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Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning

American Association of School Librarians

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Editorial Review:

This volume aims to help readers respond proactively and help to lead the way to collaborative learning in schools. The American Library Association has been instrumental in shaping and publishing guidelines for school libraries for 75 years. This book incorporates the standards that should help students become skillful producers and consumers of information along with guidelines and principles to help create a dynamic, student-centred programme. The book's underlying concepts feature: helping students flourish in a learning community not limited by time, place, age, occupation or disciplinary borders; designing authentic learning tasks and assessments; speaking in terms educators understand; defining your role in student learning; and joining teachers and others to identify links in student information needs, curricular content, learning outcomes and a variety of print and nonprint resources.

Information and Information Systems (New Directions in Information Management)

Michael Buckland

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Buckland offers an examination of information systems that is comparative rather than narrowly technical in approach. Using explicitly defined terms, he interprets the nature of retrieval-based information systems such as archives, libraries, databases, and museums, and their relationships to their social context. Since the primary focus of the work is on unusual examples of information systems, the discussion yields interesting and thoughtful conclusions on the nature of information systems in general and constructive consideration of existing problems in this rapidly expanding field.

Information Retrieval Today

F. Wilfrid Lancaster, Amy J. Warner

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How to Do Everything with Yahoo!

Alan R. Neibauer

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Yahoo - Everything You Need On the Web 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 12 people found this review helpful.

I purchased this book for a friend who was new to the internet, but I couldn't resist cracking it open. The book is layed out in a very clear, concise format, if you're interested in a function of Yahoo!, there is probably a chapter devoted to it. I was amazed at the versatility of the site...I used the free email, messenger and companion, but had no idea that there was so much more to do on Yahoo!. I love Chess, now I can play online. I love getting up-to-date sports scores, now I can get them through Yahoo!. I love to buy through my computer, now I can comparison shop from a single web site, all through Yahoo! Shopping. If you want to save time and find out everything you can do with your computer, then this book is an excellent way to learn.

Editorial Review:

Take full advantage of all the features Yahoo! has to offer. This unique guide explains how to set up your free Yahoo! e-mail account, customize your screen, and create your free Web site. You'll get advice on how to store private information securely on the Yahoo! server. Lots of other great features are covers, such as "voice-chat", stock tips, and much more.

Information Assurance: Surviving the Information Environment

Andrew Blyth, Gerald L. Kovacich

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Looks at corporate security and covers the business, legal, and technical knowledge needed to create secure systems. An ideal reference for IS managers who need help in dealing with day to day security issues. Softcover.

Electronic Resources: Use and User Behavior

Hemalata Iyer

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In Philosophies of Reference Service, reference librarians share with you their reflective thinking about what they do as service providers. An important addition to the personal and occupational library of anyone in reference services, this book discusses the origins of reference service, its founding principles, the pleasures and pitfalls of the reference encounter, delivering high-quality service, and much, much more!

In a clever juxtaposition of the fundamentals of reference service provision with top-notch thinking about the role of the reference librarian and what makes a reference unit effective, Philosophies of Reference Service advocates for continuing familiarity with books in the reference section, recognizing the diversity of service users, and using collegiality in the work environment to boost productivity. It discusses why reference service should move toward instructing people in mediums, not systems, as well as:

• achieving consistency in reference service through “shared values”
• the concept of tiered reference services (based on survey research)
• the little-discussed “art” of reference desk scheduling
• the importance of knowing your user and making appropriate accommodations
• partnerships in reference services
• techniques for conducting reference rovering
• the advantages of print
• fostering widely grounded research through reference service
• why reference librarians share with the corporate world many of the same desired outcomes with regard to service provision
  
  Designed to assist readers in defining and developing their own approaches to reference service delivery, Philosophies of Reference Service offers reference librarians insight, practical knowledge, and guidelines for keeping on top of new reference techniques, establishing a partnership between the library and the user population, and maximizing the helpful nature of reference service.

Topic Detection and Tracking: Event-based Information Organization (The Kluwer International Series on Information Retrieval, Volume 12) (The Information Retrieval Series)

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Good book and very TECHNICAL too 4 out of 5 stars.
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I was introduced to James Allan when i start doing my little investigation for my research. I've just finished the first 4 chapters. Absolutely a good book for those who wants to know about TDT, event-based information organization and the techniques involved to detect an event from the news streams. The book will be really beneficial though for folks who's in IR too :) It's a compilation of technical papers and maybe the TDT webpage might help in order to get the rough idea on what is TDT. Indeed the technical part will be the algorithm, approach and technique.
Can't wait to read somemore.

Editorial Review:

Topic Detection and Tracking: Event-based Information Organization brings together in one place state-of-the-art research in Topic Detection and Tracking (TDT). This collection of technical papers from leading researchers in the field not only provides several chapters devoted to the research program and its evaluation paradigm, but also presents the most current research results and describes some of the remaining open challenges. Topic Detection and Tracking: Event-based Information Organization is an excellent reference for researchers and practitioners in a variety of fields related to TDT, including information retrieval, automatic speech recognition, machine learning, and information extraction

GeoComputational Modelling: Techniques and Applications (Advances in Spatial Science)

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Provides important insights into this new and rapidly developing field and attempts to establish the principles and develop techniques for solving real world problems.

Information Skills Toolkit: Collaborative Integrated Instruction for the Middle Grades (Professional Growth Series)

Debra Kay Logan

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Search Engines for the World Wide Web, Third Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Alfred Glossbrenner, Emily Glossbrenner

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Brush Up On Your Search Skills Today! 5 out of 5 stars.
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     The Internet is a world wide network of people, computers, cables, servers, and repositories of stored information. For many online members the use of the Internet can appear to be a formidable challenge. A considerable amount of information is available at their fingertips. Fortunately they have a number of ways to intelligently access this information for purposes of fun, pleasure, research, and employment. They may use word-of-mouth, printed and online Internet directories, and special online search tools to find the information they need in a timely manner.

     Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner have written Search Engines for the World Wide Web to offer members of the online community with valuable insight on how to make more productive use of the most popular and powerful search engines in use today. Search engines have been designed to allow users to enter specific search criteria such as names, dates, places, titles, ISBN numbers, data strings, and so on, to turn up a number of matching entries. The authors provide detailed information about the most commonly used search engines, including AltaVista, Deja News, Excite, Hotbot, Infoseek, Lycos, and Yahoo. They will provide readers with the knowledge they need to select and use the ones that are right for them!

     Readers are walked through the use of each search engine in a concise and straightforward manner. Often ignored advanced search features are covered so that readers can appreciate the full potential use of each powerful search tool they have access to. Screenshots of each search engine site and fill-in form are provided to make data entry a relatively easy process. The authors discuss a number of basic search tool methods, tips, and techniques readers will find useful as well. A chapter covering 25 specialized search engines and a fold-out quick reference guide at the back of the book provides quick access to useful online information.

     Readers should appreciate the fact that this book deals exclusively with the use of search engines. There is no need for them to thumb through larger books to find the specific information they are looking for. The material in this book has been clearly presented. Readers will have no trouble at all following the instruction provided. The use of this book will result in a more effective and disciplined use of the information superhighway for whatever purpose they have in mind. Brush up on your own search skills. Make use of this book today! Highly recommended!

Editorial Review:

Self-study text showing how to search the Internet using search engines such as AOL Search, Altavista, Hotbot, and Yahoo. Revised and expanded from the previous edition, with a companion Web site. The back cover contains a flap featuring search engines Quick Reference Table. Softcover.