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"Real World Research Skills, Second Edition: An
Introduction to Factual, International, Judicial,
Legislative, and Regulatory Research,"
by Peggy Garvin
"Peggy Garvin is the 'go-to' Washington
expert on how to effectively locate, evaluate and leverage
information from federal and state government websites." -- Sabrina I. Pacifici,
Founder, Editor, Publisher, LLRX.com and Author of the
blog on law and technology news, beSpacific.com
"It includes important basics - how to think before you
begin your research; how to work on unfamiliar topics;
what to search and how to evaluate the results - which
are not always included in books of this type." -- Kee Malesky,
NPR Reference Library
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The Oxford Guide to Library Research
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