Four new books for March

I've just updated the Facet website with details of four new books published this month. Review copies and Inspection copies are available as usual. Call me, Mark O'Loughlin, on 0207 255 0597 for further information.

New books include...

Business Information Sources
A beginner's guide
Christine O'Hare

This book is a practical introduction to business information sources in the UK, with the emphasis firmly on highlighting effective research approaches and useful resources in all formats, whether free, fee-based, print or online. Its aim is to fully equip you with tools to identify appropriate business information for your individual needs.

March 2007; 160pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-603-9; £34.95 (£27.96 to CILIP Members)

Making Search Work
Implementing web, intranet and enterprise search
Martin White

This unique book is designed to help organizations to understand, specify and implement desktop, website, intranet and enterprise search applications. The technology of search is presented in a non-technical way to enable you to understand the benefits and issues of each type of search solution, from the traditional high-end range to the newer plug-and-play solutions.

March 2007; 192pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-602-2; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP Members)

The Virtual Reference Handbook
Interview and information delivery techniques for the chat and e-mail environments
Diane K. Kovacs

Diane K. Kovacs has assembled this handbook to help reference librarians develop the communication skills and resources they need to work effectively in the digital reference environment. The handbook demonstrates how to adapt traditional face-to-face reference interview skills to the virtual interview, and how to interpret and use new communication techniques – chat slang, instant messaging shorthand, emoticons, etc – to better serve your users.

March 2007; 152pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-626-8; £36.96 (£29.56 to CILIP Members)

Going the Distance
Library instruction for remote users
Susan J. Clayton

In this timely collection, Susan J. Clayton brings together more than 20 experienced distance instruction librarians from across the USA – University of Western Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of North Carolina – to share their effective strategies in the four main areas of designing, delivering, collaborating, and assessing distance instruction.

March 2007; 256pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-619-0; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP Members)

For further information or to order Facet Publishing titles please call me, Mark O'Loughlin, 0207 255 0597, visit our website or call Bookpoint on 01235 827794.