Index to Marquis Who'swho Publications
Index to Marquis Who'swho Publications

Author: Marquis Who's Who

Publisher: Marquis Who's Who

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780837914466

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This essential index directs readers to individuals from any of 15 different Marquis Who's Who reference publications. The Index effectively expands a library's holdings by providing a complete list of Who's Who names and the volume(s) in which they appear. Users can immediately pinpoint the correct volume and, if necessary, seek it elsewhere. For collections containing all or most of the Who's Who editions, the Index is a necessary road map to the volumes.

Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography
Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography

Author: Mary K. Mannix

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2015-01-14

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 0838912966

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Profiling more than 1400 print and electronic sources, this book helps connect librarians and researchers to the most relevant sources of information in genealogy and biography.

Basic Library Skills, 5th ed.
Basic Library Skills, 5th ed.

Author: Carolyn Wolf

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-03-22

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0786451610

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This brand new edition of Wolf's acclaimed work provides a self-contained, short course in essential library skills for patrons of college, high school and public libraries. The intent is to provide a quick and easy way to learn to do library research. The exercises contained herein give students hands-on experience by applying rules stated in the text to situations that approach real "research problems." Subjects addressed include a brief tour of the library; card catalogs and cataloging systems; filing rules; online public access catalogs; subject searching; bibliographies; book reviews and parts of a book; dictionaries; encyclopedias; handbooks; atlases; gazetteers; periodicals; newspapers; online database searching and reference sources; literature and criticism; e-books; government information and government documents; biographies; business, career and consumer information; non-print materials and special services; online computer use in libraries and schools; and hints for writing term papers. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.