” Put On By Google 302321
- The Google Age 304323
- Discovery Tools Come On The Scene 305324
- The Unevenness Of The Search 308327
- Putting Discovery Tools To The Test 309328
- Testing Summon 311330
- Testing Primo 311330
- Testing The Merging Of Summon And Primo Into The Central Discovery Index 311330
- Testing Ebsco Discovery Service (eds 312331
- Testing Worldcat Discovery 312331
- Discipline-specific Databases Versus Discovery Tools Versus Google Scholar 313332
- The Despair Of Depth 315334
- Exercises 316335
- References 317336
- Beyond The Textbook 317336
- 14:.user Behaviors And Meeting Information Needs 319338
- Users And Their Behaviors 319338
- Information-seeking Behaviors 319338
- Personal Observations Of Library Users 320339
- Reference Resources 321340
- The Reference Interview 322341
- Determining The Real Question 324343
- Match The Resource To The Question 325344
- Dismissiveness 326345
- Virtual Reference: Email And Chat 327346
- Search Strategies 328347
- Thinking Like An Indexer Versus Thinking Like A Text 329348
- Format-independent Thinking 329348
- Have A Brainstorming Session With Yourself 329348
- Modes Of Searching: Keyword, Controlled Vocabulary, Citations, Full Text 330349
- When To Prefer Keyword Searching 330349
- Make Databases “your Own 331350
- A New Way To Brainstorm Keywords 332351
- Going Beyond Databases: Using Database Output For Citation Management 333352
- Client-based Versus Cloud-based Software 333352
- Word Processor Integration 333352
- Exercises 335354
- References 336355
- Beyond The Textbook 336355
- 15:.evaluating Databases 337356
- Why Evaluate 337356
- Evaluate For Subscription Or Purchase 338357
- Evaluate For Replacement 339358
- Evaluate For Budget Cuts 339358
- Evaluation Considerations 340359
- Scope And Coverage 340359
- User Interface And User Experience 340359
- Subscription Model: Rental Or Ownership 341360
- Relative Cost (value 341360
- Cross-database Functions 341360
- Peer Institution Holdings 342361
- Aggregators And Disappearing Content 342361
- Tools For Evaluation 342361
- Perform Your Own Tests 342361
- Ulrichsweb 343362
- Vendor Database Coverage Tools 344363
- Comparison Tools 345364
- Charleston Advisor 345364
- Setting Up A Trial 345364
- Help From Beyond 346365
- Usage Statistics 347366
- Exercises 348367
- References 348367
- 16:.teaching Other People About Databases 349368
- The Role Of Teaching 350369
- Teaching Databases To Groups 350369
- One-shot Instruction 350369
- Embedded Instruction 351370
- Teaching Databases In The Classroom 352371
- Teaching Databases To Individuals 352371
- Individual Consultations 352371
- Teaching Databases During Consultations 353372
- Remote Consultations 354373
- Teaching Databases Over Email 354373
- Teaching Databases With Library Guides 354373
- Database Teaching Tips 355374
- Exercises 356375
- References 356375
- Glossary 357376
- Index 365384
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