Online searching :
xxv, 297 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm. Content notes : 1. Online searching in the age of the information explosion --
2. Accessing scholarly, professional, and educational information --
3. The reference interview for in-depth queries --
4. Selecting a relevant database --
5. Pre-search preparation --
6. Controlled vocabulary for precision in subject searches --
7. Free text searching for recall in subject searches --
8. Known-item searching --
9. Databases for assessing research impact --
10. Search strategies --
11. Displaying and assessing retrievals and responding tactically to the search system --
12. Performing a technical reading of a database and its search system --
13. Interacting with library users --
14. Online searching now and in the future --
Glossary --
Index --
About the author. Information retrieval.
