Reference Materials in Libraries
Contents: Foreword. 1. General introduction to the library. 2. Circulation services: patron registration. 3. Circulation services: circulation control system. 4. Circulation: collection control. 5. Reference services. 6. Reference sources: the library catalogue. 7. Reference tools: library classification. 8. Reference work: footnotes and bibliography entries. 9. Reference materials. 10. Reference materials: almanacs and yearbooks. 11. Reference materials: dictionaries. 12. Reference materials: general encyclopaedias. 13. Reference materials: biographical information. 14. Reference materials: bibliographies and bibliographic guides. 15. Reference materials: atlases and gazetteers. 16. Reference materials: directories and handbooks. 17. Reference materials: indexes. 18. Reference materials: humanities. 19. Reference materials: social sciences. Bibliography. Index.
Reference sources for library catalogue and catalogue formats can be understood by reading this book. Classification of library i.e. Dewey decimal classification, Congress classification and reference tools are described by the author. As far as the reference materials in concerned, the readers can get the information on ninth chapter. In author explains about almanacs and yearbooks for reference materials. Dictionaries for references materials and their uses and types of dictionaries are given in eleventh chapter. General encyclopaedias and types of encyclopaedia for reference materials, biographical information are also explained.
Bibliographies and bibliographic guides for reference materials in mentioned by the author in fourteenth chapter. The author explained about allases and gazetteers for reference materials. Handbooks and directories for reference materials are vividly described in sixteenth chapter. The book explains on reference materials for social sciences. This book is useful for students, research scholars, librarians, professors lectures alike. (jacket)
Reference sources for library catalogue and catalogue formats can be understood by reading this book. Classification of library i.e. Dewey decimal classification, Congress classification and reference tools are described by the author. As far as the reference materials in concerned, the readers can get the information on ninth chapter. In author explains about almanacs and yearbooks for reference materials. Dictionaries for references materials and their uses and types of dictionaries are given in eleventh chapter. General encyclopaedias and types of encyclopaedia for reference materials, biographical information are also explained.
Bibliographies and bibliographic guides for reference materials in mentioned by the author in fourteenth chapter. The author explained about allases and gazetteers for reference materials. Handbooks and directories for reference materials are vividly described in sixteenth chapter. The book explains on reference materials for social sciences. This book is useful for students, research scholars, librarians, professors lectures alike. (jacket)
