Biblio-forensics is an art form.
Just see Brian Dettmer’s examples of what he calls “book autopsies.” Fascinating, time consuming, and, well, just plain cool.
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I have for several years now been a fan of Nota Bene for academic writing in large part because formatting according to various styles (APA, MLA, Turabian, etc.) were built-in, citation management was convenient through their Ibidem module, and bibliographies are a snap.
Other programs seem to be catching on. In particular, Microsoft Word 2007 [...]

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A relatively recent study entitled Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester (.PDF) has the following to say concerning the Google generation and their approach to reference services at an academic library:

So self-service is the preeminent model and strategy of the information-seeking student. But when the student cannot satisfy his/her own [...]

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