The Oxford Guide to Library Research
"Mann's exceptionally intelligent, succinct, and practical guide will become essential for novices as well as experienced scholars.  He adroitly combines up-to-date expertise in electronic sources with reassuring mastery of traditional methods."--Robert Parks, Robert H. Taylor Curator of Autograph Manuscripts, The Pierpont Morgan Library"Of great use and enlightenment to anyone with a scholarly, professional, commercial, or recreational interest in research into any field, and also to both students and practitioners of librarianship. This is the only book that combines (very successfully) elements of reference work and of the organization and retrieval of knowledge and information. It is highly accessible to the general reader as well as being the authority for those in library and related fields wishing to add to their skills and understanding."--Michael Gorman, President, American Library Association"This insightful, timely work deserves a place in every researcher's toolkit.  Thomas Mann expertly assesses the myriad resources available to scholars in the digital age, while at the same time arguing for the continuing, crucial role of the library as the repository of all human knowledge."--Paul LeClerc, President of the New York Public Library