Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : information vs. wisdom -- Selecting and narrowing topics -- Developing a thesis statement -- Basic Boolean search strategies -- Evaluating periodical literature -- Search strategies for periodical databases -- Organization of knowledge in academic libraries -- Searching online public access catalogs (OPACs) -- Researching book reviews -- Searching the web -- Evaluating web sources.
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