A-Z Common Reference Questions for Academic Librarians

Heather Dawson

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English

Facet Publishing
03 September 2019

Library, archive & information management; Reference services; Research methods: general

A-Z Common Reference Questions for Academic Librarians is a survival guide for frontline library staff to help them find appropriate information quickly, whether they are answering questions at a physical help desk or remotely by telephone, email or instant messaging service.

The book will help academic librarians tackle the questions most commonly asked by students, academics and researchers. A broad cross-disciplinary A-Z of themes including topics such as literature searching, plagiarism and using online resources are covered helping you to address an query confidently and quickly. Each topic is split into three sections to guide your response:

typical questions: listing the common enquiries encountered points to consider: exploring the issues and challenges that might arise where to look: listing annotated UK and international resources in print and online including key organisations, scholarly bodies, digital libraries, statistical data and journal article indexes.

A-Z Common Reference Questions for Academic Librarians updates and expands the author’s previous book, Know it All, Find it Fast for Academic Libraries, and includes new sections on

blogging and social media text and data mining and data visualization assistive technology resources early career researchers impact measurement including bibliometrics; citation analysis and journal rankings academic internet searching LGBT studies Middle East studies project management open access publishing research data management study skills systematic reviews.

This will be an indispensable day-to-day guide for anyone working with students, academics and researchers in an academic library.

By: Heather Dawson
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781783304110
ISBN 10: 1783304111
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 03 September 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Heather Dawson is an Academic Support Librarian in the Information Services Department of the LSE Library and the author of the Facet Publishing book, Know it All, Find it Fast for Academic Libraries (2011).

Reviews for A-Z Common Reference Questions for Academic Librarians

'Reference is one of the most important and essential parts of academic library services all over the world. Dawson, a British librarian, has prepared a very useful book with many reference questions on important subjects. The book also has a very good introduction and an index that will further help academic librarians answer user's questions.' - CHOICE connect -- Choice * CHOICE connect * 'Very highly recommended as being ideal for a library science curriculum or as in-service training textbook for library students and/or aspiring academic librarians, A-Z Common Reference Questions for Academic Librarians is impressively well organized and presented. This thoroughly user friendly resource is unreservedly endorsed for the Library Science instructional reference collections of community, college, and academic libraries and library systems.' -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review *