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100 1  Mann, Thomas,|d1948-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names
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245 14 The Oxford guide to library research /|cThomas Mann. 
250    3rd ed. 
264  1 New York :|bOxford University Press,|c[2005] 
264  4 |c©2005 
300    xx, 293 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
505 0  Preface -- What research libraries can offer that the 
       Internet cannot (both resources and search techniques) -- 
       Trade-offs of what, who, and where restrictions on free 
       access -- Hierarchy of levels of learning -- Data, 
       information, opinion, knowledge, understanding -- Wisdom 
       separate -- Implications of format differences -- Nine 
       methods of subject searching -- Patterns in inefficient 
       searches -- 1. Initial overviews : encyclopedias -- 
       Characteristics of encyclopedias -- Specialized vs. 
       general encyclopedias -- Examples -- How to find articles 
       in specialized encyclopedias -- Cross-disciplinary 
       searching -- How to identify additional specialized 
       encyclopedias -- Peculiar strengths of general sets -- 2. 
       Subject headings and the library catalog -- Problems in 
       determining the right subject headings -- Uniform heading 
       -- Scope-match specificity and its modifications -- 
       Specific entry -- Four ways to find the right subject 
       headings -- Cross-references -- Alphabetically adjacent 
       terms -- Subject tracings -- Browse displays of 
       subdivisions -- Recognition vs. prior specification -- Use
       of three menu listings -- Precoordination and 
       postcoordination -- Particularly useful subdivisions -- 
       Miscellaneous tips on subject headings -- Narrowing a 
       topic -- Proper names -- Finding foreign language books --
       Pattern headings -- 3. General browsing, focused browsing,
       and use of classified bookstacks -- Alternative methods of
       shelving book collections -- The problems with shelving by
       accession number, by height, or in remote warehouses -- 
       Serendipity and recognition -- General browsing vs. 
       focused browsing -- Full-text searching and depth of 
       access -- Lighthouse libraries example -- Searching for a 
       single word -- Valery and Dreyfus example -- Inadequacy of
       Google Print as a replacement for classified bookstacks --
       The complementary relationship of the library catalog and 
       the classified bookstacks -- The catalog as the index to 
       the classification scheme -- Trade-offs and remedies -- 
       Exploiting the internal structure of the cataloging system
       -- The problems that result when the system is ignored -- 
       Browsing in other contexts -- Importance of full texts of 
       books arranged in subject groupings -- 
505 0  4. Subject headings and indexes to journal articles -- 
       Descriptors -- Separate thesauri -- Descriptor fields in 
       online records -- Eureka databases -- Browse search 
       feature -- FirstSearch databases and WilsonWeb 
       counterparts -- Related subjects search feature -- 
       Contrast of Eureka and FirstSearch softwares -- EBSCO Host
       research databases -- Search features -- Dialog and 
       DataStar databases -- ProQuest databases -- Miscellaneous 
       databases with controlled descriptors -- Cross-
       disciplinary searching -- Finding where journals are 
       indexed and which journals are available electronically --
       Identifying the best journals -- Problems with 
       abbreviations of journal titles -- The change in 
       cataloging rules for serials -- 5. Keyword searches -- 
       Problems with controlled vocabulary searches -- Advantages
       of controlled vocabularies -- Problems with keyword 
       searches -- Advantages of keywords -- Index/abstract-level
       keyword databases and printed sources -- Full-text 
       databases -- Convenience vs. quality of access -- ProQuest
       databases -- EBSCO Host research databases -- InfoTrac 
       databases -- JSTOR -- Project Muse -- LexisNexis -- Web 
       sites on the open Internet -- Search engines -- Subject 
       directories -- Invisible Web sites -- Google Print project
       -- Summary -- 6. Citation searches -- Finding where a 
       known source has been footnoted by a subsequent journal 
       article -- ISI indexes -- Web of Science -- Cross-
       disciplinary coverage -- Cycling sources -- "Reviews" of 
       journal articles -- Additional features of ISI indexes -- 
       Citation searching in other databases -- 7. Related record
       searches -- Finding articles that have footnotes in common
       with a starting-point article -- Examples -- Differences 
       between CD-ROM versions and Web of Science -- 8. Higher-
       level overviews : review articles -- "Literature review" 
       or "state of the art" assessments -- Differences from book
       reviews and encyclopedia articles -- Web of Science 
       "review" limit capability -- Other sources of literature 
       reviews -- 
505 0  9. Published bibliographies -- Differences from computer 
       printouts of sources -- Doing Boolean combinations without
       a computer -- Two problems in identifying published 
       bibliographies -- Bibliographies not shelved with regular 
       books -- Subdivision "--Bibliography" can be missed in 
       library catalog -- Finding bibliographies via the library 
       catalog -- Finding bibliographies in Z class shelving area
       -- Other sources for finding bibliographies -- Guides to 
       the literature -- Bibliographies not superseded by 
       computer sources -- 10. Boolean combinations and search 
       limitations -- Boolean combinations -- Component word 
       searching within controlled subject strings -- Word 
       truncation -- Proximity searches -- Limitations of sets --
       Limiting by time periods -- Limiting by geographic area 
       codes --Limiting by document types -- Combining keywords 
       and citation searches -- Boolean combinations without 
       computers -- Precoordinated headings and browse displays -
       - Published subject bibliographies -- Focused shelf-
       browsing -- How to identify which databases exist -- 11. 
       Locating material in other libraries -- Determining 
       library locations of desired items -- WorldCat, RLG Union 
       Catalog, National Union Catalog of Pre-1959 Imprints -- 
       Other union lists and databases -- Web sites for 
       identifying out-of-print books for sale -- Determining 
       which libraries have special collections on your subject -
       - Interlibrary loan and document delivery -- 12. People 
       sources -- Journalists and academics -- Inhibiting 
       assumptions -- "Find if on your own" -- Advantages of 
       people sources -- Listservs and discussion groups online -
       - Techniques for students -- Sources for identifying 
       experts -- Associations and directories -- How to talk to 
       references librarians -- 13. Hidden treasures -- Resources
       not shelved or cataloged with conventional research 
       materials -- Microform sets and counterpart Web sites -- 
       Web collections -- Government documents -- Particular 
       importance of congressional hearings -- Archives, 
       manuscripts, and public records -- 
505 0  14. Special subjects and formats -- Biography -- Book 
       reviews -- Business and economics -- Copyright status 
       information -- Genealogy and local history -- 
       Illustrations, pictures, and photographs -- Literary 
       criticism -- Maps -- Newspapers -- Out-of-print and 
       secondhand books -- Primary sources -- Standards and 
       specifications -- Statistics -- Tabular data -- Tests 
       (psychological and educational) -- Translations -- 15. 
       Reference sources : searching by types of literature -- 
       Reference questions vs. research questions -- Review of 
       search techniques for research questions -- Type of 
       literature searches -- Internet sources for fact searches 
       -- Coverage of the various types of literature -- 
       Understanding the formal properties of retrieval systems -
       - The discipline of library and information science -- 
       Sources for identifying types of literature in any subject
       areas -- Concluding thoughts -- Appendix : wisdom. 
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