Reference Service/

Krishnan Kumar

Reference Service/ by Krishnan Kumar - 5th ed. - Noida: Vikas, 2015. - x,446p.

1.Introduction--
2.Kinds and Nature of Reference Service in Different Types of Libraries--
3.Users and Non-users--
4.User Education: Organization, Methods and Evaluation--
5.Orientation of a Freshman--
6.Ready Reference and Long Range Reference Services--
7.Mechanics of Compiling and Arranging Bibliography-- 8.Information Service--
9.Sources of Information--
10.Kinds of Reference Books and Their Evaluation--
11.Dictionaries--
12.Encyclopaedias--
13.Yearbooks, Almanacs and Supplements to Encyclopaedias--
14.Biographical Sources-- 15.Geographical Sources--
16.Directories--
17.Current Reference Sources, Sources of Statistics, Handbooks and Manuals--
18.Systematic Bibliography--
19.National Bibliographies--
20.Trade Bibliographies--
21.National Library Catalogues-- 22.Subject Bibliographies--
23.Indexing Services--
24.Abstracting Services--
25.Types of Bibliographies--
26.Techniques and Methods of Answering Reference Questions--
27.Theories of Reference Service--
28.Organization of a Reference Section--
29.New Developments

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Reference services (Libraries)
Reference books
Information services

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