Librarian's guide to online searching: cultivating database skills for research and instruction [Fourth edition] 9781610699983, 161069998X, 9781610699990, 1610699998

Table of contents :
1. Introduction to library databases --
What is a database? --
Is Google a database? --
Historical background --
Indexing and abstracting services --
From printed volumes to databases --
The library database industry today --
Discovery services --
2. Database structure for everyone : records, fields, and indexes --
Database building blocks --
Fields, records, and tables --
Beyond fields and records --
Field indexes --
Examples of indexes in common databases --
3. The searcher's toolkit : part 1 --
The first basic tools --
Boolean logic --
Controlled vocabulary --
Field searching --
Terms in the searching lexicon --
Applying the tools --
MasterFILE premier : notes and search examples --
4. The searcher's toolkit : part 2 --
Proximity searching --
Truncation --
Limits to constrain your search --
"Learning from your results" : a useful search strategy --
Your mental toolkit --
5. Social science databases --
Introduction to subject databases --
Introduction to subject databases --
Library literature & information science --
ERIC on the web --
PsycINFO from Ovid --
6. Databases for science and medicine --
PubMed and MEDLINE --
The Web of Science and the citation indexes --
Citations and the academic researcher --
7. Bibliographic databases --
WorldCat : the "OPAC of OPACs" --
WorldCat.org --
Revisiting your local OPAC --
8. Humanities databases --
America : history and life --
MLA International Bibliography --
Directory of periodicals --
9. Numerical databases --
Finding numbers --
Concepts about numbers --
Statistical Insight from ProQuest --
American FactFinder --
Bureau of Labor Statistics --
Pay & benefits at the Bureau of Labor Statistics --
Occupation information at the Bureau of Labor Statistics --
10. Focus on people --
Part 1. : information seeking behavior --
Part 2 : the reference interview --
Essential components of the reference interview --
Interpersonal communication skills in the reference interview --
Beyond the face-to-face reference interview --
11. Choosing the right resource for the question --
Questions for databases --
Questions for the web --
12. Evaluating databases --
Basic facts and figures --
Initial factual information to gather --
Testing and benchmarking --
Making a request for purchase --
13. Teaching other people about databases --
Teaching principles --
Teach to your audience --
Avoid lecturing --
Wait for answers --
Less is ore --
Transparency in teaching --
You have the right to be wrong --
Teaching with technology --
Practice --
Reframing presentation anxiety --
14. Database teaching opportunities --
Synchronous and asynchronous modes of teaching --
Teaching one-on-one --
Teaching an information literacy session --
Video tutorials for asynchronous instruction --
A staff presentation --
The full semester class.

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