Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction - Softcover

Bell, Suzanne S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161069998X ISBN 13: 9781610699983

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2015

Synopsis

This groundbreaking textbook and guide for library school students and librarians will help you―regardless of experience level or environment―learn the ins and outs of working with online databases, the best tactics for effective research online, and the methods for conveying these search skills to others.

· Features discussions of databases by discipline, including social science, science, medicine, and humanities, covering both bibliographic and numerical databases

· Provides readers with a toolkit of fundamental search skills to increase research effectiveness

· Presents advice and techniques for both virtual and in-person teaching

· Offers a companion website with additional information and exercises

· Includes new "Additional Resources" sections for each database chapter, providing exposure to more database names and vendors, as well as a new section on discovery services

About this title

Book Description:

The first book of its kind to provide instruction on how to produce efficient, effective searches using the commercial databases that librarians typically use on the job.

About the Author:

Suzanne S. Bell is the former business librarian at the University of Rochester and an adjunct instructor for the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 161069998X
• ISBN 13: 9781610699983
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 344