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Tells what every senior researcher knows: that research is not a mechanical, linear process, but a thoughtful and adventurous journey through a nonlinear world. The author breaks library research into seven basic and simultaneous tasks: design, search, scanning/browsing, reading, analyzing, filing, and writing.

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"The work of a master researcher who recalls in illuminating detail how he and his students over the last thirty years went about solving a large number of empirical and theoretical research problems. He systematizes these memories into usable advice and lays out a multistage plan for successful scholarship that meets very rigorous demands. Without a hint of trendiness, this manual will reliably guide novice scholars into a new world of materials for study and will help their mentors keep up as well. An indispensable guide for serious humanistic study in the future." -Alan Sica, editor, Contemporary Sociology

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To the Reader 1 Introduction 2 A Library Ethnography 3 Fundamentals 4 The Preliminary Phase 5 Midphase Bibliography 6 Midphase Scanning, Browsing, and Brute Force 7 Reading 8 Midphase Files and Organization 9 Midphase Analysis 10 Midphase Writing 11 Midphase Design 12 Endphase Glossary Index

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 4 August 2014
      ISBN-13 9780226167787
      978-0226167787
      ISBN-10 022616778X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells what every senior researcher knows: that research is not a mechanical, linear process, but a thoughtful and adventurous journey through a nonlinear world. The author breaks library research into seven basic and simultaneous tasks: design, search, scanning/browsing, reading, analyzing, filing, and writing.

      Trade Review
      "The work of a master researcher who recalls in illuminating detail how he and his students over the last thirty years went about solving a large number of empirical and theoretical research problems. He systematizes these memories into usable advice and lays out a multistage plan for successful scholarship that meets very rigorous demands. Without a hint of trendiness, this manual will reliably guide novice scholars into a new world of materials for study and will help their mentors keep up as well. An indispensable guide for serious humanistic study in the future." -Alan Sica, editor, Contemporary Sociology

      Table of Contents
      To the Reader 1 Introduction 2 A Library Ethnography 3 Fundamentals 4 The Preliminary Phase 5 Midphase Bibliography 6 Midphase Scanning, Browsing, and Brute Force 7 Reading 8 Midphase Files and Organization 9 Midphase Analysis 10 Midphase Writing 11 Midphase Design 12 Endphase Glossary Index

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