Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books PDF Author: Alice Bertha Kroeger
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Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books PDF Author: Alice Bertha Kroeger
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Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books PDF Author: Alice Bertha Kroeger
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Category : Reference
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Excerpt from Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books: A Manual for Librarians, Teachers and Students Besides cyclopedias and dictionaries which give direct aid, the reader will have to consult more elaborate treatises for further information. Bibliographies are guides to these. A know ledge of bibliography, therefore, forms an important part in the preparation of the student. The most useful reference department will include bibliographies of special subjects along with the cyclopedias of those subjects. It is to be regretted that books belonging to the class Bibliography are as a rule kept in the cataloger's room or the librarian's office, not in the reference department where they would be useful to the public. In a large library, such an important printed catalog as that of the Peabody Institute Library should by all means he kept where the public can have easy access to it, even if it is necessary to duplicate such a work. This manual will also serve as a guide in the selection of reference books for a library. The prices given are the publishers' prices, and the lowest price is usually quoted. Books can often be obtained at a discount or picked up from time to time at auction or second-hand stores at a much reduced price. Reference books are expensive, and few libraries can afford to keep up with new editions or even with recent authorities. In many cases new editions are not worth the cost. They are frequently made from the same plates as the earlier editions, with slight alterations, not of sufficient importance to warrant the expense involved in their purchase. A suggestive list of one hundred reference books for a small library will be found at the end of the volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books PDF Author: Alice Bertha Kroeger
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Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books PDF Author: Alice Bertha Kroeger
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Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books

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Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books PDF Author: Alice Bertha Kroeger
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781495404252
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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From the PREFACE: THIS manual is a guide, designed primarily to help library assistants, library school students, college students, teachers, and users of libraries in general, in gaining a knowledge of reference books quickly. It does not pretend to be complete. The reference books and bibliographies included in this list are necessarily limited, first, to those of a strictly reference character, and, secondly, to the most useful works in the English language, with some exceptions in other languages. It is obviously impossible, without exceeding the limits of one volume, to include all of the important works of reference in foreign languages, which, though often of more value than the corresponding English books, still are of restricted use owing to the comparatively small number of readers of foreign languages who frequent our libraries. Reference books which are limited to the use of the specialist have been in like manner usually omitted. Out-of-print books have occasionally been mentioned because they are to be found in the older libraries. It sometimes happens that the best reference book on a subject is out of print. Almost all books of reference possess defects as well as merits; it is difficult indeed to find one that is perfect. At the same time they are essential to a well-equipped library. The annotations of the titles herein contained are largely of a descriptive character, showing for what purposes the books mentioned are especially useful. Besides cyclopedias and dictionaries which give direct aid the reader will have to consult more elaborate treatises for further information. Bibliographies are guides to these. A knowledge of bibliography, therefore, forms an important part in the preparation of the student. The most useful reference department will include bibliographies of special subjects along with the cyclopedias of those subjects. It is to be regretted that books belonging to the class Bibliography are as a rule kept in the cataloger room or the librarian's office, not in the reference department where they would be useful to the public. In a large library, such an important printed catalog as that of the Peabody Institute Library should by all means be kept where the public can have easy access to it, even if it is necessary to duplicate such a work. This manual will also serve as a guide in the selection of reference books for a library. The prices given are the publishers' prices, and the lowest price is usually quoted. Books can often be obtained at a discount or picked up from time to time at auction or second-hand stores at a much reduced price. Reference books are expensive, and few libraries can afford to keep up with new editions or even with recent authorities. In many cases new editions are not worth the cost. They are frequently made from the same plates as the earlier editions, with slight alterations, not of sufficient importance to warrant the expense involved in their purchase. A suggestive list of one hundred reference books for a small library will be found at the end of the volume. The selection of the books in this volume has been made from a study of the reference departments of the principal libraries of Philadelphia, Boston, New York, St. Louis, and Washington, and practically covers the course of study in reference books as pursued in the Drexel Institute Library School. Other library schools also give similar courses.

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GT THE STUDY & USE OF REF BKS PDF Author: Alice Bertha D. 1909 Kroeger
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Category : History
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Pages : 134

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Guide to the study and use of reference books. (A.L.A. annotated lists).

Guide to the study and use of reference books. (A.L.A. annotated lists). PDF Author: Alice Bertha Kroeger
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Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books; a Manual for Librarians, Teachers and Students

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books; a Manual for Librarians, Teachers and Students PDF Author: Alice Bertha D. 1909 Kroeger
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781363255955
Category : History
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Pages : 134

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Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books

Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books PDF Author: Alice Bertha Kroeger
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