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Online Retrieval A Dialogue of Theory and Practice, Second Edition
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Geraldene Walker, Joseph Janes
ISBN: 1-56308-657-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-56308-657-1
312 pages
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Publication: 8/15/1999
List Price: $62.00 (UK Sterling Price: £42.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
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Description: 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
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Chapter 1: The Search for Information in the Online Age
    Chapter 2: Developments in Information Retrieval
    Chapter 3: Going Online
    Chapter 4: Online Information
    Chapter 5: Database Construction and Structure
    Chapter 6: Search Technique
    Chapter 7: Using Controlled Vocabulary
    Chapter 8: Searching Using Free Text
    Chapter 9: Additional Search Features
    Chapter 10: Beyond the Basic Search
    Chapter 11: Searching Other Kinds of Databases
    Chapter 12: Evaluating Your Results
    Chapter 13: Running a Library Search Service
    Chapter 14: Running Your Own Search Service
    Glossary of Online Terms
    Index
About the Author: The late GERALDENE WALKER was Assistant Professor, School of Information Science and Policy, University of New York at Albany.

JOSEPH JANES is Assistant Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of Washington, Seattle.
PDF Catalogs:
LU Textbook Catalog Fall 2007.pdf
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