Information English Information Source and Information Acquisition

Author: Li Jifang
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Publish Date: 1999-12-18
Features: Information English—Information Sources and Information Retrieval is a selected textbook designed to guide students majoring in information management and other English majors in becoming familiar with and learning to use various information resources. The book divides information resources into two main parts—printed materials and non-printed materials—and introduces them separately. It covers library information center collections, online database services, CD-ROM database services, and international network resources, providing different methods to help readers obtain the information they need to search for. The book specifically introduces book structures, book indexes, and other query tools, as well as various library catalogs, such as card catalogs and computer catalogs. It focuses on introducing new types of information services, such as multimedia database services and international network services, and also highlights several important U.S. database service companies. In summary, the purpose of this reading textbook is to help professional students and other readers understand the possible information resources available to them for academic purposes and where to find these resources to meet their information needs. To provide students and other readers with practical experience in using information resources and conducting searches, the book includes a set of post-class exercises for practice. To help students and other readers better understand the content discussed in each lesson, the editor has systematically designed exercises after each lesson to facilitate the review of the lesson content and English vocabulary learning.