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Librarian's Guide to Online Searching | 
 enlarge | Author: Suzanne S. Bell
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 425043
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 1591583268
Dewey Decimal Number: 025.524
EAN: 9781591583264
ASIN: 1591583268
Publication Date: August 30, 2006
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Product Description
Roy Tennant famously said "only librarians like to search, everyone else likes to find." True enough, agrees Suzanne Bell, but she ups the ante slightly: yes, "librarians like to search, we just aren't born knowing how." To succeed as searchers, she contends, all librarians require both a basic idea of how databases are put together and a repository of concepts and techniques to draw upon. With such essentials well in hand, the searcher can plunge into almost any database that comes along and master its intricacies (and idiosyncrasies) in relatively short order. The result? Flexibility and adaptability, key traits in any librarian. Bell's conversational style, coupled with her emphasis on real world applications, her Searcher's Toolbox, and a plethora of screen shots, will engage even the most reluctant and hapless of students. Particularly unique are chapters on how to teach others (peers as well as users) about databases and how to work with numeric databases. This book will prove a handy guide for librarians in every conceivable information environment and across all levels of experience.
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Easy Read Great Information! September 29, 2008
For those who are in the dark about Boolean operators, wildcards, and databases online this is the book for you. The book breaks down the search prcess and begins with the essentials for online searching then moves to database navigation then to types of databases and finally how to review and and teach others. Great illustrations and examples are found in the book as well as questions to answer at every chapter.
While the material is basic, it is the essentials that are needed for great online searches and helping other find the information they need. After reading and studing this book, I find that my search success has increased greatly and I will keep this book for future reference.
Good Textbook September 22, 2008
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I was glad that I could find this book through Amazon, and it arrived in the condition as described. This item arrived within the 7 to 10 dayshipping period. I was happy that it did not take longer, as I had it in time for my class. :)
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