Cheryl Knott's updated edition of Online Searching includes a whole chapter, plus multiple references throughout, on the important role of publicly available web search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo in serving information needs for a variety of clients. This subject matter, a welcome addition to the comprehensive exploration of traditional academic databases, provides librarians and other information professionals an opportunity to review and refresh their web search skills in order to communicate good practices to clients.
I have adopted this most authoritative, research/theory-based, and practical textbook of Online Searching: A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively since its first edition. Students voted it as the best textbook for the course of information storage and retrieval and online searching. The third edition not only answers the questions of 'Why Scholarship is Not Free?' but also the question of 'What is Google?' The timely inclusion of Chapter 8 Web Search Engines greatly satisfies such curiosity and enhances professional online searching services and personal online searching skills.
The textbook is empowered by helpful videos of each topic to let the visual speak. Such visual and audio enrich the learning experience. The third edition provides additional video interviews of reference librarians and experts in the field. It is a multimedia digital textbook for online searching.
Markey's all-inclusive textbook on online searching, first published in 2015, is now available in a third edition, revised by Knott. Knott's revisions add variety to Markey's authoritative voice, ensuring that this work will continue to be an essential part of LIS curricula.... This text abounds with succinct yet comprehensive instruction that maintains relevancy for today's students and practitioners. For example, the chapter "Assessing Research Impact" contains information on Dimensions AI, an increasingly popular AI-based scientific research database. Knott and Markey also provide thoughtful guidance on conducting the reference interview. Librarians may appreciate the reminder to know when to stop searching, which brings to mind the adage "Librarians like to seek, users like to find." Though written with LIS students and faculty in mind, this volume will be of use to any librarian wishing to update their online searching skills.
Online Searching: A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively, Third Edition aptly provides contexts and tools for online searching. Library and Information Science educators, students, and practitioners will appreciate this text as a companion to information seeking. This book is compelling and provides real-world examples of theoretical foundations and practical skills for readers.
This third edition brings new updates and additions to an already successful text. The two authors definitely captured the latest on the ever-changing scene of information searching and information retrieval. The chapter on web search engines' enhanced searching and indexing capabilities introduces information seekers to running more complex searches enabling them to retrieve more relevant information from the Internet. Markey and Malone also highlight the research impact numbers associated with scholars' productivity, a recent feature added by many databases and publishers. I'm looking forward to introducing the new edition to the students in my advanced online searching class.
Cheryl Knott’s updated edition of Online Searching includes a whole chapter, plus multiple references throughout, on the important role of publicly available web search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo in serving information needs for a variety of clients. This subject matter, a welcome addition to the comprehensive exploration of traditional academic databases, provides librarians and other information professionals an opportunity to review and refresh their web search skills in order to communicate good practices to clients.
Online Searching: A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively, Third Edition aptly provides contexts and tools for online searching. Library and Information Science educators, students, and practitioners will appreciate this text as a companion to information seeking. This book is compelling and provides real-world examples of theoretical foundations and practical skills for readers.
I have adopted this most authoritative, research/theory-based, and practical textbook of Online Searching: A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively since its first edition. Students voted it as the best textbook for the course of information storage and retrieval and online searching. The third edition not only answers the questions of 'Why Scholarship is Not Free?' but also the question of 'What is Google?' The timely inclusion of Chapter 8 Web Search Engines greatly satisfies such curiosity and enhances professional online searching services and personal online searching skills.
The textbook is empowered by helpful videos of each topic to let the visual speak. Such visual and audio enrich the learning experience. The third edition provides additional video interviews of reference librarians and experts in the field. It is a multimedia digital textbook for online searching.
This third edition brings new updates and additions to an already successful text. The two authors definitely captured the latest on the ever-changing scene of information searching and information retrieval. The chapter on web search engines’ enhanced searching and indexing capabilities introduces information seekers to running more complex searches enabling them to retrieve more relevant information from the Internet. Markey and Malone also highlight the research impact numbers associated with scholars’ productivity, a recent feature added by many databases and publishers. I'm looking forward to introducing the new edition to the students in my advanced online searching class.
Markey’s clearly written and well-organized handbook pairs practical tactics with theoretical depth. The second edition of Online Searching is an excellent graduate-level textbook that will continue to be helpful to budding search experts once they enter professional practice.
Online Searching, Second Edition is more than just a basic text for how to search online; it should be in the toolbox of every researcher, from journalist to scholar, everyday person to president. The compelling nature of Markey’s work is matched only by the comprehensiveness of her knowledge of all things to do with subject-related searching, the result of decades of tried and true research, now passed on to the next generations in clear, logical explanations and illustrations.
In this second edition of Online Searching, Markey (Univ. of Michigan) provides a welcome update to her comprehensive, highly organized guide. As in the first edition, the current work provides a general introduction to searching for materials online, then guides readers through the most effective methods for using online resources to assist library patrons, including the reference interview, choosing appropriate databases, using controlled vocabulary and Boolean operators, finding effective strategies to refine results, and many other valuable bits of advice and guidance. Added to the second edition are timely topics such as social media, fake news, the use of DOI (digital object identifier) and ORCID (open researcher and contributor ID) to find specific items, and increased coverage of “everything" search systems. The new edition ensures the continued relevance and currency of Markey's outstanding work.
Extremely up-to-date, including tips on how to search not only authoritative sources but also how to sift through social media with their various degrees of trustworthiness. Markey’s new edition teaches us how to approach reliable information as well as how to handle the fake news epidemic.
Whether you are an LIS instructor or student, or a practicing librarian, the second edition of Online Searching offers a comprehensive and timely guide and a peek under the hood of a shifting and exciting information landscape.
In this second edition of Online Searching, Markey (Univ. of Michigan) provides a welcome update to her comprehensive, highly organized guide. As in the first edition, the current work provides a general introduction to searching for materials online, then guides readers through the most effective methods for using online resources to assist library patrons, including the reference interview, choosing appropriate databases, using controlled vocabulary and Boolean operators, finding effective strategies to refine results, and many other valuable bits of advice and guidance. Added to the second edition are timely topics such as social media, fake news, the use of DOI (digital object identifier) and ORCID (open researcher and contributor ID) to find specific items, and increased coverage of “everything" search systems. The new edition ensures the continued relevance and currency of Markey's outstanding work.
In this second edition of Online Searching, Markey (Univ. of Michigan) provides a welcome update to her comprehensive, highly organized guide. As in the first edition, the current work provides a general introduction to searching for materials online, then guides readers through the most effective methods for using online resources to assist library patrons, including the reference interview, choosing appropriate databases, using controlled vocabulary and Boolean operators, finding effective strategies to refine results, and many other valuable bits of advice and guidance. Added to the second edition are timely topics such as social media, fake news, the use of DOI (digital object identifier) and ORCID (open researcher and contributor ID) to find specific items, and increased coverage of “everything" search systems. The new edition ensures the continued relevance and currency of Markey's outstanding work.
These days, when there are billions of information searchers around the world, current and future librarians and other information professionals must be effective and efficient information finders. This book helps LIS practitioners, educators and students in achieving this.
Online Searching: A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively fulfills the promise of its subtitle, equipping readers with the knowledge and skills needed to be expert intermediary searchers who can find quality information efficiently and effectively using both licensed databases and the open Web. The text is written in a clear, accessible style with numerous figures, tables, textboxes, questions (and answers), suggested readings, and a glossary supporting its use as a textbook to accompany a course on online searching or for self-study. Topics are well-chosen, covering in-depth discussion of each step in the search process, search strategies, and interacting with library users, as well as areas of emerging importance such as using databases to assess research impact.
Anyone can Google and find some information or, more likely, too much information. Online Searching is the new go-to manual for librarians who are charged with finding the best information from the myriad online sources available today. This book focuses on mastering today’s information-rich environment and is a must for everyone who teaches or conducts online searches.
Our traditional models of accessing information - library catalogs and abstracting and indexing services - were developed to ease access to scholarly resources in the print era. In the digital era, new ways of getting to the resources are necessary. Karen Markey, who has analyzed access to database content as it has evolved over the past four decades, has written a textbook, Online Searching: A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively. Throughout, she emphasizes that librarians' unique contribution is their ability to access quality information from trusted sources. Typically, this material is not readily available on the open web but through licensed databases. Markey describes the types of databases and stresses the presearch preparations of the reference interview, the considerations of the facets of the topic to be searched, and the evaluation of the database to be used.
09/01/2023
Markey's (emerita, school of information, Univ. of Michigan) all-inclusive textbook on online searching, first published in 2015, is now available in a third edition, revised by Knott (school of information, Univ. of Arizona; Find the Information You Need!). Knott's revisions add variety to Markey's authoritative voice, ensuring that this work will continue to be an essential part of LIS curricula. Knott maintains the core of Markey's work, detailing seven essential steps in online searching. This content is supplemented by interviews with current industry professionals and new chapters on web searching and assessment metrics. Technical chapters, such as "Technical Reading of a Database Search System," and more philosophical offerings, such as "The Age of Research," bookend the core content. This text abounds with succinct yet comprehensive instruction that maintains relevancy for today's students and practitioners. For example, the chapter "Assessing Research Impact" contains information on Dimensions AI, an increasingly popular AI-based scientific research database. Knott and Markey also provide thoughtful guidance on conducting the reference interview. Librarians may appreciate the reminder to know when to stop searching, which brings to mind the adage "Librarians like to seek, users like to find." VERDICT Though written with LIS students and faculty in mind, this volume will be of use to any librarian wishing to update their online searching skills.—Jennifer Townes
