information retrieval

Explains how to use an electronic database.

"A [handbook] outlining the theory and practice of using active learning techniques in a library setting..."--amazon.com.

An easy-to-follow guide to finding and sorting information on any topic, explaining how to use a wide range of research tools and how to determine fact from fiction.

Explains how to conduct research, evaluate information, and organize it in memos and presentations, discussing such topics as libraries, interviewing, plagiarism, word processing software, spreadsheets, and graphs and charts. Includes exercises, checklists, and related Web sites.

With computers, tablets, and smartphones offering us access to online information just about anywhere we have Wi-Fi or cell service, the next step is to make those searches as efficient as possible. Readers will get a step-by-step overview of how to make the most of their search activities so they can get the information they want and need with just a few keystrokes, swipes, or clicks. Tips and tricks will help readers get started right away. This instructive resource is a must have for teens starting to work on research papers.

This helpful instructional title goes far beyond the simplistic directive (3z(BJust look online!(3y (Bthat many young researchers may be given when they are assigned school research. With so many resources online, ranging from academically rigorous to sloppy and suspect, the modern young researcher needs to be armed with strategies and tools that will yield the best information and help him or her organize and present that information effectively. In a modern school environment, the digital tools discussed in this book go a long way toward insuring success and excellence.

The author provides tips and guidance for librarians and teachers to create "edu-tainment" activities to engage students in mandatory library classes and discusses how e-readers can be learning tools, how to create classes online, and ways to utilize pop culture and twenty-first-century technologies.

"... helps high school students in upper grade levels and lower division college and university students ... [learn] the basics of information literacy"--Amazon.com.

A student's guide to research that covers such topics as libraries and librarians, selecting a research topic, and accessing and acquiring information resources.