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. ۩  Three of the most essential types of electronic library research resources are: 
   1)  Indexes (information on what publications exist),
     2)  Catalogs (information on what publications a library owns or holds), and
        3)  Full-Text Retrieval Databases (electronic access to the complete text of publications). 
Also available are electronic resources for Maps and Images.
Moreover, numerous Organizations offer extensive resources.

To »     · §  indexes       · §  catalogs       · §  full-text       · §  maps images      · §  organizations

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. ۩  In searching indexes and catalogs, some basic strategies are recommended.    
· §   Searching is based on access by author, title, subject, or keyword.  Most library users, nonetheless, seek information on a particular topic or subject. Therefore, subject and keyword searching become the most used and important to a user.    
· §   Nonetheless, two precautions need to be kept in mind regarding subject and keyword searching.    
            · §   The former gives precise, focused results.  However, if one does not know the correct phrasing for a subject heading, the search may produce no results.    
            · §   Keyword searching, on the contrary, offers a greater number of results.  However, since it is searching only for keywords as they randomly appear in a record, many of the results may prove irrelevant.  Therefore, one should always search for a topic using both subject and keyword searching.    
· §   Begin, therefore, with keyword searching.  From the results obtained from such searching, examine those records that are most relevant to your research.    
· §   Note from each record the subject phrase or phrases under which the item has been classified.  This phrase gives the exact wording for productive subject searching.    
· §   Re-do a search using the exact subject phrase(s).    
            · §   From the combination of using keyword and subject searching, one can obtain both a broad yet focused range of results.

Download RefWorks, software that allows you to create bibliographies that import entries from online databases.

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