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| List of Figures and Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Library Logistics: Devising a Research Plan | |
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| Choosing Your Research Topic | |
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| Narrowing Your Topic | |
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| Planning Your Research | |
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| Types of Sources | |
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| Informational Formats | |
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| The Information Cycle | |
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| Web-Based Resources | |
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| Books | |
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| Periodical Articles | |
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| Other Resources | |
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| How and Where to Find Sources | |
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| Using Other Libraries | |
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| Planning Your Time | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Reliable Resources: Evaluating Information | |
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| The PACAC Method | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Persuasion and the Use of Appeals | |
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| What Web Addresses Reveal about Purpose | |
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| Audience | |
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| Authority | |
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| Primary versus Secondary Sources | |
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| Currency | |
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| Accuracy | |
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| Content | |
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| Exercises | |
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| The Wayward Web: Finding Good Sites | |
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| The Content of the Web | |
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| Companies | |
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| Nonprofit Organizations | |
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| Government | |
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| Schools | |
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| Individuals | |
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| Social Networking | |
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| Wikis | |
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| The Structure of the Web | |
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| Searching Techniques | |
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| What are you Really Searching? | |
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| Searching Tips | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Database Directions: Honing Your Search | |
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| The Structure of Databases | |
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| Searching Databases | |
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| Keyword Searching Using AND | |
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| Keyword Searching Using OR | |
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| Truncation | |
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| Keyword Searching Using NOT | |
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| Combining AND, OR, and NOT | |
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| Problems with Keyword Searching | |
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| Field-Specific Searching | |
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| Searching by Subject | |
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| Other Useful Database Features | |
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| Federated Searching | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Book Bonanza: Using the Library Catalog | |
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| Searching the Online Catalog | |
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| Searching by Title or Author | |
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| Searching by Subject | |
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| Searching by Keyword | |
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| Understanding the Classification Systems | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | |
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| Library of Congress Classification | |
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| E-books | |
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| Subscription E-book Databases | |
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| Public Domain Texts on the Web | |
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| Downloading E-books | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Pertinent Periodicals: Searching for Articles | |
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| Types of Periodicals | |
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| Choosing Which Periodical Database to Use | |
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| Databases on your Library Website | |
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| Free Periodical Databases on the Web | |
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| Print Indexes | |
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| Periodical Database Records | |
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| Searching Periodical Databases | |
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| Subject versus Keyword Searching | |
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| Broadening Your Search by Searching the Full Text | |
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| Narrowing Your Search | |
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| Limiters | |
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| Proximity Operators | |
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| Field-Specific Searching | |
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| Getting Your Hands on the Articles | |
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| Formats | |
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| Periodical Organization | |
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| What If your Library doesn't have it? | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Ready Reference: Getting Answers | |
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| Reference and the Web | |
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| Topic Selection and Background Information | |
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| Encyclopedias | |
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| Britannica Online | |
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| A Word about Wikipedia | |
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| Subject-Specific Encyclopedias | |
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| CQ Researcher: An Encyclopedic Guide to "Hot Topics" | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Using Reference Sources to Understand Your Other Sources | |
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| Dictionaries | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Using Reference Sources to Find Supporting Information | |
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| Finding Statistical and Geographical Information | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Finding Chronological Information | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Finding Biographical Information | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Finding People and Organizations | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Finding Quotations | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Using Reference Sources to Find Additional Sources | |
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| Using Reference Sources to Write and Cite | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Integrated Information: Using Sources | |
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| Taking Notes: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing | |
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| Quoting Your Sources | |
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| Brackets | |
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| Ellipses | |
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| Paraphrasing | |
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| To Quote or to Paraphrase? That is the Question | |
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| Summarizing | |
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| Composing Summaries for Annotated Bibliographies | |
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| Noting Source Information | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Citing Your Sources | |
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| Citation Styles | |
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| Incorporating Notes into Your Paper | |
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| Citing Websites | |
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| Citing Periodical Articles | |
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| Citing Books | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Answers to Exercises | |
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| Common Subscription Databases | |
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| Citation Style Guide | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |