Basic Library Skills, 5th ed.

By: Carolyn Wolf

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Paperback | 24 February 2006 | Edition Number 5

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Paperback
218 Pages

Edition Type
Revised

Age
18+

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27

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This brand new edition of Wolf''s acclaimed work provides a self-contained, short course in essential library skills for patrons of college, high school and public libraries. The intent is to provide a quick and easy way to learn to do library research. The exercises contained herein give students hands-on experience by applying rules stated in the text to situations that approach real "research problems."

Subjects addressed include a brief tour of the library; card catalogs and cataloging systems; filing rules; online public access catalogs; subject searching; bibliographies; book reviews and parts of a book; dictionaries; encyclopedias; handbooks; atlases; gazetteers; periodicals; newspapers; online database searching and reference sources; literature and criticism; e-books; government information and government documents; biographies; business, career and consumer information; non-print materials and special services; online computer use in libraries and schools; and hints for writing term papers.

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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