Introduction to Reference Work, Volume I, 8th Edition by William A. Katz
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface	xiii
PART I  INTRODUCTION
1 Reference Librarians on the Information Highway	3
Information Sources	4
Electronic Sources	9
Who Uses Reference Services	11
Reference Service Guidelines	14
Questions and Searches	15
Reference Interview and Search	19
Evaluation of Reference Sources	26
Suggested Reading	36
2 The Electronic Library	39
Cast the Net	40
Bibliographic Networks	42
Reference on the Internet	44
Search Engines	51
Searching the Web	58
Future of Reference Services	66
Suggested Reading	68
PART II  INFORMATION: CONTROL AND ACCESS
3 Bibliography	75
Systematic Enumerative Bibliography	76
Evaluation of Bibliography	80
Guide to Reference Sources	81
Current Selection Aids	86
Indexes To Reviews	91
Electronic Databases	93
Bibliographies: Nonprint Materials	94
Suggested Reading	97
4 National and Trade Bibliographies	99
National Union Catalog (MARC)	100
National Bibliographies Outside the United States	106
Trade Bibliography	108
Publishing and Libraries	113
Bibliographies: Periodicals and Newspapers	116
Reader’s Advisory Services	125
Suggested Reading	130
5 Indexing and Abstracting Services: General and Collections	131
Index Scope and Content	132
Searching An Index	135
Full-Text Availability	138
Index Evaluation	140
Evaluation Problems and Cost	144
General Periodical Indexes	145
Internet Worldwide Web	159
Current Contents	160
Retrospective Searches	162
General Indexes: Print Format	164
Indexes to Materials in Collections	166
Suggested Reading	170
6 Indexing and Abstracting Services: Subject and Newspaper	171
Humanities	173
Social Sciences	174
Citation Indexes	177
Specific Subject Indexes	180
Current Events: Newspapers, Indexes, Reference Aids	200
Suggested Reading	210
7 Encyclopedias: General and Subject Sets	213
The Electronic vs. Print Encyclopedias	214
Evaluating Encyclopedias	218
Evaluation Points	219
Adult Encyclopedias	228
Popular Adult and High School	235
Children and Young Adult	242
Other Children’s Sets	246
Encyclopedia Supplements: Yearbooks, CD-ROMs, Online	250
One Volume Encyclopedias	251
Foreign-Published Multi-Volume Encyclopedias: Print Format	254
Subject Encyclopedias	260
Art and Arts	262
Philosophy	269
Suggested Reading	276
8 Ready-Reference Sources: Almanacs, Yearbooks,Handbooks, Directories	277
Evaluation	281
General Fact Books	283
Almanacs and Yearbooks	286
Representative Yearbooks	291
Handbooks and Manuals	298
Advice and Information	309
Directories	321
Libraries	335
Statistics	335
Suggested Reading	341
9 Biographical Sources	343
Searching Biographical Sources	344
Evaluation	345
Indexes to Biography	351
Universal and Current Biographical Sources	354
Directory: The Who’s Who Form	356
Essay Form of Biographical Sources	362
Retrospective Essay Biography	364
Professional and Subject Biographies	368
Group Subject Biographies	373
Suggested Reading	375
10 Dictionaries	377
Evaluation	379
Unabridged Dictionaries	388
Desk (College) Dictionaries	390
Children’s Dictionaries	396
Thesaurus/Synonyms and Antonyms	398
Historical Dictionaries	403
Foreign Language Dictionaries (Bilingual)	409
Subject Dictionaries	412
Suggested Reading	415
11 Geographical Sources	417
Geographical Sources	420
Evaluation	424
Geographical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries	427
Atlases and Maps	428
Gazetteers	436
Thematic Atlases and Maps	437
Street Maps	439
Travel Guides	443
Suggested Reading	446
12 Government Documents	447
Organization and Selection	449
Guides	453
Government Organization	456
Catalogs	460
Congress	462
Indexes and the Census	468
Technical—Scientific Reports	470
State and Local Documents	471
Suggested Reading	473
Index	475