Research Guide for Undergraduate Students: English and American Literature / Edition 3

by Nancy L. Baker

Overview

The new edition of the popular Research Guide has been updated and significantly expanded to help beginning researchers navigate the library of the computer era. "Designed to give the harried undergraduate a road map of the reference library in literary research, (the guide) is fast becoming a 'standard.'"--American Reference Books Annual.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873521864
Publisher:	Modern Language Association of America
Publication date:	09/01/1989
Edition description:	3rd ed
Pages:	61
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Nancy L. Baker is University Librarian at the University of Iowa. Prior to joining the University of Iowa in 2000, Baker was director of libraries at Washington State University. There she led the overall administration of operations and personnel at 11 libraries, including branch libraries in Spokane, Vancouver, Olympia, and the Tri-Cities area of south central Washington. Baker was also associate director of Libraries for Public Services, University of Washington-Seattle from 1984 to 1991.

Nancy Huling is University Librarian at the University of Washington.

Editorial Reviews

The latest edition of this guide to conducting research for term papers and theses includes advice on locating and evaluating material from electronic resources and the Internet. The authors, who are longtime reference librarians, describe how to use reference works including indexes, databases, and dictionaries, as well as using interlibrary loan services, navigating electronic library catalogs, searching for articles and books, and locating biographical information, quotations, and facts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"This title holds place in the undergraduate reference canon alongside the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. It belongs in every undergraduate library and in the hands of students writing research papers on American or English literature." --Choice

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