Library Research Models: A Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 1994
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Using his own public services experiences and citing widely available print and online sources, Mann explains in detail the various schemes that have been devised so far to make the universe of knowledge records predictable and comprehensible. Num Pages: 268 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312. . 1994. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- Library Research Models: A Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers
- Author
- Mann, Thomas
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 019509395X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195093957
In Library Research Models, Mann examines the several alternative mental models people use to approach the task of research, and demonstrates new, more effective ways of finding information. Drawing on actual examples gleaned from 15 years' experience in helping thousands of researchers, he not only shows the full range of search options possible, but also illuminates the inevitable tradeoffs and losses of access that occur when researchers limit themselves to a specific method. In two chapters devoted to computers he examines the use of electronic resources and reveals their value in providing access to a wide range of sources as well as their disadvantages: what people are not getting when they rely solely on computer searches; why many sources will probably never be in databases; and what the options are for searching beyond computers.
Thomas Mann's A Guide to Library Research Methods was widely praised as a definitive manual of library research. Ronald Gross, author of The Independent Scholar's Handbook called it "the savviest such guide I have ever seen--bracingly irreverent and brimming with wisdom." The perfect companion volume, Library Research Models goes even further to provide a fascinating look at the ways in which we can most efficiently gain access to our vast storehouses of knowledge.
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