Introduction to Reference Work, Volume I

Katz, William A.; Katz William

ISBN 10: 0072441070 / ISBN 13: 9780072441079

Editore: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua, 2001

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• Titolo: Introduction to Reference Work, Volume I
• Editore: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0072441070
• ISBN 13: 9780072441079
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: As New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket

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Riassunto

Basic Information Services, Volume I of Introduction to Reference Work, explains the essential reference processes and sources in today’s libraries. It is a tool for understanding and mastering fundamental reference forms - online, in print, and elsewhere. This eighth edition is completely rewritten to reflect the radical changes library science has undergone since the advent of widely available electronic databases and the Internet.

Contenuti

Preface

Part I: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Reference Librarians on the Information Highway

Chapter 2: The Electronic Library

Part II: INFORMATION: CONTROL AND ACCESS

Chapter 3: Bibliography

Chapter 4: National and Trade Bibliographies

Chapter 5: Indexing and Abstracting Services: General and Collections

Chapter 6: Indexing and Abstracting Services: Subject and Newspaper

Chapter 7: Encyclopedias: General and Subject Sets

Chapter 8: Ready Reference Sources: Almanacs, Yearbooks, Handbooks, Directories

Chapter 9: Biographical Sources

Chapter 10: Dictionaries

Chapter 11: Geographical Sources

Chapter 12: Government Documents