Research Catalog

Title

Using the Internet as a reference tool : a how to-do-it manual for librarians / Michael P. Sauers ; with contributions by Denice Adkins.

Author

Sauers, Michael P.

Publication

New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

Adkins, Denice.

Description

xi, 143 p.: ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

The author presents both the challenge and the opportunity provided by the Internet as a reference tool. His objectives include being able to "access, evaluate, and navigate Internet sites with the speed, efficiency, and comfort level" librarians and patrons have enjoyed with print sources. Chapters provide background on the impact of the new technology for reference solutions and offer an excellent comparison of print and Internet resources that will aid in justifying the need for both. Information on creating effective reference strategies and a discussion of search engines and directories are included. The chapter on evaluation of reference resources outlines six points for librarians to consider when adding a print source to the collection and describes how these same factors are considered with Internet sites. Chapter five can be adapted as a teaching tool for teachers and others who need to learn strategies for accessing Internet information. There is also a site listed with links to all the resources included in this book.

Series Statement

• How-to-do-it manuals for librarians ; no. 109
• Neal-Schuman netguide series

Uniform Title

• Neal-Schuman netguide series.
• How-to-do-it manuals for libraries no. 109.

Subject

• Electronic reference services (Libraries)
• Internet searching
• Computer network resources > Evaluation
• Computer network resources > Directories
• Internet in library reference services

Genre/Form

Directories

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Assessing the impact of the internet on reference services -- Evaluating internet-based reference resources -- Creating an effective ready reference strategy -- Comparing search engines and directories -- Creating a complex reference strategy -- Exploring larger issues of internet reference.

ISBN

1555704174 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001016419

OCLC

46937440

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library