Fundamentals of Reference

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Fundamentals oF Reference Carolyn M. MulaC American Library Association : Chicago 2012 ALA FUNDAMENTALS SERIES ...

Carolyn M. Mulac has more than thirty years’ experience in reference work. An active member of ALA’s Reference and User Services ...

To the memory of my parents, Joseph A. and Dorothy A. Mulac. Dad, you often told me I should write a book... ...

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vii Contents Acknowledgments ix ...

Part 1: reference sources Introduction xi 1 Encyclopedias...................................................................... ...

ix aCknowledgments r eFerenCe work is not a solitary pursuit and neither is writing a book about it. I’d like to thank Jack O’Go ...

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xi IntroduCtIon r eFerenCe librarians know a little about a lot of things. Our work is a mosaic of subjects, formats, and modes ...

xii Introduction The bibliography includes a variety of readings about reference, and the appendix features a number of key Amer ...

1 Part 1 reference sources Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon ...

2 REFERENCE SOURCES more choices (and formats) at our disposal. While anyone can “google” a query and find some kind of answer, ...

Reference Sources 3 ALA’s Booklist, in which reviews are written by members of the Bulletin’s editorial board as well as by cont ...

4 REFERENCE SOURCES editors include subject experts representing a wide variety of academic and public libraries. Their concise ...

5 one encyclopedias It’s the E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A. Just look inside this book and you will see, everything from “A” clear dow ...

6 REFERENCE SOURCES a decade ago, publishers are still producing them, often along with an online version. Among general encyclo ...

Encyclopedias 7 and yearbooks and other special products. These considerations are useful not only in purchasing an encyclopedia ...