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Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, Third Edition

by Kay Ann Cassell

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"Guided by a national advisory board of educators and practitioners, this thoroughly updated text expertly keeps up with new technologies and practices while remaining grounded in the basics of reference work. Chapters on fundamental concepts, major reference sources, and special topics provide a solid foundation; the text also offers fresh insight on core issues, including ethics, readers' advisory, information literacy, selecting and evaluating reference materials, assessing and improving reference services, guidance on conducting reference interviews with a range of different library users, and much more"--… (more)
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This is a textbook, so it's going to be a bit dry, but it does its job. If you need to know more, then I'd advise looking into scholarly journals on reference work. ( )
  Noeshia | Oct 23, 2020 |
Textbook informative. Good tips and tricks and reference sources ( )
  EBassett | Mar 20, 2019 |
Great for ref services! ( )
  JackDayHova | Dec 30, 2016 |
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"Guided by a national advisory board of educators and practitioners, this thoroughly updated text expertly keeps up with new technologies and practices while remaining grounded in the basics of reference work. Chapters on fundamental concepts, major reference sources, and special topics provide a solid foundation; the text also offers fresh insight on core issues, including ethics, readers' advisory, information literacy, selecting and evaluating reference materials, assessing and improving reference services, guidance on conducting reference interviews with a range of different library users, and much more"--

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