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Research Guide for Undergraduate Students (Sixth Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Nancy L. Baker, Nancy Huling
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 135620
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 0873529243
Dewey Decimal Number: 820.72
EAN: 9780873529242
ASIN: 0873529243
Publication Date: April 15, 2006
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Condition: Very Good Condition, 6/E, stickers on cover, Minor Hi-Li & Markings, Ref.243
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Product Description
For nearly twenty-five years A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students has helped students avoid the pitfalls of conducting library research for term papers and theses. Updated and revised, the sixth edition shows undergraduates how to use their research time efficiently and how to locate and evaluate material available from electronic databases and the Internet. Nancy L. Baker and Nancy Huling bring their experience as librarians to a concise tour of the typical college library and provide easy-to-understand summaries of the print and electronic research tools available to students. Along the way, they describe nearly fifty reference works and research aids, including: Literature Resource Center
Expanded Academic ASAP
Literature Online (LION)
Library of Congress Subject Headings
MLA International Bibliography
Oxford English Dictionary
ProQuest Research Library The Research Guide provides dozens of samples from these reference materials. It discusses how to navigate a library's electronic catalog; how to search for articles and books; how to use primary sources; and how to locate biographical information, quotations, and miscellaneous facts. A new chapter deals with bibliographic citation managers, such as EndNote.
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An invaluable guide October 4, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Now in a newly updated and expanded sixth edition, the 104 page reference, "A Research Guide For Undergraduate Students: English And American Literature", by co-authors and librarians Nancy L. Baker and Nancy Huling offers a succinct and informative descriptional tour of the typical college library along with easy-to-understand summaries of the print and electronic research tools available to students and faculty. The research aids and reference works range from the 'Literary Resource Center', to the 'Expanded Academic ASAP', to 'Literature Online', to 'Library of Congress Subject Headings', to the 'MLA International Bibliography', to the 'Oxford English Dictionary', to the 'ProQuest Research Library', and dozens of others. "A Research Guide For Undergraduate Students" also provides a wealth of examples taken from the showcased reference materials, explains how to navigate a college library's electronic catalog, how to search for articles and books, the use of primary sources, locating biographic information, quotations, and miscellaneous facts. Of special note is a new chapter focused on dealing with bibliographic citation managers such as 'EndNote'. "A Research Guide For Undergraduate Students" is an invaluable guide, especially for new students and returning students wanting to take maximum advantage of what their college library has to offer them in support of their academic endeavors.
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