Authors: Geraldene Walker, Joseph Janes, American Libraries, Joseph Janes, Carol Tenopir
ISBN-13: 9781563086571, ISBN-10: 1563086573
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Date Published: August 1999
Edition: 2nd Edition
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.
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
Gives an overview of the search for information in computerized settings, and outlines the different types of systems and information that are available for computer searching. Explains search protocols, controlled vocabulary searching, free text, and searching other kinds of databases, and discusses evaluating information. Also covers running a library search service, and starting your own search service. Includes boxes where contributors comment on and sometimes disagree with each other's opinions. This second edition reflects the importance of the Internet, and highlights similarities and differences between systems like DIALOG and the search engines available on the Web. Walker is affiliated with the University at Albany. Janes is affiliated with the University of Washington. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
1 | The Search for Information in the Online Age | 1 |
2 | Developments in Information Retrieval | 21 |
3 | Going Online | 31 |
4 | Online Information | 41 |
5 | Database Construction and Structure | 55 |
6 | Search Technique | 75 |
7 | Using Controlled Vocabulary | 115 |
8 | Searching using Free Text | 139 |
9 | Additional Search Features | 177 |
10 | Beyond the Basic Search | 205 |
11 | Searching other Kinds of Databases | 227 |
12 | Evaluating your Results | 263 |
13 | Running a Library Search Service | 273 |
14 | Running your Own Search Service | 287 |
Glossary of Online Terms | 297 | |
Index | 307 |