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Reference and Information Services - An Introduction, 6th Edition (Hardcover, 6th Revised edition)
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Reference and Information Services - An Introduction, 6th Edition (Hardcover, 6th Revised edition)
Series: Library and Information Science Text Series
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This revised and updated sixth edition of Reference and Information
Services continues the book's rich tradition, covering all phases
of reference and information services with less emphasis on print
and more emphasis on strategies and scenarios. Reference and
Information Services is the go-to textbook for MSLIS and i-School
courses on reference services and related topics. It is also a
helpful handbook for practitioners. Authors include LIS faculty and
professionals who have relevant degrees in their areas and who have
published extensively on their topics. The first half of the book
provides an overview of reference services and techniques for
service provision, including the reference interview, ethics,
instruction, evaluation and assessment, and services to diverse
populations including children. This part of the book establishes a
foundation of knowledge on reference service and frames each topic
with ethical and social justice perspectives. The second part of
the book offers an overview of the information life cycle and
dissemination of information, followed by an in-depth examination
of information sources by type-including dictionaries,
encyclopedias, indexes, and abstracts-as well as by broad subject
areas including government, statistics and data, health, and legal
information. This second part introduces the tools and resources
that reference professionals use to provide the services described
in the first half of the text. Reference and Information Services
is a recognized textbook for information retrieval courses and
updates the previous edition Editors and contributors are experts
in the field Activity boxes engage readers and invite them to
reflect on what they are learning and to practice skills through
real-life exercises Conscious integration of critical theory and
social justice perspectives offers critical reflection on the
standards and practices of the field and encourages readers to
consider alternate perspectives
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