Introduction to Reference Work, Volume I

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Contents
PART I INTRODUCTION
	Chapter 1 Reference Librarians on the Information Highway
		Information Sources
		Electronic Sources
		Who Uses Reference Services
		Reference Service Guidelines
		Questions and Searches
		Reference Interview and Search
		Evaluation of Reference Sources
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 2 The Electronic Library
		Cast the Net
		Bibliographic Networks
		Reference on the Internet
		Search Engines
		Searching the Web
		Future of Reference Services
		Suggested Reading
PART II INFORMATION: CONTROL AND ACCESS
	Chapter 3 Bibliography
		Systematic Enumerative Bibliography
		Evaluation of Bibliography
		Guide to Reference Sources
		Current Selection Aids
		Indexes To Reviews
		Electronic Databases
		Bibliographies: Nonprint Materials
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 4 National and Trade Bibliographies
		National Union Catalog (MARC)
		National Bibliographies Outside the United States
		Trade Bibliography
		Publishing and Libraries
		Bibliographies: Periodicals and Newspapers
		Reader’s Advisory Services
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 5 Indexing and Abstracting Services: General and Collections
		Index Scope and Content
		Searching An Index
		Full-Text Availability
		Index Evaluation
		Evaluation Problems and Cost
		General Periodical Indexes
		Internet Worldwide Web
		Current Contents
		Retrospective Searches
		General Indexes: Print Format
		Indexes to Materials in Collections
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 6 Indexing and Abstracting Services: Subject and Newspaper
		Humanities
		Social Sciences
		Citation Indexes
		Specific Subject Indexes
		Current Events: Newspapers, Indexes, Reference Aids
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 7 Encyclopedias: General and Subject Sets
		The Electronic vs. Print Encyclopedias
		Evaluating Encyclopedias
		Evaluation Points
		Adult Encyclopedias
		Popular Adult and High School
		Children and Young Adult
		Other Children’s Sets
		Encyclopedia Supplements: Yearbooks, CD-ROMs, Online
		One Volume Encyclopedias
		Foreign-Published Multi-Volume Encyclopedias: Print Format
		Subject Encyclopedias
		Art and Arts
		Philosophy
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 8 Ready-Reference Sources: Almanacs, Yearbooks, Handbooks, Directories
		Evaluation
		General Fact Books
		Almanacs and Yearbooks
		Representative Yearbooks
		Handbooks and Manuals
		Advice and Information
		Directories
		Libraries
		Statistics
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 9 Biographical Sources
		Searching Biographical Sources
		Evaluation
		Indexes to Biography
		Universal and Current Biographical Sources
		Directory: The Who’s Who Form
		Essay Form of Biographical Sources
		Retrospective Essay Biography
		Professional and Subject Biographies
		Group Subject Biographies
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 10 Dictionaries
		Evaluation
		Unabridged Dictionaries
		Desk (College) Dictionaries
		Children’s Dictionaries
		Thesaurus/Synonyms and Antonyms
		Historical Dictionaries
		Foreign Language Dictionaries (Bilingual)
		Subject Dictionaries
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 11 Geographical Sources
		Geographical Sources
		Evaluation
		Geographical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
		Atlases and Maps
		Gazetteers
		Thematic Atlases and Maps
		Street Maps
		Travel Guides
		Suggested Reading
	Chapter 12 Government Documents
		Organization and Selection
		Guides
		Government Organization
		Catalogs
		Congress
		Indexes and the Census
		Technical—Scientific Reports
		State and Local Documents
		Suggested Reading
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