Beasley's guide to library research

Beasley's guide to library research / David Beasley.

Written and organized for easy access, the reader is guided step-by-step through library rules and methods of operation, the effective use of various cataloguing systems, and the location of materials.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beasley, David R., 1931-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2000
Series:Heritage
Subjects:
Library research > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Research libraries > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Research > Methodology > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Library research
Research libraries
Research > Methodology
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Quick Reference Guide
  • How to Obtain a Book or Periodical
  • Requesting a Publication
  • CD-ROMs as Indexing Services
  • Filing Request Slips
  • Publications in Microform
  • Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
  • Research on the Internet
  • Librarians and How to Deal with Them
  • Rules and How to Deal with Them
  • 1 General Approach to the Research Library
  • What a Research Library Offers
  • Where to Begin
  • Online Searching
  • The Terminal
  • Networks
  • Information Retrieval Services
  • Data Banks or Databases
  • Strategy
  • When Not to Use Online Retrieval
  • 2 Catalogues and How to Use Them
  • Card Catalogues
  • Filing Quirks
  • Locating Series Volumes or Other Parts of Works
  • Requesting a Work from the Catalogue
  • Book Catalogues
  • NYPL Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries, 1911-71
  • Automated Book Catalogues
  • Interim List
  • Carlyle System
  • Different Cataloguing Arrangements
  • Other Types of Catalogues in Research Libraries
  • Open-Shelf Reference Books
  • The Request Slip
  • Supplementary Catalogues
  • Authority Catalogues
  • Deferred Catalogues
  • Special Catalogues
  • NYPL Catalog of Government Publications in The Research Libraries
  • Supplementary Catalogues
  • Publications on Microform
  • 3 Tools of Research
  • The Bibliography: Its Forms and Uses
  • Bibliographies to Books
  • Checklists
  • Annotated Bibliographies
  • Bibliographies of Biographies
  • Bibliographies of Monograph Series
  • Bibliographies of Directories
  • Periodical Indexes
  • Indexes to Newspapers
  • Indexes to Literature Reviews
  • Indexes That Give Abstracts
  • Indexes to Special Issues of Periodicals
  • Bibliographical Lists, Citation Indexes, Reports
  • Primary Information and Current Facts
  • Special Materials
  • Government Publications
  • Microfiche Collections of Documents Made by Commercial Companies.
  • Cooperative Systems and Interlibrary Loans
  • RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network)
  • OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)
  • UTLAS (University of Toronto Library Automation Systems)
  • WLN (Washington [State] Library Network)
  • Library Consortiums
  • METRO (Metropolitan New York Library Council) System
  • (CRL) Center for Research Libraries, Chicago
  • European Services
  • Videotex
  • Levels of Research
  • Summing Up
  • 4 Research in Depth
  • Retrievable Information: Analysing the Subject
  • Approaches to Retrievable Information
  • The Researchers
  • The Historical Approach
  • The Geographic Approach
  • The Subject Approach
  • Other Approaches
  • When to Use Bibliographies, Indexes, Books, Periodicals, and Manuscripts as Exemplified by Subject Area
  • General Knowledge
  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences
  • Sciences
  • Special Collections
  • Researching in the Performing Arts
  • Theatre
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Medical Libraries
  • Law
  • General Rules for When to Use What
  • When to Use Other Libraries
  • The Microform Problem
  • How to Deal with It
  • Appendix: World's Major Research Libraries and Methods of Approach
  • The New York Public Library
  • Harvard University Library
  • British Library (England)
  • Bibliothèque Nationale (France)
  • State V.I. Lenin Library of the Russian Federation
  • Saltykov-Schchedrin State Public Library
  • National Library of China
  • National Diet Library (Japan)
  • U.S. Library of Congress
  • The Library of Parliament (Canada)
  • Brief Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y.

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