Providing effective library services for research / Jo Webb, Pat Gannon-Leary and Moira Bent.

By:

Webb, Jo

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Facet, 2007Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781856049924
1856049922

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Providing effective library services for researchDDC classification:

027.7 22

LOC classification:

Z675.R45 W425 2007eb

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

1. Supporting research and researchers : some perspectives -- 2. Current challenges for libraries and research support -- 3. Defining research and researchers -- 4. Collection management -- 5. The researcher's toolkit : resources -- 6. Services to facilitate research -- 7. The information-literate researcher -- 8. Facing the future : key challenges -- 9. Key principles for supporting research.

Action note:

digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve

Review: Libraries are one of the most important stops in the research process -- and with the right collections and services, librarians can give researchers a serious advantage. This practical manual explains how libraries can better support study and scholarship by understanding the information seeking behaviors of scholars and current issues in academia. Chapters explore unique considerations for collection development, creation of toolkits, and information literacy instruction in support of this special group of users. Whether serving undergraduate and graduate students, doctoral candidates, professors, visiting scholars, or writers, librarians will benefit from this practical guidance.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-262), webography (pages 263-269) and index.

Libraries are one of the most important stops in the research process -- and with the right collections and services, librarians can give researchers a serious advantage. This practical manual explains how libraries can better support study and scholarship by understanding the information seeking behaviors of scholars and current issues in academia. Chapters explore unique considerations for collection development, creation of toolkits, and information literacy instruction in support of this special group of users. Whether serving undergraduate and graduate students, doctoral candidates, professors, visiting scholars, or writers, librarians will benefit from this practical guidance.

Print version record.

Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. MiAaHDL