Guide to Library Research. A Basic Text for the Undergraduate. Second Edition.

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Main Author: Devine, Marie E.
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Language:en
Published: 1983
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contents Guide to Library Research. A Basic Text for the Undergraduate. Second Edition. Devine, Marie E. Academic Libraries Higher Education Information Retrieval Library Instruction Library Skills Reference Materials Research Tools Search Strategies Textbooks Undergraduate Students Intended for use by undergraduate students in a required course, Bibliography 101, at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, this manual is designed to teach the fundamentals of doing research in the library. A brief preface and a glossary of useful terms are followed by an introduction to library research which discusses strategies and primary and secondary sources, and provides a checklist for research paper documentation. Individual chapters cover reference works and their use; how to locate books using bibliographies; how to locate books on library shelves using a classification system and a card catalog; how to use specialized indexes to locate parts of books, such as individual essays, short stories, plays, poems, and speeches; periodical and newspaper indexes; government publications; and how to evaluate sources. An appended bibliography lists style manuals in several categories--general, history, science and technology, engineering, social sciences, business and management, critical reviews, and music--as well as seven research guides and nine guides to English usage. (BBM)
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spellingShingle Guide to Library Research. A Basic Text for the Undergraduate. Second Edition.
Devine, Marie E.
Academic Libraries
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Library Instruction
Library Skills
Reference Materials
Research Tools
Search Strategies
Textbooks
Undergraduate Students
Guide to Library Research. A Basic Text for the Undergraduate. Second Edition. Devine, Marie E. Academic Libraries Higher Education Information Retrieval Library Instruction Library Skills Reference Materials Research Tools Search Strategies Textbooks Undergraduate Students Intended for use by undergraduate students in a required course, Bibliography 101, at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, this manual is designed to teach the fundamentals of doing research in the library. A brief preface and a glossary of useful terms are followed by an introduction to library research which discusses strategies and primary and secondary sources, and provides a checklist for research paper documentation. Individual chapters cover reference works and their use; how to locate books using bibliographies; how to locate books on library shelves using a classification system and a card catalog; how to use specialized indexes to locate parts of books, such as individual essays, short stories, plays, poems, and speeches; periodical and newspaper indexes; government publications; and how to evaluate sources. An appended bibliography lists style manuals in several categories--general, history, science and technology, engineering, social sciences, business and management, critical reviews, and music--as well as seven research guides and nine guides to English usage. (BBM)
title Guide to Library Research. A Basic Text for the Undergraduate. Second Edition.
topic Academic Libraries
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Library Instruction
Library Skills
Reference Materials
Research Tools
Search Strategies
Textbooks
Undergraduate Students
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED258578