TY - BOOK AU - Cassell,Kay Ann AU - Hiremath,Uma TI - Reference and information services: an introduction SN - 9781555708597 AV - Z711 .C355 2013 U1 - 025.52 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Chicago : PB - Neal-Schuman KW - Reference services (Libraries) KW - Electronic reference services (Libraries) KW - Reference books KW - Bibliography KW - Electronic reference sources KW - Directories N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; TOC; Introduction to reference and information services -- Determining the question : in-person, telephone, and virtual reference interviews -- Finding the answer : basic search techniques -- Answering questions about books, magazines, newspapers, libraries and publishing, and bibliographic networks : bibliographic resources -- Answering questions about anything and everything : encyclopedias -- Answering questions that requires handy facts : ready reference sources -- Answering questions about words : dictionaries -- Answering questions about events and issues, past and present : indexes and full-text databases -- Answering questions about health, law and business : special guidelines and sources -- Answering questions about geography, countries and travel : atlases, gazetteers, maps, geographic information systems and travel guides -- Answering questions about the lives of people : biographical information sources -- Answering questions about governments : government information sources -- When and how to use the internet as a reference tool -- Reader's advisory work / Cindy Orr -- Reference work with children and young adults / Meghan Harper -- Information literacy in the reference department -- Selecting and evaluating reference materials -- Ethics in reference / Angela Ecklund -- Managing reference departments -- Assessing and improving reference services -- Reference 2.0 -- The future of information service -- Appendix. RUSA outstanding reference sources 2007-2012; DIS UR - https://www.worldcat.org/title/reference-and-information-services-an-introduction/oclc/841724665&referer=brief_results ER -