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Magic Search: Getting the Best Results from Your Catalog and Beyond
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| Rebecca S. Kornegay, Heidi E. Buchanan, and Hildegard B. Morgan |
| Item Number: 978-0-8389-0990-4 |
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| Publisher: ALA Editions |
| Price: $45.00 |
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112 pages
6" x 9"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0990-4
Year Published: 2009
AP Categories: A, C, E, I
Read sample chapters and the book's index now!
Subdivide and conquer! Magic Search: Getting the Best Results from Your Catalog and Beyond showcases how to increase the power of Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) subdivisions to produce astonishing results from your searches. Rebecca S. Kornegay and Heidi E. Buchanan, experienced reference librarians, and Hildegard B. Morgan, an expert cataloger, explain how, when used wisely, LCSH subdivisions can save time and provide a new level of precision in information retrieval for patrons of the library.
Magic Search presents the 467 best-performing LCSH subdivisions that speak to the kinds of research questions librarians handle every day. This handy reference format and index offers a useful tool to keep for quick reference rather than a cumbersome tome to be read from cover to cover. In addition, this book provides
- A thematic arrangement of LC subdivisions that yield the most successful search
- Chapters on discipline-specific subdivisions to hone effective search terms
- Precise, professional vocabulary useful in searches and explained in easy-to-understand language
Grasping the importance and having command of LC subdivisions, now appearing in unexpected places beyond the library catalog, is key in this rapidly evolving, 21st-century information environment. No other work explores the LCSH subdivisions is such detail or with such commitment, making this book vital to every Reference Desk.
About the Authors
Rebecca Kornegay is head of reference at Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library,
in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She received her MSLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1977.
Heidi Buchanan is a reference librarian at Hunter Library. Her MSLS is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000).
Hildegard Morgan is assistant head of cataloging at Hunter Library. Morgan has thirty years of cataloging experience and also serves at Hunter’s reference desk. Kornegay, Buchanan, and Morgan are the coauthors of “Amazing magic searches! Subdivisions combine the precision of the cataloger with the freewheeling style of a Googler,” published in Library Journal, November 2005.
Reviews
“... an upbeat, free-wheeling and entertaining book that is thoroughly grounded in the authors' knowledge of LCSH. Because they know the rules, we don't have to ... Buy this book. Buy this book and add it to the
ready reference collection. Buy this book, add it to
the ready reference collection and bribe the reference
librarians into reading it. And don’t forget to
place it near public workstations for quick reference
by patrons.”
--TechKNOW
“This is a valuable resource not only for the library user wishing to make better searches, but also for the librarian and cataloger wanting to see other insights on subject subdivisions.”
--ARBA
"Magic Search will be a valuable tool for anyone who spends time at a reference desk (physical or virtual). Not only will it help you mine your catalog more efficiently and effectively, it will also give you a renewed respect for the value of professional cataloging.
--Journal of Academic Librarianship
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Virtual Reference Best Practices
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Item Number:
978-0-8389-0975-1
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When it comes to virtual reference, one size doesn't fit all. What works in one library won't necessarily work in another. How do you figure out what to do? |
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Price: $50.00 |
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