By Ron Blazek, Elizabeth Smith Aversa
The variety of details assets and the diversification of codecs are revolutionizing library and scholarly perform. whereas gaining access to info is simpler, assessment of assets has develop into more and more tough. protecting a broader territory and extra resources than past variations, this e-book deals an up to date, trustworthy consultant to almost 1,400 of an important and consultant details resources within the colossal self-discipline of humanities reviews. Following the elemental association of prior variants, Blazek and Aversa current chapters on resources (reference instruments) and entry (ways to discover and retrieve details) for every topic coated (e.g., language and literature, philosophy, visible arts). For the 1st time the authors have integrated internet assets and their URLs on a hugely selective foundation. All resources were reviewed, up to date, and in lots of situations multiplied. automated databases (both on-line and CD-ROM) are built-in with the books. distinctive annotations provide clients an in-d
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The interconnections within the researcher's mind appear to be so subtle or complex that it is necessary to examine personally the index entry or abstract to identify an item of potential relevance, and to see the book or article to determine its actual relevance. This problem continues to be compounded by the relative lack of standard or controlled vocabularies of the sort that are common in the pure and applied sciences. Yet the humanistic scholar needs help in the form of the availability of a wide variety of finding aids and access tools.
Special mention must go to the graduate assistants who served so well over the entire period: Parichart "Trish" Webster, Julia Spencer, Rita Haydar, Amy Arnold, and Patric Kruger, all of whom proved to be quick learners in all phases of the search operation as chief bibliographic assistants and took on the added burdens of coordination of volunteers, word processing, and more during the critical writing period. Special thanks are given to Daniel Blazek, David Blazek, Dr. Theresa Griffin Maggio, and Dr.
Creth (Meckler, 1991, pp. 2740) provides a good, though dated, introduction. More specific to librarians are Edward Shreeves, "Between the Visionaries and the Luddites: Collection Development and Electronic Resources in the Humanities," Library Trends 40 (Spring 1992): 57995, and James H. Sweetland's "Humanists, Libraries, Electronic Publishing and the Future," in the same issue of Library Trends (pp. 781803). Deborah Shaw and Charles H. Davis report on an investigation on the use of Page 7 computer-based tools for MLA in "The Modern Language AssociationElectronic and Paper Surveys of Computer-Based Tool Use," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 47 (December 1996): 93240, and S.
