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Autore |
Walter Virginia A |
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Titolo |
Magic Search [[electronic resource] ] : Getting the Best Results from Your Catalog and Beyond |
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Chicago, : ALA Editions, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Library of Congress. Library of Congress subject headings |
Online library catalogs --Subject access --Handbooks, manuals, etc |
Subject heading subdivisions --Handbooks, manuals, etc |
Subject headings, Library of Congress --Handbooks, manuals, etc |
Subject heading subdivisions - Subject access |
Subject headings, Library of Congress |
Online library catalogs |
Social Sciences |
Library & Information Science |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Using the Book; 1. Finding Basic Treatments and Background Reading; 2. Finding How-To Guides; Best All-Around; How to Do It Yourself; How to Teach Yourself ...; Anything; Music; A Language; How to Review; How to Travel; 3. Finding Images; Best All-Around; Images of People, Real and Mythical; Images of Places; Images of Objects; You would think, but you might be misled-and then again, maybe just right; 4. Words, Words, ... and Numbers; Descriptions of Words; Words for Wordsmiths; Expressions; Words of Wisdom; Word History; Numbers |
5. Finding Out about People: Individuals and GroupsLife Events; What They Did; What They Thought; Thoughts, Recorded or Remembered; |
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The Way They Were; People They Knew; Things They Had; The Way They Were Imortalized; 6. Finding Out about Places; Best All-Around; Other Subdivisions Useful for Places; Historical Context; That's Life; Just the Facts; Honored in Very Special Ways; 7. Finding Creative Treatments: Stories, Poems, Songs, etc.; Creative Works, Primary; Creative Works, Secondary; 8. Finding True Stories: Memoirs, Observations, and Confessions; 9. Finding Primary Sources |
10. It's about Time: Time Periods and Chronological SubdivisionsSituation 1: Same Time Period + Same Subtopic + Different Places = Different Chronological Subdivisions; Situation 2: Same Time Period + Same Place + Different Subtopics = Different Chronological Subdivisions; The Solutions: One Practical, One Complete, One quick and Dirty; The Practical Solution; The Complete Solution; The Quick and Dirty Solution; Other Subdivisions That Express Time; 11. Tools for Scholars and Other Professionals; 12. Subdivisions That Give Perspective, Put You in Control, and Amaze Others! |
The Aspects, The Royal Family of SubdivisionsRelationships Are Not Just for People!; What's Your Angle?; Subdivisions That Control; What Do You Think about That?; Did What, and to Whom?; 13. Useful for the Humanities; Favorites for the Humanities; Art; Other useful subdivisions for art; Language; Studying Language; Learning a Foreign Language; Using Your Words Correctly; Literature; Readers' Advisory; Music and the Performing Arts; Music; About Music; Theater; All Performing Arts; Other useful subdivisions for music and the performing arts; Religion; Other useful subdivisions for religion |
14. Useful for the Social SciencesBest All-Around; Psychology; The Political Subdivisions; The Social Subdivisions; Law; Tests and Measures; 15. Useful for Historical Research; Best All-Around; Life and Lives; Places; Politics, Conflicts, and Diplomacy; Tools for Historians; 16. Useful for Business Topics; Best All-Around for Business; Doing Day-to-Day Business; The Product; Outside Forces; Getting into Trouble or Keeping It Clean; The Market (investments, stocks, bonds, dividends, securities, speculation); Not-So-Serious Business; 17. Useful for Education Topics; Best All-Around |
Teaching and Learning |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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No other work explores the LCSH subdivisions is such detail or with such commitment, making this book vital to every Reference Desk. |
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