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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What is meant -by "classification" as applied to libraries? 2. What system of classification is used in this library? Name the main classes. 3. Explain the terms (1) shelf list, (2) dictionary catalog, (3) reserve book, (4) title page, (5) copyright, (6) scope of the book, (7) bibliography, (8) guide card. 4. Distinguish hetween the terms (a) subject heading and title in the card catalog; (b) table of contents and index in a book; (c) call number, classification number and book number. 5. Where is the Gilt Star collection shelved? Where is the Open Shelf or the Leisure Hour collection shelved? Dis- tinguish between the type of -books found in each. 6. Give the location in this library of (1) bound volumes of popular magazines, (2) bound volumes of technical peri- odicals, (3) recent numbers of popular magazines, (4) older unbound numbers of popular magazines. 7. What are some of the characteristics of a good reference books? Show how some work of reference studied in this course fulfills the requirements. 8. Name and describe briefly the four standard unabridged Eng lished dictionaries, giving distinctive features of each. 9. What three classes of reference books are represented by the Century Dictionary? 10. If you were buying a synonym dictionary, which one would you select? 11. Where would you expect to find something about a prominent American living today? A prominent Englishman? 12. Name 4 works in which you would expect to find a biographi cal sketch of an English painter who died during the last century. What two would be best for bibliography? 13. For pronunciation of proper names of people or places where would you look? 14. Tf you wish to find a poem and can remember only the first line, what reference book would you consu...
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