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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195081900

ISBN-139780195081909

eBay Product ID (ePID)52314

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Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLibrary Research Models : a Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers

SubjectEncyclopedias, Library & Information Science / General, System Administration / Storage & Retrieval, Research, Library & Information Science / Cataloging & Classification

Publication Year1993

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaComputers, Reference, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorThomas Mann

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.8 in

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LCCN92-034311

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Mann, currently on the reference staff of the Library of Congress and author of A Guide to Library Research Models presents his readers with an intelligent, lively approach to maximizing the potential of modern research libraries. Using his own public service experiences and citing widelyavailable print and online sources, Mann proposes and describes six models he believes exemplify current research needs and strategies of academics and the general public. Each model is placed in a well-documented historical perspective and carefully analyzed for probably results. This very readablebook is valuable not for any ground-breaking new theory or idea but for the author's comprehensive overview of the research quest and librarianship's response.."--Library Journal, "Mann, currently on the reference staff of the Library of Congress andauthor of A Guide to Library Research Models presents his readers with anintelligent, lively approach to maximizing the potential of modern researchlibraries. Using his own public service experiences and citing widely availableprint and online sources, Mann proposes and describes six models he believesexemplify current research needs and strategies of academics and the generalpublic. Each model is placed in a well-documented historical perspective andcarefully analyzed for probably results. This very readable book is valuable notfor any ground-breaking new theory or idea but for the author's comprehensiveoverview of the research quest and librarianship's response.."--LibraryJournal

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal025.5/24

Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisMost researchers, even with computers, find only a fraction of the sources available to them. As Library of Congress reference librarian Thomas Mann explains, researchers tend to work within one or another mental framework that limits their basic perception of the universe of knowledge available to them. Some, for example, use a subject-disciplinary method which leads them to a specific list of sources on a particular subject. But, Mann points out, while this method allows students and researchers to find more specialized sources, it is also limiting--they may not realize that works of interest to their own subject appear within the literature of many other disciplines. A researcher looking through anthropology journals, for example, might not discover that the MLA International Bibliography provides the best coverage of folklore journals. In Library Research Models, Mann examines the several alternative mental models people use to approach the task of research, and demonstrates new, more effective ways of finding information. Drawing on actual examples gleaned from 15 years' experience in helping thousands of researchers, he not only shows the full range of search options possible, but also illuminates the inevitable tradeoffs and losses of access that occur when researchers limit themselves to a specific method. In two chapters devoted to computers he examines the use of electronic resources and reveals their value in providing access to a wide range of sources as well as their disadvantages: what people are not getting when they rely solely on computer searches; why many sources will probably never be in databases; and what the options are for searching beyond computers. Thomas Mann's A Guide to Library Research Methods was widely praised as a definitive manual of library research. Ronald Gross, author of The Independent Scholar's Handbook called it "the savviest such guide I have ever seen--bracingly irreverent and brimming with wisdom." The perfect companion volume, Library Research Models goes even further to provide a fascinating look at the ways in which we can most efficiently gain access to our vast storehouses of knowledge., Most researchers, even with computers, find only a fraction of the sources available to them. As Library of Congress reference librarian Thomas Mann explains, researchers tend to work within one or another mental framework that limits their basic perception of the universe of knowledge available to them. Some, for example, use a subject-disciplinary method which leads them to a specific list of sources on a particular subject. But, Mann points out, while this method allows students and researchers to find more specialized sources, it is also limiting--they may not realize that works of interest to their own subject appear within the literature of many other disciplines. A researcher looking through anthropology journals, for example, might not discover that the MLA International Bibliography provides the best coverage of folklore journals. In Library Research Models , Mann examines the several alternative mental models people use to approach the task of research, and demonstrates new, more effective ways of finding information. Drawing on actual examples gleaned from 15 years' experience in helping thousands of researchers, he not only shows the full range of search options possible, but also illuminates the inevitable tradeoffs and losses of access that occur when researchers limit themselves to a specific method. In two chapters devoted to computers he examines the use of electronic resources and reveals their value in providing access to a wide range of sources as well as their disadvantages: what people are not getting when they rely solely on computer searches; why many sources will probably never be in databases; and what the options are for searching beyond computers. Thomas Mann's A Guide to Library Research Methods was widely praised as a definitive manual of library research. Ronald Gross, author of The Independent Scholar's Handbook called it "the savviest such guide I have ever seen--bracingly irreverent and brimming with wisdom." The perfect companion volume, Library Research Models goes even further to provide a fascinating look at the ways in which we can most efficiently gain access to our vast storehouses of knowledge.

LC Classification NumberZ711.M36 1993