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The new 5th edition of The Research Process: Books and Beyond reflects changes that have taken place over the last few years in information storage and retrieval, particulary on the Internet.
The Research Process: Books and Beyond provides an introduction to the materials and services available in a typical library and discusses the ways information is organized. This text covers the principal tools for accessing information:
- Library catalogs
- The Internet
- Reference books
- Indexes
- Government publications
- Statistical sources
- Biographical sources
- Book reviews
- Literary criticism
- Literature in collections
Many Internet sites and titles of reference books, indexes, and electronic databases have been included on a variety of subjects as well as examples for documenting sources using both the MLA and APA styles.
The purpose of
The Research Process: Books and Beyond is:
- to make you aware of the different kinds of information that are available in libraries and beyond.
- to provide you with a guide to the means of accessing information.
- to help you evaluate and use information efficiently and effectively.