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To succeed as searchers, all librarians require both a basic idea of how databases are put together, and a repository of concepts and techniques to draw upon. With such essentials well in hand, the searcher can plunge into almost any database that comes along and master its intricacies (and idiosyncrasies) in relatively short order. Bell's conversational style, coupled with her Searcher's Toolbox, promises increased flexibility and adaptability. This book will prove a handy guide for librarians in every conceivable information environment and across all levels of experience.

The ability to understand and navigate online environments and databases is fast becoming an essential skill for librarians. Now in a revised and updated edition, this book provides a handy guide for librarians in every conceivable information environment and across all levels of experience.

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• Preface(p. xiii)
• Acknowledgments(p. xvii)
• 1 Database Structure For Everyone: Records, Fields, And Indexes(p. 1)
• Historical Background(p. 1)
• Indexing and Abstracting Services(p. 1)
• From Printed Volumes to Databases(p. 3)
• Database Building Blocks(p. 4)
• Fields and Records(p. 4)
• Quick Recap(p. 5)
• Beyond Fields and Records: Field Indexes(p. 6)
• Quick Recap(p. 11)
• Examples of Indexes(p. 11)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 16)
• Suggested Reading(p. 17)
• Notes(p. 17)
• 2 Working With Database The Searcher's Toolkit: Part 1(p. 19)
• Searcher's Toolkit: Part 1(p. 19)
• Basic Tool No. 1: Boolean Logic(p. 19)
• Quick Recap(p. 24)
• Basic Tool No. 2: Controlled Vocabulary(p. 24)
• Basic Tool No. 3: Field Searching(p. 26)
• Terms in the Searching Lexicon(p. 27)
• Quick Recap(p. 28)
• Applying the Tools(p. 29)
• Master File Select: Notes and Search Examples(p. 29)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 35)
• Notes(p. 37)
• 3 The Searcher's Toolkit: Part 2(p. 39)
• Searcher's Toolkit: Part 2(p. 39)
• Basic Tool No. 4: Proximity Searching(p. 39)
• Basic Tool No. 5: Truncation(p. 43)
• Quick Recap(p. 46)
• Basic Tool No. 6: Limits to Constrain Your Search(p. 46)
• Basic Tool No. 7: "Pearl Growing": A Useful Search Strategy(p. 46)
• Quick Recap(p. 48)
• Your Mental Toolkit(p. 48)
• Summary and Advice(p. 48)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 49)
• Suggested Reading(p. 50)
• Notes(p. 50)
• 4 Social Science Databases(p. 51)
• Introduction to Subject Databases(p. 51)
• Library Literature & Information Science(p. 52)
• Background and Coverage(p. 52)
• Notes and Search Examples(p. 52)
• Working with Results: Mark and Output(p. 60)
• Quick Recap(p. 61)
• ERIC via FirstSearch(p. 61)
• Background and Coverage(p. 61)
• Notes and Search Examples(p. 62)
• Working with Results: Mark, Functions, and Output(p. 70)
• Quick Recap(p. 71)
• PsycInfo from Ovid(p. 71)
• Background and Coverage(p. 71)
• Notes and Search Examples(p. 73)
• Working with Results: The "Results Manager"(p. 81)
• Additional Feature: The PsycInfo Thesaurus(p. 81)
• Quick Recap(p. 81)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 83)
• Notes(p. 85)
• 5 Databases For Science And Medicine(p. 87)
• Medline and PubMed(p. 88)
• Medline(p. 88)
• PubMed: More than Medline(p. 93)
• Introduction to the PubMed Interface(p. 94)
• Output in Medline and PubMed(p. 100)
• Getting to the Full Text(p. 101)
• Quick Recap(p. 101)
• The Web of Science and the Citation Indexes(p. 102)
• History of the Citation Indexes(p. 102)
• Web of Science Content(p. 103)
• An Index Focused on Citations(p. 103)
• Additional Differences in Available Fields(p. 104)
• Searching the Web of Science: Main Search Interface(p. 105)
• Cited Reference Searching(p. 108)
• E-mail, Print, Save, or Export Results(p. 115)
• Advanced Features: Advanced Search and Analyze(p. 117)
• Quick Recap(p. 118)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 119)
• Notes(p. 121)
• 6 Bibliographic Databases(p. 123)
• WorldCat: The "OPAC of OPACs"(p. 124)
• Background and Coverage(p. 124)
• A Tool for Many Parts of the Library(p. 125)
• Notes and Search Examples(p. 126)
• Quick Recap(p. 135)
• WorldCat.org(p. 136)
• Background: The Path to WorldCat.org(p. 136)
• Notes and Search Examples(p. 138)
• Quick Recap(p. 142)
• Revisiting Your Local OPAC(p. 143)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 143)
• Notes(p. 144)
• 7 Humanities Databases(p. 147)
• America: History and Life(p. 148)
• Background and Coverage(p. 148)
• Notes and Search Examples(p. 148)
• Related Records, Folder, and Output Options(p. 154)
• Quick Recap(p. 157)
• MLA International Bibliography(p. 158)
• Background and Coverage(p. 158)
• The Marked List and Output(p. 166)
• Additional Feature: Directory of Periodicals(p. 169)
• Quick Recap(p. 169)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 171)
• Notes(p. 172)
• 8 Numerical Databases(p. 173)
• Finding Numbers(p. 173)
• Concepts about Numbers(p. 174)
• Quick Recap(p. 177)
• A Comment about Searching for Numbers(p. 177)
• LexisNexis Statistical(p. 177)
• Background and Coverage(p. 177)
• Notes and Search Examples(p. 179)
• Working with Results: "Tag" and Output(p. 188)
• Going from LexisNexis Statistical to Web Sites(p. 189)
• American Factfinder(p. 190)
• Background and Coverage(p. 190)
• Notes and Search Examples(p. 190)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics(p. 195)
• Pay & Benefits at the Bureau of Labor Statistics(p. 196)
• Occupation Information at the Bureau of Labor Statistics(p. 199)
• Quick Recap(p. 200)
• Numbers and the Reference Interview(p. 201)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 201)
• Suggested Readings(p. 202)
• Notes(p. 202)
• 9 Focus On People(p. 205)
• Part 1 Information-seeking Behavior(p. 206)
• Some Theoretical Background on Information Seeking(p. 206)
• Applied Research on Information-seeking Behavior(p. 208)
• Quick Recap(p. 213)
• Part 2 The Reference Interview(p. 213)
• What Is the Real Question?(p. 214)
• Question Negotiation in the Reference Interview(p. 216)
• Beyond the Face-to-Face Reference Interview(p. 220)
• Why Is the Reference Interview So Important?(p. 222)
• Quick Recap(p. 222)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 223)
• Suggested Readings(p. 223)
• Notes(p. 223)
• 10 Choosing The Right Resource For The Question(p. 225)
• Start with the Reference Interview(p. 226)
• Questions for Databases(p. 226)
• Why and When to Try a Database(p. 226)
• Quick Recap(p. 229)
• Choosing a Database(p. 230)
• Questions for the Web(p. 232)
• Personal Uses of the Web(p. 232)
• Professional Uses of the Web(p. 232)
• Quick Recap(p. 234)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 234)
• Suggested Reading(p. 234)
• Notes(p. 234)
• 11 Evaluating Databases(p. 237)
• Basic Facts and Figures(p. 238)
• Initial Factual Information to Gather(p. 238)
• Testing and Benchmarking(p. 242)
• Testing(p. 242)
• Benchmarking(p. 247)
• Making a Request for Purchase(p. 249)
• Elements to Include in the Request(p. 249)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 251)
• Suggested Readings(p. 251)
• Notes(p. 252)
• 12 Teaching Other People About Databases(p. 253)
• Teaching Principles(p. 254)
• Principle 1 Teach to Your Audience(p. 255)
• Principle 2 Avoid Lecturing(p. 255)
• Principle 3 Wait for Answers(p. 256)
• Principle 4 Less Is More(p. 257)
• Principle 5 Transparency in Teaching(p. 257)
• Principle 6 You Have the Right to Be Wrong(p. 258)
• Principle 7 Teaching with Technology(p. 258)
• Principle 8 Practice(p. 259)
• Database Teaching Opportunities(p. 260)
• Teaching at the Reference Desk(p. 261)
• Teaching an Information Literacy Session(p. 261)
• A Staff Presentation(p. 266)
• The Full Semester Class(p. 267)
• Exercises and Points to Consider(p. 268)
• Suggested Readings(p. 268)
• Notes(p. 269)
• References(p. 271)
• Index(p. 283)

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Booklist Review

In the new edition of a guide intended for use both in and outside the library science classroom, Bell instructs readers on subscription databases offered in libraries, especially resources such as PsycINFO and Web of Science that are used in academe. Chapters 1 through 3 detail database structure and the tools in the searcher's toolkit (for example, truncation). Chapters 4 through 8 highlight key features and important search techniques for top databases from different disciplines; for example, chapter 4, Social Science Databases, discusses using the thesaurus in ERIC. Chapters 9 through 12 outline the information-seeking process and database evaluation, selection, and instruction. Most major database vendors are covered. Screenshots have been updated, are abundant, and clarify points made in the text. Added material includes information on WorldCat.org as well as many new, up-to-date references. If you have the 2006 version, get this new edition.--Fadel, Stephen Copyright 2009 Booklist

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Suzanne S. Bell is adjunct instructor for the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, as well as business librarian and administrator for the institutional repository at the University of Rochester, NY.