library research
Book-based scholarly inquiry
Library research is the process of finding and gathering information using library resources—books, journals, databases, archives, and the guidance of librarians.
The term distinguishes methodical investigation through curated sources from casual internet searching: The professor required library research, not just Wikipedia.
It implies scholarly rigor and access to materials not freely available online.
- thesis writingComposing a scholarly argument
- literature reviewAnalysis of prior scholarship
- catalogOrdered list of items
- card catalogIndexed library reference collection
- Dewey Decimal SystemLibrary cataloging by numbers
special collections · database · keyword search · interlibrary loan · quiet study · microfilm · journal article · full text · primary source · critical thinking · information literacy · reference book · academic integrity · encyclopedia · monograph · Boolean operators · circulation desk · due date
- schoolworkhomework, assignment, assignments, reading, essays
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- librarianshipcataloging, cataloguing, interlibrary loan, youth services, acquisitions
- legal researchcase law, legal search, legal citation, digests, LexisNexis
- learning resourcestutorials, textbook, guides, study guides, courses
- genealogyfamily trees, family history, descendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing
library researchfield research
Study conducted on location
fieldwork · laboratory research · lab work · empirical research · experimental research
library researchlearning by doing
Acquiring skills through practice
trial and error · apprenticeship · on-the-job training · intuition · lived experience
library, research, libraries, librarian, librarians, librarianship, researcher, researchers, researched