This resource encompasses terminology and techniques, research processes and models, selection, organization, evaluation and maintenance of reference sources and more.
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Table of Figures.
Acknowledgments.
Dedication.
Introduction.
What Is Reference All About?.
Reference and the School Library: An Overview.
Introduction.
Reference Services.
The Reference Process.
Reference and Information Literacy.
Research Problem-Solving Processes and Models.
Reference and the Technology Connection.
Conclusion.
Useful Web Sites.
Selection, Evaluation, and Maintenance of the Reference Collection.
Introduction.
What Do You Need?—The Selection Process.
How Do You Know If It's Good?—The Evaluation Process.
Collection Organization and Maintenance.
Conclusion.
Nuts and Bolts.
Bibliographies.
Introduction.
Evaluation and Selection.
Basic Sources.
Webliography.
Directories, Almanacs, Yearbooks, and Handbooks.
Introduction.
Evaluation and Selection.
Basic Sources.
More Examples of Online Directories, Almanacs, Yearbooks, and Handbooks.
Webliography.
Biographical Sources.
Introduction.
Types of Biographical Sources.
Evaluation and Selection.
Basic Sources.
Retrospective Biographical Dictionaries.
Conclusion.
Webliography and Additional Examples of Online Biographical Resources.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias.
Dictionaries.
Introduction.
Evaluation and Selection.
Basic Sources.
Webliography.
Encyclopedias.
Introduction.
Evaluation and Selection.
Basic Sources.
Useful Web Sites.
Geographical Sources.
Introduction.
Evaluation and Selection.
Basic Sources.
Additional Online Geographical Resources.
Webliography.
Indexes and Abstracts; Online Periodical Databases.