Sorting Out the Web: Approaches to Subject Access

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Search engines, subject gateways, descriptive metadata, Web cataloging--everyone is looking for ways to support information discovery and retrieval on the Internet. To become full partners in new digital access ventures, library and information professionals need to be familiar with effective tools and stategies, and need to make decisions about what is appropriate for different resources, settings and communities. This book takes a look at what has been done in providing subject access to networked resources, and what is around the corner. Accompanies by ample illustrations and complementary online material, topics include: Metadata, as a potentiator of subject description; classification schemes and directories; alphabetical subject engines in all their variety; and trends in subject decription and access. A book directed to information professional, educators, and students involved in Web design, cataloging, indexing, reference, and information retrieval.

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.,."a good, well-written, basic text on subject retrieval capabilities and trends on the Web. With its deliberate impartiality, it can be used effectively in a classroom setting or to provide background information for training staff or end users."-Portal
.,."the author has covered pretty much everything that could help librarians and those in information science fields, such as Web design, understand where it all began and where catalog librarians are headed....This title would also be ideal for students in information science."-Technical Services Quarterly
...a good, well-written, basic text on subject retrieval capabilities and trends on the Web. With its deliberate impartiality, it can be used effectively in a classroom setting or to provide background information for training staff or end users.-Portal
...the author has covered pretty much everything that could help librarians and those in information science fields, such as Web design, understand where it all began and where catalog librarians are headed....This title would also be ideal for students in information science.-Technical Services Quarterly
[a] highly readable text for students and instructors alike; each section of the book can stand as its own "expert review" o the topic at hand. In both content and structure this text is highly recommended. It certainly meets its intended goal of providing a timely introduction to the methods and problems of subject access in the Web enviornmnent, and does so in a way that is readable, interesting and engaging.-Knowl.Org.
[C]andy Schwartz....shares her expertise in this overview of options and techniques for finding informative materials on the Web....this book is a good starting point....she has laid a solid foundation from which to proceed.-The Library Quarterly
Sorting Out the Web makes a significant contribution to the literature too because of the emphasis on subject approaches in the context of the Web and the discussion and foresight provided about the integration of automatic methods. In my opinion this is a very successful and much needed text. In short, it is a must have for librarians, students, webmasters, and other persons or communities wanting to facilitate networked resource discovery.-The Journal of Academic Librarianship
"a highly readable text for students and instructors alike; each section of the book can stand as its own "expert review" o the topic at hand. In both content and structure this text is highly recommended. It certainly meets its intended goal of providing a timely introduction to the methods and problems of subject access in the Web enviornmnent, and does so in a way that is readable, interesting and engaging."-Knowl.Org.
"Candy Schwartz....shares her expertise in this overview of options and techniques for finding informative materials on the Web....this book is a good starting point....she has laid a solid foundation from which to proceed."-The Library Quarterly
..."a good, well-written, basic text on subject retrieval capabilities and trends on the Web. With its deliberate impartiality, it can be used effectively in a classroom setting or to provide background information for training staff or end users."-Portal
..."the author has covered pretty much everything that could help librarians and those in information science fields, such as Web design, understand where it all began and where catalog librarians are headed....This title would also be ideal for students in information science."-Technical Services Quarterly
"[a] highly readable text for students and instructors alike; each section of the book can stand as its own "expert review" o the topic at hand. In both content and structure this text is highly recommended. It certainly meets its intended goal of providing a timely introduction to the methods and problems of subject access in the Web enviornmnent, and does so in a way that is readable, interesting and engaging."-Knowl.Org.
"[C]andy Schwartz....shares her expertise in this overview of options and techniques for finding informative materials on the Web....this book is a good starting point....she has laid a solid foundation from which to proceed."-The Library Quarterly
"Sorting Out the Web makes a significant contribution to the literature too because of the emphasis on subject approaches in the context of the Web and the discussion and foresight provided about the integration of automatic methods. In my opinion this is a very successful and much needed text. In short, it is a must have for librarians, students, webmasters, and other persons or communities wanting to facilitate networked resource discovery."-The Journal of Academic Librarianship

Author Bio

CANDY SCHWARTZ is Professor of Library and Information Science at Simmons College.