Research Within the Disciplines: Foundations for Reference and Library Instruction

by Keeran, Peggy

• ISBN13: 9780810856882
• ISBN10: 0810856883
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Research lies at the heart of all academic disciplines. Research Within the Disciplines: Foundations for Reference and Library Instruction is an expansion of that concept. The book provides an overview of research practices and literacy standards in the various disciplines'¬ ;humanities, music, social sciences, business, government publications, engineering, and sciences'¬ ;to help shape library instruction and reference assistance. Conceived and developed by the reference librarians at the University of Denver, the book grew out of team discussions about teaching research and writing within the disciplines. The book's main objective is to provide a degree of orientation toward conducting research within specific disciplines and across others. The volume includes separate chapters on the broad disciplines covered in undergraduate education, as well as concluding chapters addressing interdisciplinary research and the role of instruction as a means of developing effective researchers. The continued necessity of understanding the foundations of research, whether within the physical library or via the electronic environment, remains an underlying concern, and the advice put forth by this team of practicing academic librarians is an important step to achieving this goal.

Author Biography

Peggy Keeran is the arts and humanities reference librarian at the University of Denver Suzanne L. Moulton-Gertig is the head of the University of Denver music library Michael Levine-Clark is the collections librarian at the University of Denver Nonny Schlotzhauer is the social sciences librarian at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park Esther Gil is the business and economics reference librarian at the University of Denver Christopher C. Brown is the reference services coordinator and government documents librarian at the University of Denver Joseph R. Kraus is the science and engineering reference librarian at the University of Denver Carrie Forbes is the instruction coordinator and reference librarian at the University of Denver Jennifer Bowers is the social sciences librarian at the University of Denver

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Introduction	p. vii
Research in the Humanities	p. 1
Music Research	p. 32
Historical Research	p. 61
Research in the Social Sciences	p. 83
Business Research	p. 115
Government Documents across the Disciplines	p. 145
Research in the Sciences	p. 173
Engineering Research	p. 201
Integrating Discipline-Based Library Instruction into the Curriculum	p. 223
Knowledge Out of Bounds: Reflections on Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research	p. 241
Index	p. 255
About the Authors	p. 265
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