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Author_Janaye M. Houghton
Author_Robert S. Houghton
Category=GLF
Category=UT
Category=UYA
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Information Systems and Technology: Information Retrieval
Theory and Practice
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- ISBN 9781563086724
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 1999
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Teach students valuable information retrieval skills and build information literacy with this excellent guide and activity book. Along with a simplified explanation of Boolean logic and how it is used for online searching, it offers reproducible worksheets that lead students through decision-making and powerful strategic techniques of search process. These skills help online searchers make decisions and gain access to the desired person, place, or thing; off-line, they can be used to narrow a topic and search through library information with focus and direction. They can even be used in everyday situations, such as choosing pizza toppings. A must-buy for school libraries and computer labs, this book can also be used by classroom teachers and for independent instruction with older students and adults. A great tool for working through the cobwebs of online searching.
