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The college student's research companion : finding, evaluating, and citing the resources you need to succeed / Arlene R. Quaratiello with Jane Devine. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, (c)2011.Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xiii, 183 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781555707293
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z710.D495.C655 2011
  • Z710
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Contents:
Reliable resources : evaluating information -- The wayward Web : finding good sites -- Database directions : honing your search -- Book bonanza : using the library catalog -- Pertinent periodicals : searching for articles -- Ready reference : getting answers -- Integrated information : using sources.
Subject: Most students faced with writing a research paper probably start at the same place, Google. Here is a guide that will save students from fruitless, random web searching. The authors, one formerly an academic librarian who now teaches college English, and the other coauthor of Going Beyond Google, provide up to date guidance for using traditional and online sources. Students will learn to select a topic, effectively find and evaluate the best information in both print and electronic formats, and produce accurate and complete citations based on current versions of important styles guides and web resources. Each chapter includes exercises that reinforce the instruction and guidance. A companion website accompanies this new edition to give readers hot links for all of the book's URLs, and supplementary materials including additional exercises and examples that help clarify how to apply the techniques. This book is filled with real world examples, illustrative diagrams, and screen shots, and is a guide for anyone aspiring to write an excellent research paper on their own, or following this text in a research skills or information literacy course.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Library logistics : devising a research plan -- Reliable resources : evaluating information -- The wayward Web : finding good sites -- Database directions : honing your search -- Book bonanza : using the library catalog -- Pertinent periodicals : searching for articles -- Ready reference : getting answers -- Integrated information : using sources.

Most students faced with writing a research paper probably start at the same place, Google. Here is a guide that will save students from fruitless, random web searching. The authors, one formerly an academic librarian who now teaches college English, and the other coauthor of Going Beyond Google, provide up to date guidance for using traditional and online sources. Students will learn to select a topic, effectively find and evaluate the best information in both print and electronic formats, and produce accurate and complete citations based on current versions of important styles guides and web resources. Each chapter includes exercises that reinforce the instruction and guidance. A companion website accompanies this new edition to give readers hot links for all of the book's URLs, and supplementary materials including additional exercises and examples that help clarify how to apply the techniques. This book is filled with real world examples, illustrative diagrams, and screen shots, and is a guide for anyone aspiring to write an excellent research paper on their own, or following this text in a research skills or information literacy course.

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