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Peer reviewedBates, Marcia J. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Seventeen idea tactics to aid information specialists in furthering a reference search are defined as parts of total search strategies, and are grouped into idea generation and pattern breaking modes. Problems in testing such tactics are discussed. (FM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Information Retrieval, Librarians, Library Services


