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This guide provides essential information on locating and using materials from research libraries anywhere in the world. Based on the research libraries of the New York Public Library, but applicable to all major libraries, this handbook will serve as a tool for beginners and experienced researchers alike, including students, writers, business people, and journalists. BL Includes step-by-step examples BL Describes the layout and cataloging systems of research libraries and the most efficient methods of library research BL Provides information on cataloging systems and how to use them with emphasis on new computer databases, online computer search, and the inter-library loan system BL Explains how to locate materials using bibliographies, reference books and magazine and newspaper indices BL Discusses various approaches to library research and research rules of thumb BL Contains appendices on the world's major research libraries
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David Beasley is Reference Librarian at the Research Libraries of The New York Public Library. He is the author of The Canadian Don Quixote: The Life and Works of Major John Richardson and Through Paphlagonia with a Donkey, editor of Major Richardson's Short Stories, and originator of the Index to Current Urban Documents.
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Oxford University Press, 1988
ISBN 10: 019504245X
ISBN 13: 9780195042450
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