The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources by Ray Lester, published by Facet Pub. in 2005, is a comprehensive resource designed to assist users in finding accurate and relevant information efficiently. This edition spans 699 pages and is presented in English, offering a selective and evaluative approach to reference materials. It highlights both print and electronic resources, including digital databanks, electronic journal collections, and websites from notable organizations, ensuring that users have access to the most appropriate tools for their research needs.
Readers will find that The New Walford emphasizes quality and sustainability in its evaluations, providing introductory overviews for each subject area to clarify the structure of the literature. Compiled by leading subject specialists, this guide covers a wide range of topics, including social sciences, psychology, law, and library sciences, making it a valuable tool for researchers and information professionals alike. The careful selection process distinguishes this guide from typical web search engines, focusing on delivering a definitive list of useful resources.
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The New Walford highlights the best resources to use when undertaking a search for accurate and relevant information, saving you precious time and effort. For those looking for a selective and evaluative reference resource that really delivers on its promise, look no further. In addition to print sources, The New Walford naturally covers an extensive range of e-reference sources such as digital databanks, digital reference services, electronic journal collections, meta-search engines, networked information services, open archives, resource discovery services and websites of premier organizations in both the public and private sectors. But rather than supplying a list of all available known resources as a web search engine might, The New Walford subject specialists have carefully selected and evaluated available resources to provide a definitive list of the most appropriate and useful.
With an emphasis on quality and sustainability the subject specialists have been careful to assess the differing ways that information is framed and communicated in different subject areas. As a result the resource evaluations in each subject area are prefaced by an introductory overview of the structure of the relevant literature. This ensures that The New Walford is clear, easy-to-use and intuitive.
Editorial Board Chair: Ray Lester Peter Clinch; Helen Edwards; Heather Dawson; Susan Tarrant
Subject Specialists Wendy Buckle; Patricia Budgen; Peter Chapman; Sheila Corrall; Jonathan Cowley; Heather Dawson; Gillian Dwyer; Tracey Ellis; Gwyneth Price; Lynne Seddon; Angela Upton
Compiled by leading subject specialists from internationally renowned organizations, Volume 2 covers 15 broad subject groupings:
- Social Sciences (generic)
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Social Work & Social Welfare
- Politics
- Government
- Law
- Finance, Accountancy & Taxation
- Industries & Utilities
- Business & Management
- Education & Learning
- Sport
- Media & Communications
- Information & Library Sciences
- Tools for Information Professionals.
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