List of Figures and Tables | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Library Logistics: Devising a Research Plan | p. 1 |
Choosing Your Research Topic | p. 3 |
Narrowing Your Topic | p. 4 |
Planning Your Research | p. 8 |
Types of Sources | p. 8 |
Informational Formats | p. 8 |
The Information Cycle | p. 9 |
Web-Based Resources | p. 10 |
Books | p. 11 |
Periodical Articles | p. 12 |
Other Resources | p. 13 |
How and Where to Find Sources | p. 13 |
Using Other Libraries | p. 14 |
Planning Your Time | p. 14 |
Exercises | p. 16 |
Reliable Resources: Evaluating Information | p. 19 |
The PACAC Method | p. 20 |
Purpose | p. 21 |
Persuasion and the Use of Appeals | p. 22 |
What Web Addresses Reveal about Purpose | p. 23 |
Audience | p. 24 |
Authority | p. 24 |
Primary versus Secondary Sources | p. 26 |
Currency | p. 27 |
Accuracy | p. 28 |
Content | p. 29 |
Exercises | p. 30 |
The Wayward Web: Finding Good Sites | p. 33 |
The Content of the Web | p. 35 |
Companies | p. 35 |
Nonprofit Organizations | p. 35 |
Government | p. 36 |
Schools | p. 36 |
Individuals | p. 36 |
Social Networking | p. 37 |
Wikis | p. 38 |
The Structure of the Web | p. 38 |
Searching Techniques | p. 42 |
What are you Really Searching? | p. 44 |
Searching Tips | p. 46 |
Exercises | p. 50 |
Database Directions: Honing Your Search | p. 53 |
The Structure of Databases | p. 55 |
Searching Databases | p. 58 |
Keyword Searching Using AND | p. 58 |
Keyword Searching Using OR | p. 60 |
Truncation | p. 61 |
Keyword Searching Using NOT | p. 61 |
Combining AND, OR, and NOT | p. 62 |
Problems with Keyword Searching | p. 64 |
Field-Specific Searching | p. 65 |
Searching by Subject | p. 66 |
Other Useful Database Features | p. 68 |
Federated Searching | p. 68 |
Exercises | p. 69 |
Book Bonanza: Using the Library Catalog | p. 71 |
Searching the Online Catalog | p. 73 |
Searching by Title or Author | p. 74 |
Searching by Subject | p. 75 |
Searching by Keyword | p. 78 |
Understanding the Classification Systems | p. 79 |
Dewey Decimal Classification | p. 80 |
Library of Congress Classification | p. 81 |
E-books | p. 85 |
Subscription E-book Databases | p. 85 |
Public Domain Texts on the Web | p. 86 |
Downloading E-books | p. 87 |
Exercises | p. 88 |
Pertinent Periodicals: Searching for Articles | p. 91 |
Types of Periodicals | p. 92 |
Choosing Which Periodical Database to Use | p. 94 |
Databases on your Library Website | p. 94 |
Free Periodical Databases on the Web | p. 96 |
Print Indexes | p. 97 |
Periodical Database Records | p. 97 |
Searching Periodical Databases | p. 99 |
Subject versus Keyword Searching | p. 99 |
Broadening Your Search by Searching the Full Text | p. 101 |
Narrowing Your Search | p. 101 |
Limiters | p. 101 |
Proximity Operators | p. 102 |
Field-Specific Searching | p. 103 |
Getting Your Hands on the Articles | p. 103 |
Formats | p. 104 |
Periodical Organization | p. 106 |
What If your Library doesn't have it? | p. 106 |
Exercises | p. 107 |
Ready Reference: Getting Answers | p. 109 |
Reference and the Web | p. 109 |
Topic Selection and Background Information | p. 110 |
Encyclopedias | p. 110 |
Britannica Online | p. 111 |
A Word about Wikipedia | p. 111 |
Subject-Specific Encyclopedias | p. 112 |
CQ Researcher: An Encyclopedic Guide to "Hot Topics" | p. 113 |
Exercises | p. 114 |
Using Reference Sources to Understand Your Other Sources | p. 114 |
Dictionaries | p. 115 |
Exercises | p. 115 |
Using Reference Sources to Find Supporting Information | p. 116 |
Finding Statistical and Geographical Information | p. 117 |
Exercises | p. 120 |
Finding Chronological Information | p. 120 |
Exercises | p. 121 |
Finding Biographical Information | p. 121 |
Exercises | p. 122 |
Finding People and Organizations | p. 122 |
Exercises | p. 123 |
Finding Quotations | p. 123 |
Exercises | p. 123 |
Using Reference Sources to Find Additional Sources | p. 124 |
Using Reference Sources to Write and Cite | p. 124 |
Exercises | p. 125 |
Integrated Information: Using Sources | p. 127 |
Taking Notes: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing | p. 127 |
Quoting Your Sources | p. 127 |
Brackets | p. 128 |
Ellipses | p. 128 |
Paraphrasing | p. 129 |
To Quote or to Paraphrase? That is the Question | p. 130 |
Summarizing | p. 131 |
Composing Summaries for Annotated Bibliographies | p. 132 |
Noting Source Information | p. 133 |
Avoiding Plagiarism | p. 133 |
Citing Your Sources | p. 135 |
Citation Styles | p. 136 |
Incorporating Notes into Your Paper | p. 140 |
Citing Websites | p. 140 |
Citing Periodical Articles | p. 141 |
Citing Books | p. 142 |
Exercises | p. 143 |
Answers to Exercises | p. 147 |
Common Subscription Databases | p. 157 |
Citation Style Guide | p. 161 |
Index | p. 173 |
About the Authors | p. 183 |
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