The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources: Social Sciences, Volume 2 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 185604498X ISBN 13: 9781856044981

Publisher: Facet Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

The New Walford

highlights the best resources to use when undertaking a search for accurate and relevant information, saving you precious time and effort. For those looking for a selective and evaluative reference resource that really delivers on its promise, look no further. In addition to print sources, The New Walford naturally covers an extensive range of e-reference sources such as digital databanks, digital reference services, electronic journal collections, meta-search engines, networked information services, open archives, resource discovery services and websites of premier organizations in both the public and private sectors. But rather than supplying a list of all available known resources as a web search engine might, The New Walford subject specialists have carefully selected and evaluated available resources to provide a definitive list of the most appropriate and useful.

With an emphasis on quality and sustainability the subject specialists have been careful to assess the differing ways that information is framed and communicated in different subject areas. As a result the resource evaluations in each subject area are prefaced by an introductory overview of the structure of the relevant literature. This ensures that The New Walford is clear, easy-to-use and intuitive.

About this title

About the Author

Ray Lester, Peter Clinch, Heather Dawson, Helen Edwards, Susan Tarrant

Reviews

This volume in The New Walford (volume 1, Science and Technology, was published in 2005) uses a very expansive definition of the social sciences, covering a wide variety of subjects, including psychology, sociology, political science, sports, media, and even library science. The selected items do not always conform to traditional reference sources but include a range of materials such as core print works, primary source materials, and, of course, Web sites and databases. Besides listing basic bibliographic information, the entries also include useful descriptive annotations. Since The New Walford is especially aimed at the newcomer, it serves as a good first-stop resource for students and researchers beginning their research in these selected fields. Most sources are from the U.S. and the UK and are primarily in English. The work is well designed and indexed, with superb content. Nevertheless, a real-world concern intrudes: the volume is exorbitantly priced, restricting the purchase to major public library systems and large academic libraries. --Donald Altschiller

Edition details

• Publisher: Facet Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185604498X
• ISBN 13: 9781856044981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 848
• Editor: Lester Ray, Clinch Peter, Dawson Heather, Edwards Helen, Tarrant Susan