Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, however, many black Americans were denied access to public libraries or allowed admittance only to separate and smaller buildings and collections. While scholars have examined and continue to uncover the history of school segregation, there has been much less research published on the segregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South. In fact, much of the writing on public library history has failed to note these racial...
Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentiet...
Find the Information You Need is designed for the person who suspects that Google and Facebook aren't always giving them the best results for their specific information needs. Created for anyone who wants to understand how to select better information resources, deploy smarter search strategies, and evaluate results more effectively, Find the Information You Need provides: oconcrete exercises demonstrating successful queries on a variety of topics; oclear explanations of search techniques and when to use them; odescriptions of the different types of information resources available including...
Find the Information You Need is designed for the person who suspects that Google and Facebook aren't always giving them the best results for their s...
