Literature Information Methodology: University Textbook: Information Literacy Reader

Author: Wei Chuanrong
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book is divided into three parts: Upper, Middle, and Lower. The upper part focuses on the education of general information literacy, discussing the brief history of books, the vast system of human documentary information, and its value assessment. It introduces methods and literacy for scientifically accumulating knowledge and information in daily life and studies, as well as how to utilize the library as a crucial information source. It elaborates on the types and functions of various reference books and methods for quickly and accurately retrieving factual data from them. The middle part addresses the issue of insufficient class hours for literature retrieval courses in Chinese universities, providing specialized information acquisition methods for majors such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, agriculture, biology, and engineering technology, while also introducing representative information systems for each field. Particularly noteworthy is the dedicated chapter for disciplines highly reliant on historical materials, such as literature and history, which covers professional reference books, important abstract journals, and specialized databases. The book separates general reference tools into the upper and lower parts. The lower part primarily introduces large-scale comprehensive information systems and databases to help discern various online resources. It also explores the characteristics and patterns of information activities during university students' research work, graduation theses, and graduation projects, explaining the national management methods for scientific research, and introducing basic methods and tools for information analysis. This book is suitable for new student orientation education in universities, specialized literature retrieval course teaching, as well as serving as a reference for general readers and researchers in terms of information methodology knowledge.