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Loading... Online Retrieval: A Dialogue of Theory and Practice (edition 1999)by Geraldine Walker, Joseph Janes, Carol Tenopir
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Horribly dated in many regards, but with a helpful perspective on information retrieval and tons of information on Dialog. ( ) This was the textbook we used for my database online search class--my how things have changed--and believe it or not--we librarians still have many tools and techniques at our disposal that will prove very useful to you--our customer even now in the days of google--there are many, many things we can find that are not even dreamt of in your philosophies Horatio... no reviews | add a review
Designed to assist beginning searchers, whether they are students or practitioners, this text offers a comprehensive introduction to online systems that primarily provide information in the form of bibliographic citations. Walker and Janes give basic how-to information on the use of online systems, discuss topics for which there are no accepted paradigms, and present alternative points of view within a framework of previous research. Expanding on their immensely popular and critically acclaimed first edition, the authors have added extensive new material addressing Internet search and retrieval techniques as well as the more traditional Dialog and Lexis-Nexis services. Invaluable as a textbook for students in online retrieval courses, practicing librarians, and online searchers in library settings, this book can be used as a quick reference tool and as a handy guide for in-service training. Information seekers who want to perform their own searches for bibliographic information using an online sea No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)025.524Information Library and Information Sciences Library and Archival Science Reference; Reference books; Aids to readers Reference Services Search and RetrievalLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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