4.0 out of 5 stars
"self-study manual" for learning basic reference (non-online) source, February 24, 2010
This review is from: Basic Reference Sources (Textbook Binding)
From the Introduction: "With this self-study manual, you will be guided through a careful examination of a list of specific reference sources. The manual consists of a long series of questions relating to the examination, use, and comparison of these sources. The question pages allow you enough room to jot down your answers as you proceed. The answers to these questions ar given on separate pages following the questions, so that you may check your own answers to determine whether you are finding the correct information and using the sources correctly. ... As part of this learning process, it will be necessary for you to refer to and use the actual reference sources in order to work out the answers to the questions; therefore you must plan to work with the self-study manual in a library where you have access to these sources. ... This manual has been set up to accommodate, so far as possible, a variety of learning and background differences, and it therefore includes much much elementary material as well as some repetition of material."
The sources include bibliographic (i.e. descripion) records for books, serials, government publications, dissertations and theses. The reference sources include dictionaries, encyclopedias, yearbooks and almanacs, handbooks and manuals, directories, biographical and geographical sources, and atlases.
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