Reference and information services : an introduction /
Reference and information services : an introduction /
Melissa A. Wong and Laura Saunders, editors ; foreword by Linda C. Smith.
- Sixth edition.
- xiv, 748 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Library and information science text series .
- Library and information science text series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and functions of reference services -- Ethics -- The reference interview -- Instructional strategies for the reference interview -- Consortia and cooperation -- Models of reference services -- Management of reference services -- Evaluation and assessment of reference services -- Training and professional development -- Marketing and promotion of reference services -- Reference services for children and young adults -- Reference services for diverse populations -- Introduction to information creation and dissemination -- Selection and evaluation of reference sources -- Licensing and managing electronic resources -- Search strategies for online sources -- Ready-reference sources -- Dictionaries -- Encyclopedias -- Bibliographic sources -- Reader's advisory services and sources -- Indexes and abstracts -- News sources -- Geographical sources -- Biographical and genealogical sources -- Government information -- Data and statistical sources -- Business sources -- Health and medicine sources -- Primary and archival sources -- Legal sources -- Creating and future of reference service.
"Thoroughly updated, this go-to work links you--and through you, your patrons--to the significant changes that have occurred in reference and information sciences thanks to the growth in digital content"--
9781440868832 1440868832 9781440875045 1440875049
2019057161
Reference services (Libraries)
Information services.
Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Z711 / .R443 2020
025.5 / WON
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and functions of reference services -- Ethics -- The reference interview -- Instructional strategies for the reference interview -- Consortia and cooperation -- Models of reference services -- Management of reference services -- Evaluation and assessment of reference services -- Training and professional development -- Marketing and promotion of reference services -- Reference services for children and young adults -- Reference services for diverse populations -- Introduction to information creation and dissemination -- Selection and evaluation of reference sources -- Licensing and managing electronic resources -- Search strategies for online sources -- Ready-reference sources -- Dictionaries -- Encyclopedias -- Bibliographic sources -- Reader's advisory services and sources -- Indexes and abstracts -- News sources -- Geographical sources -- Biographical and genealogical sources -- Government information -- Data and statistical sources -- Business sources -- Health and medicine sources -- Primary and archival sources -- Legal sources -- Creating and future of reference service.
"Thoroughly updated, this go-to work links you--and through you, your patrons--to the significant changes that have occurred in reference and information sciences thanks to the growth in digital content"--
9781440868832 1440868832 9781440875045 1440875049
2019057161
Reference services (Libraries)
Information services.
Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Z711 / .R443 2020
025.5 / WON