Log In
Or create an account -> 
Imperial Library
  • Home
  • About
  • News
  • Upload
  • Forum
  • Help
  • Login/SignUp

Index
Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Dedication page Contents Preface
The Six Blind Men of India and the Elephant What Cannot Be Found on the Open Internet Trade-Offs between Real and Virtual Libraries: What, Who, and Where Restrictions on Free Access Hierarchy of Levels of Learning: Data, Information, Opinion, Knowledge, Understanding—and Wisdom? Free Access to Book-Length Formats Important for Higher Levels of Learning Unavoidable Copyright and Other Legal Restrictions Alternative Methods of Searching Not Available on the Open Internet The Advantages of Focus in Library Collections The Organizational Schema of This Book: Nine Methods of Subject Searching Preliminary Advice
Acknowledgments Halftitle page Chapter 1 Initial Overview Sources: Specialized Encyclopedias
Starting Points beyond Wikipedia Advantages of Specialized Encyclopedias Sample Lists of Encyclopedias Identifying Standard Works, Providing Primary Sources, and Providing Overview Lists of Articles How to Find Articles in Specialized Encyclopedias Examples of Searches Peculiar Strengths of General Sets
Chapter 2 Subject Headings and the Library Catalog
What Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs) Contain Problems in Determining the Right Subject Headings Library of Congress Subject Headings Uniform Heading: Standardization of Search Terms Displaying Unanticipated Aspects and Relationships: Browse Menus Differences from Tags Linkages to Classification Numbers Subject Headings in the OPAC as Index to the Classification Scheme Recognition Access (Provided by Conceptual Categorization Rather Than Relevance Ranking) SCOPE-MATCH Specificity and Its Modifications Solving the Problem of Excessive Granularity Problems with Copy Cataloging Specific Entry Preventing Overload in Coverage Predictability in Selection of Terms Loss of Relationship Networks in Faceted Catalogs Five Ways to Find the Right Subject Headings Digression: Precoordination and Postcoordination Miscellaneous Tips on Subject Headings
Chapter 3 General Browsing, Focused Browsing, and Use of Classified Bookstacks
Alternative Methods of Shelving Book Collections Problems with Shelving Books by Accession Number or Height Enhanced Recognition Capability and Full-Text Depth of Access Focused Browsing Access vs. OPAC Access: Depth vs. Range Focused Browsing Access vs. Keyword Access in Full-Text Websites and Databases: Recognition vs. Prior Specification Sending Books Offsite “Because They Are in Google Books” Browsing in Other Contexts
Chapter 4 Subject Headings and Descriptors in Databases for Journal Articles
Descriptors and Thesauri The Importance of “Full” Displays LCSH  vs. Descriptors Major Subscription Databases That Use Descriptors EBSCOhost Databases ProQuest Databases Gale Cengage Databases FirstSearch Databases Miscellaneous Databases with Controlled Descriptors How to Identify Databases in All Subject Areas Cross-Disciplinary Searching and Federated Searching Problems with Variant Search Terms Finding Which Journals Exist, Which Are Electronically Available, and Where They Are Indexed Identifying the Best Journals Problems with Abbreviations of Journal Titles The 1981 Change in Cataloging Rules for Serials
Chapter 5 Keyword Searches
Disadvantages of Controlled Vocabulary Searches “Researchers Accustomed to Google Don’t Use Subject Headings” Problems with Keyword Searches Major Advantages of Keyword Searching Major Keyword Databases Printed Sources for Keyword Access to Older Journals Keyword Searching on the Internet Full-Text Book and Journal Sites on the Open Internet Other Approaches to the Internet
Chapter 6 Citation Searches
The Nature of Citation Searching: Circumventing Vocabulary Problems The Mirror Image of Footnote Chasing Web of Science and Its Component Databases Two Different Ways to Do Citation Searching Digression: The Cross-Disciplinary Coverage of Web of Science Cycling Sources and “Reviews” of Journal Articles Other Features of Web of Science Scopus and Other Citation Search Databases Citation Searching on the Internet
Chapter 7 Related Record Searches
Finding Articles with Shared Footnote References Circumventing Vocabulary Problems Different Ways to Progress from an Initial Starting-Point Article
Chapter 8 Higher-Level Overview Sources: Literature Review Articles
The Nature of Review Articles Specific Databases and Other Sources for Finding Review Articles
Chapter 9 Published Subject Bibliographies
Advantages of Subject Bibliographies Boolean Combinations Solving Vocabulary Problems Structured Arrangements of the Literature on a Topic The Importance of Indexes within Bibliographies Trade-Offs Problems Causing Bibliographies to Be Overlooked Finding Bibliographies Readers’ Advisory Sources
Chapter 10 Truncations, Combinations, and Limitations
Word Truncation and Wildcard Symbols Boolean Combinations Combinations Using Component Words within Controlled Subject Strings Proximity Searches Limitations of Sets Limiting by Time Periods Limiting by Geographic Area Codes Limiting by Document Types Combining Keywords with Citation or Related Record Searches Refresher: Combinations without Computers
Chapter 11 Locating Material in Other Libraries
WorldCat and the Pre-1956 National Union Catalog European Multi-Catalog Sites Full-Text Websites Created from Multiple Library Holdings Other Databases and Union Lists Searching Variant Spellings Finding Copies of Books for Sale Determining Which Libraries Have Special Collections on Your Subject Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery
Chapter 12 People Sources
Inhibiting Assumptions The Value of Contacting People Directly Tips on Using People Sources Sources outside the Open Internet for Identifying Knowledgeable People Talking to Reference Librarians
Chapter 13 Hidden Treasures
Resources Not Covered by Conventional Databases or Catalogs and Not Shelved with Regular Books Special Collections Online: Subscription Databases Special Collections Online: Free Websites Microform Special Collections Government Documents Archives, Manuscripts, and Public Records
Chapter 14 Special Subjects and Formats
Biography Book Reviews Business Sources Copyright Status Information Country Studies Genealogy and Local History Illustrations, Pictures, and Photographs Literary Criticism Maps Newspapers Primary Sources Quotations Standards and Specifications Statistics Tabular Data Tests (Psychological and Educational) Translations
Chapter 15 Reference Sources: Types of Literature
Recap of Ways to Approach Research Questions Problems Experienced by Most Researchers Type-of-Literature Searching Variant Conceptual Models Specific Types of Literature Structuring Questions by Predictable Formal Properties of Retrieval Systems The Study of Information Specific Sources for Identifying Types of Literature in Any Subject Area
Appendix A Wisdom and Information Science Appendix B Scholarship vs. Quick Information Seeking Notes
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 15 Appendix A Appendix B
Index
  • ← Prev
  • Back
  • Next →
  • ← Prev
  • Back
  • Next →

Chief Librarian: Las Zenow <zenow@riseup.net>
Fork the source code from gitlab.

This is a mirror of the Tor onion service:
http://kx5thpx2olielkihfyo4jgjqfb7zx7wxr3sd4xzt26ochei4m6f7tayd.onion