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Librarian's guide to online searching : cultivating database skills for research and instruction / C...

Librarian's guide to online searching : cultivating dat...

Librarian's guide to online searching : cultivating database skills for research and instruction / C...

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Librarian's guide to online searching : cultivating database skills for research and instruction / Christopher C. Brown.

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Full title

Librarian's guide to online searching : cultivating database skills for research and instruction / Christopher C. Brown.

Publisher

Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2021]

Call Numbers

G 2021/4455

Record Identifier

74VKaVbKrMGA

MMS ID

991024416497502626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xvii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction to library databases -- How databases work -- Controlled vocabularies -- The searcher's toolkit: part 1 -- The searcher's toolkit: part 2 -- Database interfaces: vendor features and variations -- Social science databases -- Government information databases -- Humanities databases -- Sci...

Publication information

Publisher

Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2021]

Edition

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication

California

Date Published

[2021]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"An indispensable book for learning about databases"-- Provided by publisher.

"Librarians need to know of existing databases, and they must be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users. This practical guide introduces librarians to a broad spectrum of fee-based and freely available databases and explains how to teach them"-- Back cover....

Alternative Titles

Full title

Librarian's guide to online searching : cultivating database skills for research and instruction / Christopher C. Brown.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2021

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2021/4455

Record Identifier

74VKaVbKrMGA

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVbKrMGA

Other Identifiers

ISBN

1440878730

9781440878732

DDC

025.04

MMS ID

991024416497502626

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