Books

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Before you start

STEP 1: STARTING out

STEP 2: FINDING

Searching techniques:

- Boolean Logic

- Truncation/wildcards

- Phrase searching

Information finding tools:

- OPAC

- Webbridge

- Databases (incl CD Roms)

- Internet

- Dewey (DDC)

Information sources:

- Dictionaries

- Encyclopaedias

- Atlases

- Almanacs & yearbooks

- Books

Structure

Evaluation Checklist

E-books

- Periodicals/Journals

- Newspapers

- Audio-visual

- Internet

- Grey literature

- Broadcast media

- Conference proceedings

- Maps

- Government publications

- Standards

- Museums

- Archives

- Quiz

STEP 3: EVALUATE

STEP 4: Legal and ethical USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATE

E-books

E-books is an electronic version of a printed book, which can be read on a computer or special hand-held device. (Source: Oxford Reference Online, Core)

Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest and leading provider of free electronic books. (eBooks or eTexts).

The African Digital Library is a collection of free e-books available to anyone living in Africa. It provides electronic full text resources.