Reference Services Review: Volume 15 Issue 3
Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age
Table of contents
The Oregon Public Access Catalog Project
Alice J. TallmadgeWhen former Assistant Oregon State Librarian (now Iowa State Librarian) Shirley George talked about the Oregon State Library's pioneering OPAC system, she began with a story about…
The Online Information System at Georgia Tech
Julia ZimmermanThe catalog of a library's collection is the focal point of most major automated systems. It is certainly an essential tool, but it helps the user find monographs and journals…
ACCESS: A Community Information Service
Jim WavadaThe ACCESS Community Information Service in Spokane, Washington, has been a cooperative project of the Spokane Public Library municipal system and the Spokane County Library…
InfoBase:BibSrch A Bibliographic DBMS for Self‐Service Catalogs
Durward Lee PowerInfoBaserBibSrch (originally called BibSrch) began as a hobby and has turned into a vocation. In developing the product, there was no sponsor to whom to answer. No one's…
The Information Access Company's Editorial System
Delores MeglioWith such venerable institutions as Burroughs Corporation, Sperry Corporation, and U.S. Steel disappearing from the world business scene as the result of mergers and name changes…
Electronic Versus Printed Access to Reference Tools: Two Approaches
Rosemary Loomis, Joe Jaros, Kathy Jackson, Charles GilreathReference tools are prime candidates for replacement with their electronic counterparts, since finding the desired information in the shortest possible time and with the least…
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
John BuddWhat hath Harvey wrought? In 1932 Sir Paul Harvey edited the first version of this “useful companion to ordinary everyday readers of English literature” (Harvey 1932, p.v). Harvey…
Women: The Entrepreneurs of the 1980s
Marion JoosIn 1977 President Jimmy Carter appointed a task force to study the problems of women entrepreneurs; the report subsequently issued recommended that government programs be…
A Primer on Federal Income Tax Service
Aubrey W. KendrickA subject that often causes trouble for reference librarians is federal income tax research and the use of tax services. This article describes the sources of federal income tax…
History—Periodicals—Directories
David EverettAccording to the introduction, this five volume set is intended to update Eric H. Boehm and Lalit Adolphus's Historical Periodicals: An Annotated World List of Historical and…
Reference Service as a Guide in Public Library Organization
T.D. WebbGiven its importance in library operations and in the profession, reference service should be an important consideration in any library reorganization, regardless of the other…
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