An adequate user perspective on a database entry. How to find items in a database. ( )

Definitely a textbook but also a great ready reference for any teacher librarians that are working with databases (should be all of you) and search strategies. Often the student is left to devise what works best regarding their research without having good skills and tactics that make for more effective searching. This book has ideas on increasing research effectiveness. More could be said about the technological world that students readily embrace and how it can be used even more effective given these strategies, but that is the role that a teacher librarian can fully embrace. The website is helpful, but definitely a companion component. Stick to the text more. The “additional resources” areas are good, but need to be more in tune with the significant issue of change in this field. Recommended.

This book is a very good tool for those studying different databases. ( )

For a textbook about online searching, it was much more readable than I thought it would be. ( )

Really? Another text for online searching by librarians? Yes, and this one is a great one. It gives librarians a leg up on not only evaluating sources and databases, but the intricacies of the search for the “right” information find – something librarians can always improve upon. Graphics, screenshots and the practical exercises and questions guide your work. References are quite good, and divided up often to fit the chapter content. Excellent presentation of a hard to encompass subject, and good ways to approach it. Highly recommended.