Introduction to Reference Work: Basic Information Sources Vol 1
6th Edition
Published on 1. December 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
485 pages
978-0-07-033638-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text acquaints students taking reference service courses, practising reference librarians, and users of libraries with the basic reference and information sources in libraries. New with the sixth edition is a chapter with coverage of the latest electronic (database) technology, reflecting the changes that have taken place in libraries and the curriculum.
More details
Edition
6th ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Width: 160 mm
Weight
7400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-033638-4 (9780070336384)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Part 1 Introduction: the reference process; computers and reference service. Part 2 Information - control and access: introduction to bibliography; bibliographies - national library catalogues and trade bibliographies; indexing and abstracting services - general and collections; indexing and abstracting services - subject and newspaper. Part 3 Sources of information: encyclopedias - general and subject; ready-reference sources - almanacs, yearbooks, handbooks, directories; biographical sources; dictionaries; geographical sources; govenment documents.