Reference Services Review: Volume 21 Issue 1
Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age
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Welcome or not, here they come: Unaffiliated users of academic libraries
Lloyd M. Jansen, Lloyd M. JansenImagine you are working at the reference desk of a major university library on a busy weekday afternoon. As you say, “How may I help you?” to your next client, you notice that he…
Librarian in a box: The use of electronic mail for reference
Julie Still, Frank CampbellIn the past few years more and more librarians have discovered electronic mail. One indication of this new awareness is the proliferation of library‐specific bulletin boards and…
Recent reference sources in women's studies
Linda A. KrikosAs the field of women's studies has grown into a mature academic discipline, the number of sources devoted to women has increased dramatically, particularly in the last decade…
Who were the Soviet peoples?: A guide to materials on the non‐Russian Nationalities of the former USSR
Gordon E. HoggUntil very recently an immense USSR comprised fifteen republics. Now the three Baltic states are free of Moscow's direction, and an independent Ukraine has joined Belarus and the…
Reference service for Sstudents with disabilities: Desktop braille publishing in the academic library
Tom McNultyOver the past two decades, a number of social and legislative forces have had the effect of increasing disabled peoples' attendance at institutions of higher education. Major…
Regional gardening books and periodicals: An annotated bibliography
Beth ClewisIn a world in which “England's green and pleasant land” sets the standard for garden excellence, gardeners in much of the United States will struggle in vain to adapt the British…
Polymer education in U.S. colleges and universities: Reference sources and guides
Earnestine Wright AdeyemonIn the 1967 film, The Graduate, Mr. Robinson gave Dust in Hoffman's character, Benjamin, the scene‐stealing career suggestion, “plastics!” Although Benjamin appeared indifferent…
Land surveying: A bibliography of sources
Ellen H. EhrigSurveying is one of the world's oldest professions. The Egyptians used a system of ropes and knots to relocate boundaries along the Nile after periodic flooding; they also used…
The origins and development of Jane's Fighting Ships
Bert ChapmanOnce a year a reference source is published in Surrey, England, that brings visitors such as the military attachés from the Chinese and former Soviet embassies in London to…
Workplace literacy: A selected bibliography
Karen Rupp‐SerranoLiteracy has been one of the most publicized societal problems of the past decade, and it is likely to continue as such for some time to come. Like many problems of modern…
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