Reference Services Review: Volume 16 Issue 3

Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age

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Electronic and Media Delivery of Information: Matching New Techniques to Products and Markets

Larry W. Holmstrom

This paper discusses the factors that will influence a publisher's choice of cost‐effective electronic and media delivery techniques while allowing growth potential that serves…

Planning for CD‐ROM Technology: Or, How to Stop Worrying and Embrace the CD‐ROM

Jeff Downing

Since the introduction of CD‐ROM databases for libraries, books and articles have been written and conferences held to both define the technology and explore uses of the new…

Wilsondisc: A Review

Harold W. Tuckett

The Undergraduate Library (UGL) at the University of Michigan (UM) is charged primarily with providing library collections and services to support undergraduate library needs for…

Lives of the Poets, Novelists, and Dramatists: The Wilson Authors Series

Gary L. Ferguson

Some reference books are not only useful but a pleasure to read. For anyone interested in literature, the outstanding example is the Wilson Authors Series, which, for over fifty…

Doing Business in the Caribbean

Tony A. Harvell

With the passage of the Caribbean Basin Initiative in 1983, there has been an increased interest in obtaining information useful to businesses considering expansion in the region…

LC Science Tracer Bullet: An Index

Ellen Conrad

Published by the Science and Technology Division of the Library of Congress since 1972, the Tracer Bullet series is an underused reference source available in many library and…

Library Orientation and Instruction—1987

Hannelore B. Rader

The following is an annotated list of materials dealing with orientation to library facilities and services, instruction in the use of information resources, and research and…

Interactive Team Teaching of Government Documents Data Sources: A Case Study

Betty J. Tims

Over the years much has been written about integrated library instruction and its importance as a viable, effective method of bibliographic instruction. Indeed, a study by Judith…

Book Webbing Using Children's Literature: A Selective Guide

Virginia Nordstrom, Victoria Clayton

The value of allowing children to experience frequently the sheer pleasure of good children's literature has long been acknowledged. For at least the past twenty‐five years…

Wildlife Legislation before and after the Endangered Species Act of 1973

Dorothy A. Gray

To some persons, private gardens, public parks, and farms appear to offer a safe way to preserve all of the plants and animals the environment needs. To people who ignore the need…

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ISSN:

0090-7324

e-ISSN:

2054-1716

ISSN-L:

0090-7324

Online date, start – end:

1973

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Ms Sarah Barbara Watstein