[PDF] Reference Sources eBook

Author : Julia Bauder
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0838912273

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This concise sourcebook takes the guesswork out of locating the best sources of data, a process more important than ever as the data landscape grows increasingly cluttered. Much of the most frequently used data can be found free online, and this book shows readers how to look for it with the assistance of user-friendly tools. This thoroughly annotated guide will be a boon to library staff at public libraries, high school libraries, academic libraries, and other research institutions, with concentrated coverage of Data sources for frequently researched subjects such as agriculture, the earth sciences, economics, energy, political science, transportation, and many more The basics of data reference along with an overview of the most useful sources, focusing on free online sources of reliable statistics like government agencies and NGOs Statistical datasets, and how to understand and make use of them How to use article databases, WorldCat, and subject experts to find data Methods for citing data Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) software This guide cuts through the data jargon to help librarians and researchers find exactly what they're looking for.

Author : Jack O'Gorman
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838912125

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Focusing on new reference sources published since 2008 and reference titles that have retained their relevance, this new edition brings O’Gorman’s complete and authoritative guide to the best reference sources for small and medium-sized academic and public libraries fully up to date. About 40 percent of the content is new to this edition. Containing sources selected and annotated by a team of public and academic librarians, the works included have been chosen for value and expertise in specific subject areas. Equally useful for both library patrons and staff, this resource Covers more than a dozen key subject areas, including General Reference; Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics; Psychology and Psychiatry; Social Sciences and Sociology; Business and Careers; Political Science and Law; Education; Words and Languages; Science and Technology; History; and Performing Arts Encompasses database products, CD-ROMs, websites, and other electronic resources in addition to print materials Includes thorough annotations for each source, with information on author/editor, publisher, cost, format, Dewey and LC classification numbers, and more Library patrons will find this an invaluable resource for current everyday topics. Librarians will appreciate it as both a reference and collection development tool, knowing it’s backed by ALA’s long tradition of excellence in reference selection.

Author : Margaret Taylor
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780810822443

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A perennial favorite. ...invaluable as a learning tool. I highly recommend it. --PREVIEW

Author : Jeffrey T. Huber
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 083891957X

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Prepared in collaboration with the Medical Library Association, this completely updated, revised, and expanded edition lists classic and up-to-the-minute print and electronic resources in the health sciences, helping librarians find the answers that library users seek.

Author : Karen R. Diaz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 1997-10-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780789003584

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The most user-friendly book on Internet library research to date, Reference Sources on the Internet: Off the Shelf and Onto the Web gives you a core list of online resources that will save those who visit your library considerable time. Its menu of current reference sites will help you wade through the mire of irrelevant, unreliable material and zero in on the cyberinfo that will more economically and accurately satisfy your users’needs. While online research has by no means replaced in-house paper materials, Resources on the Internet makes it clear that you can?t ignore the timely information that hovers only in cyberspace, outside the traditional library?s four walls. In this book, you?ll learn which search tools are out there, how to determine source reliability, and how to quickly frame a reference need in light of the existing collection of Internet resources. Here?s a quick search list of what you?ll find: a comparative study of existing search engines pinpointing career, government, patent, and geographical information sites covering education, psychology, finance, social science, and private business international trade sites accessing information on gender and cultural issues the performing arts, architecture, world history, languages, and literature sports and entertainment sources life, biological, and earth science sites In an era of library research where surfing the Internet for germane data too often means plowing through the home pages of Vanna White and Pennzoil, Resources on the Internet will teach you the idiosyncracies of the existing search engines while schooling you in how to weed out the propaganda. You?ll save yourself and your researchers time, and you?ll find yourself surfing from the stillwaters of research stagnance to the pipeline of library productivity.

Author : Agustinah, S.Pd.
Publisher : Penerbit YLGI
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2021-10-09
Category : Art
ISBN :

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This monograph can be used to face learners has trouble. The learners think reading book is not important, Especially for learners has low interest in reading book. And for school has low performance in handling learners ‘low interest in reading. This monograph is a written form that can be used in. This monograph can be used by all levels of education and is also structured to be accurate information to add knowledge and scientific insights about the relationship between reference sources and learners' reading achievement. So that the hope is that this monograph will become one of the media in strengthening the values that schools treat to increase reading interest in schools. This monograph is still not perfect, so we hope that there will be constructive input for its improvement.