Reference and information services an introduction
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago
Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association
2013
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| Edition: | Third edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to reference and information services
- Determining the question : in-person, telephone, and virtual reference interviews
- Finding the answer : basic search techniques
- Answering questions about books, magazines, newspapers, libraries and publishing, and bibliographic networks : bibliographic resources
- Answering questions about anything and everything : encyclopedias
- Answering questions that requires handy facts : ready reference sources
- Answering questions about words : dictionaries
- Answering questions about events and issues, past and present : indexes and full-text databases
- Answering questions about health, law and business : special guidelines and sources
- Answering questions about geography, countries and travel : atlases, gazetteers, maps, geographic information systems and travel guides
- Answering questions about the lives of people : biographical information sources
- Answering questions about governments : government information sources
- When and how to use the internet as a reference tool
- Reader's advisory work / Cindy Orr
- Reference work with children and young adults / Meghan Harper
- Information literacy in the reference department
- Selecting and evaluating reference materials
- Ethics in reference / Angela Ecklund
- Managing reference departments
- Assessing and improving reference services
- Reference 2.0
- The future of information service
- Appendix. RUSA outstanding reference sources 2007-2012