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Reference and information services in the 21st century: an introduction
2011, Neal-Schuman Publishers
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Table of Contents

Introducing reference and information service
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 require 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 / Mary K. Chelton
Reference work with children and young adults / Mary K. Chelton
Information literacy in the reference department
Selecting and evaluating reference materials
Managing reference departments
Assessing and improving reference services
Reference 2.0
The future of information service.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
025.5/24
Library of Congress
Z711 .C355 2011, Z711.C355 2011

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xvii, 461 p. :
Number of pages
461

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Open Library
OL25018271M
Internet Archive
referenceinforma0000cass_f9o9
ISBN 10
1555707408
ISBN 13
9781555707408
LCCN
2011012592
OCLC/WorldCat
709408043

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