Bonnie Nelson

Criminal Justice Research in Libraries and on the Internet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Library research has changed dramatically since Marilyn Lutzker and Eleanor Ferrall's Criminal Justice Research in Libraries was published in 1986. In addition to covering the enduring elements of traditional research, this new edition provides full coverage of research using the World Wide Web, hypertext documents, computer indexes, and other online resources. It gives an in-depth explanation of such concepts as databases, networks, and full text, and the Internet gets a full chapter. The chapters on bibliographic searching, the library catalog, and comparative research are almost totally new, and chapters on indexes and abstracts, newsletters, newspapers and news broadcasts, documents, reports and conference proceedings, and statistics reflect the shift to computerized sources. The chapter on legal resources discusses the wealth of legal information available on the Internet. A new chapter on library research in forensic science corrects an omission from the first book. With the growth of computerized indexes and the Internet, more and more researchers are admitting that they feel inadequate to the new tools. Librarians themselves are struggling to keep abreast of the new technology. This book will help students, practitioners, scholars, and librarians develop a sense of competency in doing criminal justice research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780313300486
• ISBN-10: 0313300488
• Artikelnr.: 21480927

Autorenporträt

BONNIE R. NELSON is Associate Librarian for Information Systems at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice library. With expertise in both criminal justice and computer information systems, she is the author of several articles and books on library resources and library automation.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the Revised Edition by Marilyn Lutzker Foreword to the First
Edition by Edward Sagarin Preface Introduction Before You Start
Communication, Information, and Information Flow Efficiency in Research
Bibliographic Searching Using the Internet Locating Information The Library
Catalog Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Annual Reviews Indexes and
Abstracts Newsletters, Newspapers, and News Broadcasts Documents, Reports,
and Conference Proceedings Statistics Printed Bibliographies Some Special
Problems Research in Legal Resources Research in Forensic Science by
Katherine B. Killoran Historical Research with Primary Sources:
Nineteenth-Century America Resources for the Study of Criminal Justice in
Other Countries Appendixes, Glossary, and Indexes Appendix A: Selected
Library of Congress Subject Headings in Criminal Justice Appendix B: Useful
Directories Appendix C: Selected Major Criminal Justice Commission Reports
Glossary Author and Title Index Internet Resources Index Subject Index