Basic Library Skills, 5th ed.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. |
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 1 |
General Information | 15 |
Online Public Access Catalogs | 33 |
Subject Headings | 45 |
Bibliography | 52 |
Book Reviews and the Parts of a Book | 67 |
Periodicals and Newspapers | 85 |
Online Database Searching and Reference Sources | 103 |
EBooks | 123 |
General Information | 149 |
Business Career and Consumer Information | 161 |
Nonprint Materials and Special Services | 171 |
Online Computer Use in Libraries and Schools | 177 |
Hints for Writing Term Papers | 183 |
Answers to Exercises | 191 |
28 | 195 |