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Main Authors: Stielow, Frederick, Tibbo, Helen
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1988
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ372385
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author Stielow, Frederick
Tibbo, Helen
author_facet Stielow, Frederick
Tibbo, Helen
Stielow, Frederick
Tibbo, Helen
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contents The Negative Search, Online Reference, and the Humanities: A Critical Essay in Library Literature. Stielow, Frederick Tibbo, Helen Library Science Library Services Online Searching Reference Services Search Strategies User Needs (Information) This study examined the importance of negative searching, or searching to discover topics not previously explored in writing, and its oversight in the library literature. A survey of university faculty revealed a tendency to view negative searching as necessary to scholarly endeavors, but an online literature search showed little discussion of negative search tactics. (53 references) (MES)
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spellingShingle The Negative Search, Online Reference, and the Humanities: A Critical Essay in Library Literature.
Stielow, Frederick
Tibbo, Helen
Library Science
Library Services
Online Searching
Reference Services
Search Strategies
User Needs (Information)
The Negative Search, Online Reference, and the Humanities: A Critical Essay in Library Literature. Stielow, Frederick Tibbo, Helen Library Science Library Services Online Searching Reference Services Search Strategies User Needs (Information) This study examined the importance of negative searching, or searching to discover topics not previously explored in writing, and its oversight in the library literature. A survey of university faculty revealed a tendency to view negative searching as necessary to scholarly endeavors, but an online literature search showed little discussion of negative search tactics. (53 references) (MES)
title The Negative Search, Online Reference, and the Humanities: A Critical Essay in Library Literature.
topic Library Science
Library Services
Online Searching
Reference Services
Search Strategies
User Needs (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ372385