Overview

An instructional reference which puts print and nonprint sci-tech information sources into an easily usable context for librarians and students of library science. The book discusses the various types of sources by succinctly describing their significant characteristics - qualities that are not always obvious to librarians and researchers. Also included is a procedure for answering sci-tech reference questions followed by 12 of the most common information requests and how best to respond to them.

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".,.""a valuable resource for anyone needing an introductory presentation on the topic.""-The Serials Librarian ?...a valuable resource for anyone needing an introductory presentation on the topic.?-The Serials Librarian ?Students and science librarians, engineers, scientists, and interested laypeople will surely find this well-written and easy-to-comprehend book an essential addition to their reference collection.?-Sci-Tech News ...""a valuable resource for anyone needing an introductory presentation on the topic.""-The Serials Librarian ""Students and science librarians, engineers, scientists, and interested laypeople will surely find this well-written and easy-to-comprehend book an essential addition to their reference collection.""-Sci-Tech News"

.,. a valuable resource for anyone needing an introductory presentation on the topic. -The Serials Librarian

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ELLIS MOUNT, D.L.S., is president of Mount Data Services, Teaneck, New Jersey and editor of Sci-Tech News. Formerly, he was research scholar at Columbia University School of Library Service, New York, New York. He is a member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), the American Society for Information Science, and the Association of Independent Information Professionals. He received the John Cotton Dana Award from SLA in 1984. In 1990, Dr. Mount was elected to the SLA Hall of Fame. BEATRICE KOVACS is a professor in the Library Science-Education Technology Department, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

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