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Webinar: Library Search Strategies: Thinking Inside and Outside the Box

In this free one-hour webinar, Christopher Brown helps you go beyond thinking about what resources to search and focuses on how to think about searching.

Webinar: Library Search Strategies: Thinking Inside and Outside the Box

Originally presented August 4, 2021

In order to better serve our library users, librarians need to think more creatively when assisting a user with a research topic.

In this webinar, librarian Christopher Brown goes beyond thinking about what resources to search and focuses on how to think about searching, sharing real search examples to illustrate the points made.

Libraries Unlimited is pleased to offer a special 20% discount on Chris' book, Librarian's Guide to Online Searching Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction, 6th Edition, to webinar attendees on direct orders through abc-clio.com

Enter promo code NICHE at checkout to apply your discount. Offer ends 9/30/21.

Click below to experience this webinar as a tutorial. When you continue past the introduction to the webinar, you'll be prompted to log in. We require login to view the whole tutorial so we can provide certificates of completion for your records and for professional development credit. No purchase is required and you can create a Niche Academy account if you don't already have one. The certificate will be available for download when you have completed all sections of the tutorial.  

 

About the author:

Christopher C. Brown, Professor, is Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Government Documents at the University of Denver, Main Library. He is author of several books, including Mastering United States Government Information: Sources and Services (Libraries Unlimited). His newest book, published June 2021, is Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction (6th edition, Libraries Unlimited). In addition, Chris has taught as an adjunct professor in the University of Denver Library School program for over 20 years.

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