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Further Reading

I've found the following may be useful as further reading with respect to developing search strategies and online searching. You may find that an explanation different from the above may make more sense to you. Yes, a lot are from Online; that's because that's what they specialize in. Ultimately, however, it still comes back to how well you know the information and the database itself. Not everything listed here is in the TUG libraries. Some of the links to courses may disappear and reappear depending on whether the courses are offered.

Anon. Guide to literature searching from University of Ulster Magee Library. http://www.ulst.ac.uk/library/magee/searching.htm

Basch, Reva. Researching online for dummies. IDG Books, 1998. Pages: 384 ISBN: 0-7645-038

Bergman, Michael. Guide to effective searching of the internet. The WebTools Company, 1998

Hawkins, Donald T. Online bibliographic search strategy development. Online. May 1982; 6(3): 12-19 Jack, Robert F. "Meatball searching" the adversarial approach to information retrieval. Database. Dec 1985; 8 (4): 45-52

Morton, Douglas. Refresher course: Boolean and (searching or retrieval). Online. January 1993; 17 (1): 57-59.

- Refresher course: Getting next to proximity operators. Online. Nov. 1993; 17 (6): 56-58.

- Refresher course: Expanding your outlook. Online. May 1994; 18 (3): 77-79.

- Refresher course: Saying goodbye isn't always easy: Remembering logoff commands. Online. July 1994; 18 (4): 65.

Quint, Barbara. Inside a searcher's mind: The seven stages of an online search. Part 1. Online. May 1991; 15 (3); 13-18

- Part 2. Online July 1991; 15 (4): 28-35

Tenopir, Carol. Ten loose guidelines for online searchers. Online. May 1993; 17 (3); 27-33

Terry, Terese M. Refresher course: The limit function on Dialog - slash and save. Online. May 1993; 17 (3): 60-65.

June 20, 2005

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