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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Facet, 2007.Description: xvii, 278 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781856045896
  • 1856045897
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Providing effective library services for research.DDC classification:
  • Ref 0.25.5 Web 22
LOC classification:
  • Z675.R45 W425 2007
Other classification:
  • AN 67700
  • AN 96000
  • 24,1
  • G258.5
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-262), webography (p. 263-269) and index.

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.

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.

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