Magic Search: Getting The Best Results from Your Catalog and Beyond

Reference librarians at Hunter Library (Western Carolina U.-Cullowhee) Kornegary, Heidi E. Buchanan, and Hildegard B. Morgan want their colleagues to know about Library of Congress subdivisions. The effective use of these subdivisions in searching, they contend, is essential in a time when libraries talk constantly about the need to optimize resource discovery for their patrons. Among their topics are finding out about places, finding primary sources, tools for scholars and other professionals, the humanities, business topics, natural and physical sciences, and medicine and health topics. A final chapter, The Baby and The Bathwater, summarizes their advice to reference librarians, catalogers, library administrators, vendors and publishes, catalog and database designers, information and library science educators, and The Library of Congress; their final word goes to readers: subdivide and conquer. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)