Online searching
Subtitle: a guide to finding quality information efficiently and effectively
By: Karen Markey
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9781442238848; 9781442238855
Subjects: Electronic information resource searching; Information retrieval
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Online searching in the age of the information explosion; title: Accessing scholarly, professional, and educational information; title: The reference interview for in-depth queries; title: Selecting a relevant database; title: Pre-search preparation; title: Controlled vocabulary for precision in subject searches; title: Free text searching for recall in subject searches; title: Known-item searching; title: Databases for assessing research impact; title: Search strategies; title: Displaying and assessing retrievals and responding tactically to the search system; title: Performing a technical reading of a database and its search system; title: Interacting with library users; title: Online searching now and in the future.