Overview

A-Z Common Reference Questions for Academic Librarians is a survival guide for frontline library staff to help them find appropriate information quickly, whether they are answering questions at a physical help desk or remotely by telephone, email or instant messaging service. The book will help academic librarians tackle the questions most commonly asked by students, academics and researchers. A broad cross-disciplinary A-Z of themes including topics such as literature searching, plagiarism and using online resources are covered helping you to address an query confidently and quickly. Each topic is split into three sections to guide your response: typical questions: listing the common enquiries encountered points to consider: exploring the issues and challenges that might arise where to look: listing annotated UK and international resources in print and online including key organisations, scholarly bodies, digital libraries, statistical data and journal article indexes. A-Z Common Reference Questions for Academic Librarians updates and expands the author's previous book, Know it All, Find it Fast for Academic Libraries, and includes new sections on blogging and social media text and data mining and data visualization assistive technology resources early career researchers impact measurement including bibliometrics; citation analysis and journal rankings academic internet searching LGBT studies Middle East studies project management open access publishing research data management study skills systematic reviews. This will be an indispensable day-to-day guide for anyone working with students, academics and researchers in an academic library.

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Author:   Heather Dawson
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781783304134

ISBN 10:   1783304138
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   31 August 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A-Z List of entries AccountancyAcronyms and AbbreviationsAfrican StudiesAnthropologyArchivesArt and DesignAsian StudiesBanking and financeBiographical InformationBiologyBook ReviewsBloggingCareers and employabilityCharitiesChemistryCiting, Referencing and plagiarism CitizenshipClassical studiesCompany and Stock Market InformationComputing and ICTCopyright Country Information CoursesCriminology and Criminal JusticeCurrent AwarenessData / Text Mining / Data visualisationDevelopment StudiesDictionaries and encyclopediasDisabled StudentsElectronic booksEarly Career researchersEast Europe and Russian Studies Economics Economic HistoryEducationElectionsElectronic Journals EngineeringEnglish LiteratureEnvironment and conservationEuropean UnionFilms, Documentaries and Moving ImagesFod science and agricultureForeign LanguagesFreedom of Information RequestsGender studies including feminism, and women's studiesGeographyGovernment PublicationsGrants and FundingGrey LiteratureHigher and further EducationHistoryHuman RightsImages and PhotographsImpact measurementInformation LiteracyInternational OrganisationsInternational RelationsInternational security and warsInternet searchingInternational StudentsJournal ArticlesLatin American StudiesLaw LegislationLGBT studiesLibrary CataloguesLiterature SearchingManagementMapping servicesMarket Research/ opinion pollsMarketingMathematicsMedia and film StudiesMedical science and NursingMiddle East StudiesMusicNews resourcesOpen AccessParliaments / Parliamentary ProceedingsPerforming Arts, including theatre/ dramaPhilosophyPhysicsPolitical SciencePopulation and demographyPresentation SkillsProfessional associations, trade unionsProject ManagementPublishingReference Management ToolsReligion and TheologyResearch data ManagementResearch methodsResearch studentsSocial MediaSocial PolicySpeeches and quotationsSport and Leisure studiesStandardsStatistical DataStudy SkillsSystematic reviewsTeachingTheses and DissertationsThink Tanks/ Policy InstitutesTourism and HospitalityTreatiesUnited NationsWriting and style guides

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Author Information

Heather Dawson is an Academic Support Librarian in the Information Services Department of the LSE Library and the author of the Facet Publishing book, Know it All, Find it Fast for Academic Libraries (2011).

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