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Reference and information services : an introduction / Melissa A. Wong and Laura Saunders, editors ; foreword by Linda C. Smith.

Contributor(s): Smith, Linda C [writer of foreword.] | Wong, Melissa Autumn [editor.] | Saunders, Laura, 1975- [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Library and information science text seriesEdition: Sixth editionDescription: xiv, 748 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN: 9781440868832; 1440868832; 9781440875045; 1440875049Subject(s): Reference services (Libraries) | Information servicesGenre/Form: Textbooks. | Textbooks. Additional physical formats: Online version:: Reference and information services.DDC classification: 025.5 LOC classification: Z711 | .R443 2020
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"--
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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"--

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