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What Is a Reference Source

Loriene Roy
- 02 Jan 2019 - 
- Vol. 60, Iss: 1, pp 77-81
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This column introduces the dilemma of that seemingly easy task of teaching reference, and includes examples of course assignments to aid in that effort.
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Reference is the balance of employing a process to use materials to locate information. A key feature of teaching reference is to help students understand what a reference source is. This column introduces the dilemma of that seemingly easy task. It includes examples of course assignments to aid in that effort.

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Reference and Information Services: An Introduction

TL;DR: This text is designed to provide the beginning student of library and information science with an overview of the most important tools for general reference work and the concepts and theory behind today's reference services.
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Introduction to Library Public Services

TL;DR: The authors discuss circulation, refrence, interlibrary loar, literacy instruction, and security in a book coverage of such essential topics as circulation, reception, and refrence of books.
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Engaging LIS students in reference work through online answer boards

TL;DR: Graduate library and information students participated in this required assignment in a basic reference class, causing them to reflect on guiding reference documents and their own career plans as they gained confidence in engaging in remote reference service.

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TL;DR: The definition was strongly supported by the data, and the contents of books were found to fall in a surprisingly small set of forms of organization, across the three types of libraries, across national boundaries, and through time.
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