Online Searching

Name: Online Searching
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd
SKU: 9781538167724
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A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively

By Karen Markey

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Online Searching by Karen Markey is an essential guide designed for students in library and information science programmes, equipping them to assist a diverse range of information seekers. The book is structured around the key steps of the search process, from conducting reference interviews and identifying relevant sources to executing and assessing searches effectively. The third edition features fresh content on web search engines, updated discussions on research impact metrics, and insights from practising librarians, complemented by over 100 illustrations and new videos.
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This book is ideally suited for library and information science students, information professionals, and anyone seeking to deepen their skills in effective online search strategies across various information sources and user needs.

Online Searching puts aspiring librarians working in all types of institutions on the fast track to becoming expert searchers, the intermediaries who unite information users with trusted sources that satisfy their information needs.

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Online Searching prepares students in library and information science programs to assist information seekers at all levels, from university faculty to elementary school students. Included in the third edition are interviews with librarians and other information professionals whose words of wisdom broaden graduate students’ perspectives regarding online searching in a variety of work settings serving different kinds of information seekers.

The book’s chapters are organized according to the steps in the search process:

Conducting a reference interview to determine what the seeker wants
Identifying sources that are likely to produce relevant information for the seeker’s query
Determining whether the user seeks a known item or information about a subject
Dividing the query into main ideas and combining them logically
Representing the query as input to the search system
Conducting the search and responding strategically
Displaying retrievals, assessing them, and responding tactically

A new chapter on web search engines builds on students’ existing experience with keyword searching and relevance ranking by introducing them to more sophisticated techniques to use in the search box and on the results page. A completely revised chapter on assessing research impact discusses the widespread use of author and article iMetrics, a trend that has developed rapidly since the publication of the second edition.

More than 100 figures and tables provide readers with visualizations of concepts and examples of real searches and actual results. Textboxes offer additional topical details and professional insights.

New videos supplement the text by delving more deeply into topics such as database types, information organisation, specialised search techniques, results filtering, and the role of browsing in the information seeking process.

An updated glossary makes it easy to find definitions of terms used throughout the book.

With new and updated material, this edition of Online Searching gives students the knowledge and skills for success when intermediating between information seekers and the sources they need.

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Reviewers praise this authoritative and practical textbook for its comprehensive coverage of both traditional academic databases and modern web search engines like Google and Bing. The inclusion of a dedicated chapter on web searching addresses current user curiosities and enhances professional search skills. Students have voted this as a top textbook for courses on information retrieval, appreciating its insightful, research-based approach and practical guidance.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781538167724

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 February 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 108 b/w photos; 23 tables; 8 textboxes

Contributors:

Revised by Cheryl Knott

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 183.0mm

Height: 262.0mm

Weight: 730g

Pages: 294

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About the Author

Karen Markey is a professor emerita in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Her experience with online searching began with the earliest commercial systems, Dialog, Orbit, and BRS; the first end-user systems, CD-ROMs and online catalogs; and now centers on today’s web search engines and proprietary search systems for accessing surrogate and source databases of full texts, media, and numeric and spatial data. Since joining the faculty at Michigan in 1987, she has taught online searching to thousands of students in her school’s library and information science program.
Cheryl Knott is a professor in the School of Information at the University of Arizona. Her experience with online searching began in 1988, when she became a reference librarian at the University of Texas and access to online databases involved dialing in via an external modem. For two decades she has taught online searching in undergraduate courses designed for end users and graduate courses designed for master’s students in library and information science programs. Her book, Find the Information You Need! Resources and Techniques for Making Decisions, Solving Problems, and Answering Questions (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016), is designed for undergraduates.