Research Tools for Information Studies and Library Science

Use these research tools to find information related to Information Studies and Library Science from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.

Article Databases for Information Studies and Library Science
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Government Information Sources
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Laws and Regulations Sources
Library and Book Catalogs
News Databases, Indexes, and Web Sites
Organizations
Statistics and Numeric Data

Article Databases for Information Studies and Library Science

Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include, or link to, the full text of articles.

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Dissertation and Thesis Sources

Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.

• Electronic Resource Finder

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Encyclopedias and Almanacs

General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.

• Electronic Resource Finder
• Print Resources
• Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. 4 vols. New York : Marcel Dekker, 2003.
  Doe Reference Z1006.E57 2003
  Online version: http://www.dekker.com/sdek/issues~db=enc~content=t713172967
  Contains more than 10,000 references covering information management, advances in digital technology and encoding, intellectual property issues, and hardware, software, and database selection and design.
• The Internet : a historical encyclopedia / edited by Hilary W. Poole. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005.
  Doe Reference TK5105.875.I57.I5372 2005
  Library has: v.1-3 (c2005)
  Table of Contents:  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005022156.html
  

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Government Information Sources

Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.

• Electronic Resource Finder - Federal/US
• Electronic Resource Finder - Foreign/International

Handbooks, Manuals, and Yearbooks

Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.

• Electronic Resource Finder
• Online Resources
• Safari Tech Books Online: http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/
• Computer Manuals@netLibrary: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENGI/netlibrary-ebooks.html
  

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Laws and Regulations Sources

Listings or full text of laws, ordinances, regulations, rulings by regulatory agencies, and decisions by appellate courts.

• Electronic Resource Finder

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Library and Book Catalogs

Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.

• Online Resources
• UC Berkeley, UC Systemwide, WorldCat and RLG Union Catalogs
• Specialized Information Studies and Library Science Catalogs

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News Databases, Indexes, and Web Sites

Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.

• Electronic Resource Finder

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Organizations

Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.

• American Library Association: http://www.ala.org
• Engineering Associations and Societies: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENGI/associations.html

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Statistics and Numeric Data

Resources that provide tables of numerical information, or listings indicating where such information can be found.

• Electronic Resource Finder

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