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Effective Online Searching (Books in Library and Information Science Series) [Hardcover]

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (July 11, 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0824771427
ISBN-13: 978-0824771423
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
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As the amount of published information has grown, traditional methods of storage and retrieval have diminished in effectiveness. Read the first page

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search strategy construction, search service vendors, commercial information retrieval systems, online information retrieval systems, printing terminals, following search strategy, searching staff, advanced searching techniques, database being searched, good searcher, home mortgage rates, online retrieval systems, search intermediary, offline printing, search analyst, database producers, vocabulary control, smart terminals, acoustic coupler, searching operation, searching performance, online searching, searchable fields, search aids, references containing

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New York, Great Lakes, United Nations, Excerpta Medica, Knowledge Industry Publications, Science Citation Index, White Plains, Conducting the Online Search, Lake Erie, National Technical Information Service, Psychological Abstracts, The Information Bank, Bibliographic Data Bases, Los Angeles, Online Review, The Electronic Library, Courtesy of Anderson Jacobson, Engineers Joint Council, Equipment Considerations Figure, Glossary of Computer Terms, San Jose, Special Libraries, United States, University of Pittsburgh, American Documentation

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Thesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms by Engineers Joint Council on 4 pages
Information Retrieval Systems: Characteristics, Testing and Evaluation (Information Science) by F.Wilfrid Lancaster on 4 pages
Vocabulary Control for Information Retrieval by F. Wilfrid Lancaster on page 87, page 109, and page 110
Classified Library of Congress Subject Headings, by James G. Williams in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology 2001 by Martha E. Williams in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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Reference Services Today: From Interview to Burnout (Reference Librarian Series) by Linda S Katz on page 183, and page 184
Electronic Printing and Publishing (Books in Library and Information Science Series) by Spring in Front Matter
Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing) by Ann Peterson Bishop on page 112
Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Sourcebook for Educators: Students, and Librarians (Books in Library and Information Science Series) by Edward A. Fox in Front Matter
Organizing Nonprint Materials, Second Edition (Books in Library and Information Science Series) by Daily in Front Matter

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