Library Research Models A Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers

Name: Library Research Models A Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers
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ISBN: 9780195093957

ISBN-10: 019509395X

ISBN-13: 9780195093957

Edition: 1993 (Reprint)

Authors: Thomas Mann

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Most researchers, even with computers, find only a fraction of the sources available to them. As Library of Congress reference librarian Thomas Mann explains, researchers tend to work within one or another mental framework that limits their basic perception of the universe of knowledge available to them. Some, for example, use a subject-disciplinary method which leads them to a specific list of sources on a particular subject. But, Mann points out, while this method allows students and researchers to find more specialized sources, it is also limiting--they may not realize that works of interest to their own subject appear within the literature of many other disciplines. A researcher looking…

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List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.99" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




The Importance of Models in Concealing or Revealing Search Options



The Specific Subject or Discipline Model



The Traditional Library Science Model Part One: The Classification Scheme



The Traditional Library Science Model Part Two: The Vocabulary-Controlled Catalog



The Traditional Library Science Model Part Three: Published Bibliographies and Indexes



The Type-of-Literature Model



The Actual-Practice Model



The Principle of Least Effort



The Computer Workstation Model Part One: The Prospect



The Computer Workstation Model Part Two: Qualifications



The Methods-of-Searching Model



Implications of the Methods-of-Searching Model


Appendix 1: Class Z: Arrangement of Bibliographies


Appendix 2: Form Subdivisions Within the Library of Congress Subject Headings System


Notes


Bibliography


Index