Chapter 3. Search Systems and Finding Tools

Authors

  • John J. Burke
  • Beth E. Tumbleson

Abstract

Chapter 3 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 52, no. 2) Learning Management Systems: Tools for Embedded Librarianship

Using search systems and finding tools comprise a major portion of the research process. Finding needed information often requires using the library’s online catalog, discovery service, databases, search engines and portals. Because each tool leads the researcher to content not duplicated elsewhere, it become necessary to use a combination of search tools.

Author Biographies

John J. Burke

John J. Burke is the Director of the Gardner-Harvey Library on the Middletown regional campus of Miami University (Ohio) and holds the rank of Principal Librarian. John is a past president of the Academic Library Association of Ohio and recipient of its Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award, former chair of the Southwest Ohio Council on Higher Education Library Council, and current board member of OhioNET. He holds an M.S. in library science from the University of Tennessee and a B.A. in history from Michigan State University. John has worked in library administration, public services, instruction, collection development, web design, and systems. His scholarship centers on LMS embedded librarianship, makerspaces, and technology for library staff.

Beth E. Tumbleson

Beth E. Tumbleson is Assistant Director of the Gardner-Harvey Library, on the Middletown regional campus of Miami University (Ohio) and holds the rank of Associate Librarian. She earned her M.S. in library science from Simmons School of Library Science and M.A. in church history from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She also earned a B.A. in English and French from Dickinson College. Beth has worked as an academic, high school, and corporate librarian. She has worked in library administration, distance library services, instruction, and collection development. Her scholarship focuses on LMS embedded librarianship and academic integrity.

References

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Marshall Breeding, The Future of Library Resource Discovery: A White Paper Commissioned by the NISO Discovery to Delivery D2D Topic Commission (Baltimore, MD: National Information Standards Organization, February 2015), 15, www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/14487/future_library_

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Charlie Rapple, quoted in ibid.

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Published

2016-02-18

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 2 (2016): February/March

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Chapters