Research Catalog

Title

Effective literature searching for research / Sarah Gash.

Author

Gash, Sarah, 1946-

Publication

Aldershot, Hampshire ; Brookfield, Vt. : Gower, c2000.

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Details

Description

x, 133 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Using the literature to support research whether it be in an educational setting or within industry - involves much more than a simple search: the thought and preparation beforehand is a vital part of the process while the problems of obtaining, recording, reading and citing the literature can be as daunting as the search itself. This practical guide explains, in a straightforward manner, the techniques, procedures and methods of organization that will enable the reader to understand the environment within which they are working and thereby exploit it more effectively."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Library research > Great Britain
• Searching, Bibliographical
• Report writing

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Effective literature searching for students. 1989.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Why search? -- 2. Preparing the search -- 3. Sources and tools -- 4. Electronic sources I - online searching -- 5. Electronic sources II - the Internet -- 6. Keeping records -- 7. Obtaining and evaluating the material -- 8. Writing references -- 9. Citing references in the text.

ISBN

• 0566082772
• 0566081253 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^99038626^

OCLC

• 41951190
• SCSB-11920880

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library